Conquer Study Stress!
Peter Levin

ISBN: 0335228658,
Division: Open University Press,
Price: £8.99,
Pub Date: DEC-07,

Pages: 136
Edition: 01
Format: Paperback

Availability: In Stock

Description

Are you finding student life stressful? Does the pressure get you down sometimes? Do other people seem to be coping much better than you? Could you use some friendly advice?

This book will help you by showing how to beat twenty of the most common causes of student stress. It describes the symptom, gives a diagnosis and offers tried and tested remedies. It covers such features of student life as:

  • The culture shock facing new students
  • Reading and note-taking and monster reading lists
  • Writing under pressure
  • Finding a dissertation subject and reviewing the literature
  • The lack of constructive feedback
  • The plagiarism police
  • Pressure on your time
  • Counselling services
  • 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).

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    Table of Contents

    Preface

    Stressed out by induction
    Intimidated by monster reading lists
    Reading takes forever
    On a different planet from your teachers
    Knee-deep in notes
    Suffering from writer?s block
    Mystified by essay topics
    Demoralized by `negative feedback?
    Let down by poor spelling
    Stumped for a dissertation subject
    Bored with reviewing the literature
    Feeling your opinion is worthless
    Spooked by the plagiarism police
    Getting good marks for coursework, poor marks in exams
    Terrified by the prospect of exams
    In a project group sabotaged by a `free-rider?
    Hopeless at time management
    Tongue-tied in seminars
    Unsure about the quality of counselling
    Feeling like dropping out

    Notes and references



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