How to succeed in Exams and Assessments by Jonathan Weyers
How to pass exams & assessment provides everything a student is likely to need to prepare for and perform well in all types of university assessment and examination.
How to succeed in Exams and Assessments
How to succeed in Exams and Assessments
Summary
How to pass exams & assessment provides everything a student is likely to need to prepare for and perform well in all types of university assessment and examination.
How to succeed in Exams and Assessments Summary
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Succeeding in exams and assessments understanding the processes involved in revision and exam-sitting
What markers are looking for
2. Assessment at university - How tests and examinations work
Physical & mental preparation
3. Physical and mental preparation How to gear up for assessment and exam-sitting
Study styles
4. Your learning personality - How to identify and capitalise on your preferred learning style
5. Studying independently - How to organise yourself and develop good study habits
6. Study buddies - How to work with colleagues to improve the revision experience
Time management
7. Time management - How to balance study, family, work and leisure when revising
8. Creating a revision timetable - How to get yourself organised for exam study
Revision strategies
9. Focussing your revision - Making full use of learning objectives, past papers & other assessment information
10. Exploiting feedback - Understand and learn from what lecturers write on your work
11. Revision tips- How to use your time effectively through active learning
12. Memory tips & techniques - how to develop tools and strategies to help remember information and ideas
Stress Management
13. Dealing positively with stress How to cope with the pressures of university life
14. Combatting exam nerves - How to reduce anxiety and perform well under pressure
As the exam approaches
15. Exam strategies - how to ensure you have the appropriate tactics
16. Improving your exam performance - How to avoid common pitfalls
Tackling specific types of exam & assessment
17. Multiple-choice and short-answer questions - How to tackle short answer formats
18. Numerical questions - How to approach quantitative problems
19. Essay-style assessments - How to maximise your marks
20. Tutorial Assessment How to make your contribution count
21. Assessments of practical and laboratory work How to improve your marks
Additional information
GOR002928486
9780273726906
0273726900
How to succeed in Exams and Assessments by Jonathan Weyers
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pearson Education Limited
2009-08-06
208
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