Student-Friendly Guide: Write Great Essays!
Peter Levin

ISBN: 0335215777,
Division: Open University Press,
Price: £8.99,
Pub Date: SEP-04,

Pages: 136
Edition: 01
Format: Paperback

Availability: In Stock

Description

A must for every student with essays to write!

- How to deal with `academic-speak? and monster reading lists

- How to choose and use an efficient reading and note-taking strategy

- How to clarify awkward essay topics

- How to find the right structure for your essay

- How to avoid accusations of plagiarism

This lively, concise and to-the-point guide will help you to study and write efficiently and effectively. It offers hints and practical suggestions so you can develop good study skills and build your confidence. With this guide you can get the grades you deserve for the work you put in. No student should be without it!

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).

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    Table of Contents

    The strange world of the university. READ THIS FIRST!

    Introduction

    Part One: Getting started

    1 `I?m a slow reader?

    2 Three stages in academic learning

    3 Coping with monster reading lists

    Part Two: Reading purposes and strategies

    4 What are you reading for?

    5 Making notes and translating `academic-speak?

    6 Exploratory reading: How to summarize a publication

    7 Dedicated reading: How to make the material `yours?

    Part Three: Targeted reading

    8 The principles behind targeted reading

    9 How to identify key terms

    10 How to scan a book

    Part Four: Writing essays

    11 Discovering what?s wanted from you

    12 How to clarify your topic

    13 Thinking it through: a note on methodology

    14 An all-purpose plan

    15 Using quotations

    16 The writing process

    Part Five: Referencing systems

    17 Using and citing sources

    18 Which system to choose?

    19 Recording details of your sources

    Part Six: Plagiarism and collusion

    20 The conscientious student?s predicament

    21 How academic learning forces you to plagiarize

    22 Avoiding accusations of plagiarism

    23 The politics of plagiarism



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