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Student-Friendly Guide: Sail Through Exams!
Peter Levin

ISBN: 0335215769,
Division: Open University Press,
Price: £8.99,
Pub Date: SEP-04,

Pages: 112
Edition: 01
Format: Paperback

Availability: In Stock

Description

This lively, concise and to-the-point guide offers hints and practical sugestions to help you develop good exam-preparation skills and build your confidence, so that you can get results that do justice to the work you've put in.

- How to use past exam papers

- How to decode difficult-to-understand exam questions

- How to structure top-quality answers

- How to revise effectively

- How to get in the right frame of mind for exams

- How to do your best on the day

A must for all students preparing for traditional exams!

Author Biography

Peter Levin
Dr Peter Levin is an educational developer at LSE. One of his roles is that of `teamwork tutor? for students working on group projects. Prior to taking up his present position he lectured in social policy at LSE. He is author of Making Social Policy (Open University Press, 1997).

Table of Contents

The strange world of university examinations. READ THIS FIRST!

Introduction

Part One: Using past exam papers

1 Get hold of past exam papers

2 What to look for in past exam papers

3 Unfair questions

4 The guessing game: What topics will come up this year?

Part Two: Formulating model answers

5 What are examiners looking for?

6 Interpreting the question

7 Methodology

8 Materials

9 Drawing up a plan

10 An alternative approach: the `question string?

11 Choose your introduction

12 Argument or chain of reasoning?

13 Writing exam answers: some more suggestions

14 Questions for examiners

Part Three: In the run-up to exams

15 Revising effectively

16 Memorizing

17 Make best use of your time

18 Getting in the right frame of mind for exams

Part Four: On the day of the exam

19 Be organized