Study Skills Product Details

Features:

A computer–based learning program which covers every aspect of study skills – reading, writing, research, revision, exams, and even presentations. Can be used for self–instruction, for reference, or as a HELP program whilst using a word–processor. Instant access to guidance notes with extensive hypertext links. Suitable for all students in further and higher education.

Full contents

A brief review – A good essay – Abbreviations – Analysing questions – Apostrophes – Bibliographies – Brackets – Brainstorming – Capitals – Categorising – Clear thinking – Colons – Commas – Common problems – Concentration – Concept trees – Confidence – Conclusions – Creating structure – Disks – Drafts – Editing – Efficient reading – Electronic sources – Emphasis – End of term exam – Endnotes – Essay examinations – Essay length – Exam papers – Examination by thesis – Examination essays – Examination techniques – Examinations – False arguments – Finding time – Fonts – Footnotes – Full stops – Generating ideas – Getting started – Grammar – Grammar checkers – Harvard referencing – Headings – How to take notes – Hyphens – Indentation – Instruction terms – Introductions – Key terms – Lectures – Library skills – Making time – Materials – Memory – Mock examinations – Net searching – Notes from books – Notes from lectures – OHP slides – Open book examinations – Oral examinations – Overcoming nervousness – Page layout – Paper – Paragraphs – Planning essays – Presentations – Previewing – Punctuation – Quotations – Reading – Reading materials – Reading on screen – Reading skills – References – Relevance – Research – Research projects – Revision – Revision conditions - Revision materials – Revision planning – Revision techniques – Revision topics – Semicolons – Seminars – Sentences – Short question exams – Some myths dispelled – Spacing – Specimen exam papers – Spelling–checkers – SQ3R – Storage – Stress management – Structure – Study conditions – Successful presentations – Summarising – Take–home papers – Taking notes – Task–based examinations – Tidy pages – Time management – Titles – Tutorials – Types of book – Types of presentation – Types of reading – Underlining – Using time – What examiners want – What to avoid – Word–processors – Writer’s block – Writing strategies