How to get a good degree : making the most of your time at university / Phil Race.
By: Race, Philip [author]
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BookSeries: Open UP study skills: Publisher: Maidenhead, England ; New York : McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: Second edition.Description: xii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780335222650 (paperback); 9780335222667 (hardback); 033522265X (paperback); 0335222668 (hardback).Subject(s): College student orientation | Degrees, Academic | Study skills -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 378.2 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
How can I ensure my hard work pays off? How should I integrate new technologies into my study habits? How can I study strategically and avoid going off at a tangent? Are you motivated to succeed at university but unsure how to achieve your full potential? This book will help to unlock the secrets to getting a good degree and all the benefits that can come from it. A strong degree opens up career choices and enhances earning potential. The world is your oyster! More than anything else, a good degree brings freedom to choose, to change direction, and to follow up exciting options. Whether you go on to further study or not, people will still look at whether your first degree was a good one.
Based on student suggestions, the author has thoroughly revised the structure and content of the book to address key issues such as:
Best use of time Developing effective study habits Finding the best learning resources How and when to use different writing styles Feedback (and how to get extra help) The use of electronic sources Virtual learning environments Avoiding plagiarism Dealing with personal problems (and where to seek advice) If you are an undergraduate, this book will help you to reap the rewards for the time and investment you expend while studying for your degree.Previous edition: 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-269) and index)
Why aim for a good degree? -- Making the most of your course -- Building on feedback -- Making the most of your learning environment -- Looking after yourself -- Going for gold in assessed coursework -- Aiming high in revision and exams.
Are you motivated to succeed at university but unsure how to achieve your full potential? This book will help to unlock the secrets to getting a good degree and all the benefits that can come from it. How can I ensure my hard work pays off? How should I integrate new technologies into my study habits? How can I study strategically and avoid going off at a tangent? Are you motivated to succeed at university but unsure how to achieve your full potential? This book will help to unlock the secrets to getting a good degree and all the benefits that can come from it. A strong degree opens up career choices and enhances earning potential. The world is your oyster! More than anything else, a good degree brings freedom to choose, to change direction, and to follow up exciting options. Whether you go on to further study or not, people will still look at whether your first degree was a good one. Based on student suggestions, the author has thoroughly revised the structure and content of the book to address key issues such as: Best use of time, Developing effective study habits, Finding the best learning resources, How and when to use different writing styles, Feedback (and how to get extra help), The use of electronic sources, Virtual learning environments, Avoiding plagiarism, Dealing with personal problems (and where to seek advice), If you are an undergraduate, this book will help you to reap the rewards for the time and investment you expend while studying for your degree.
CIT Module CMOD 6001 - Core reading.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of figures and tables (p. x)
- Preface: background to this book (p. xi)
- Acknowledgements (p. xiii)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Knowing your enemies: a risk assessment exercise (p. 1)
- Tackling the enemies: don't just work hard, work smart! (p. 5)
- 1 Why aim for a good degree? (p. 10)
- Why do you want a good degree? (p. 11)
- What is a good degree really a measure of? (p. 15)
- How should I go about working towards that good degree? (p. 18)
- Taking control of your learning (p. 21)
- What factors underpin how you learn? (p. 23)
- Five processes for successful learning (p. 29)
- What are your relevant strengths? (p. 32)
- Taking charge of your time (p. 41)
- Taking stock (p. 43)
- 2 Making the most of your course (p. 44)
- Making the most of your lectures (p. 46)
- Small group tutorials (p. 65)
- Seminars (p. 69)
- Studio work (p. 72)
- Field work (p. 73)
- Laboratory work (p. 75)
- Group work (p. 76)
- One-to-one meetings with staff (p. 77)
- Work-based learning (p. 82)
- 3 Building on feedback (p. 85)
- Is feedback the weak link in the chain? (p. 86)
- Formative and summative feedback (p. 87)
- Audit your own channels of feedback (p. 88)
- Getting better at receiving feedback: face-to-face praise and criticism (p. 90)
- More about critical feedback (p. 93)
- What do you do with written feedback on your work? (p. 93)
- Working out what written feedback really means! (p. 100)
- Using feedback to make action plans (p. 101)
- Conclusions (p. 104)
- 4 Making the most of your learning environment (p. 105)
- Making the most of the people around you (p. 106)
- Making the most of your learning resources (p. 123)
- Conclusions (p. 151)
- 5 Looking after yourself (p. 152)
- Getting involved (p. 153)
- Becoming a student rep (p. 154)
- Managing your paperwork (p. 159)
- Some lifestyle choices (p. 161)
- Working with computers (p. 168)
- Managing your stress levels (p. 171)
- Conclusions (p. 174)
- 6 Going for gold in assessed coursework (p. 175)
- Essays (p. 178)
- Reports (p. 190)
- Online assessment (p. 194)
- Peer assessment (p. 196)
- Self-assessment (p. 198)
- Assessed group work (p. 201)
- Practical work (p. 204)
- Research projects (p. 205)
- Final year dissertations (p. 210)
- Presentations (p. 213)
- Assessed seminars (p. 218)
- Vivas (oral examinations) (p. 221)
- Work placements (p. 223)
- Conclusions (p. 225)
- 7 Aiming high in revision and exams (p. 226)
- Revision strategies (p. 227)
- Exams - the days of reckoning (p. 254)
- Preparing for a viva (p. 265)
- Conclusions (p. 266)
- References and further reading (p. 267)
- Index (p. 270)