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Knowing how to play the game at school and university allows you to achieve exam success while having more fun than you might have imagined possible.
Drawing on the experience of twenty Oxford graduates, Study Skills Essentials gives an extremely useful insight into the study and exam techniques that work in the real world.
With the right tactics it is very possible to get excellent results while still actually having a life.
This book will be amazingly useful for students at university and in the later years of school.
Introduction: How to do really well at exams 1: Finding out what they want to see 2: How to never waste a moment’s work 3: Organising your success 4: Taking notes and what to do with them 5: Perfect essays made easy 6: Coursework and presentations 7: Science: your formula for success 8: Languages: say bonjour to better grades 9: The vital importance of having fun 10: Understanding 11: How to learn stuff 12: Exam technique (preparing for success) 13: Exam technique (giving them what they want) 14: After the exam (you’ve done it!)
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I only wish I'd had this book before returning to study after 20 odd years. Now two years into my psychology degree, I finally have the key to writing a 1st class exam essay. Although I have managed to get a couple of 1st in previous exam essays, I couldn't quite put my finger on the reason why. In this engagingly written book, Patrick McMurray dispels the myths surrounding what is required to please examiners and offers some excellent note-taking, studying and revision tips along the way. I have previously made good use of Stella Cottrell's Study Skills book to deliver a series of study skills workshops to 'A' level students and while it was useful, I honestly believe that Patrick McMurray's book is much more concise and easier to disseminate. Well done.
A thoughtful book that covers all the bases - full of pearls of wisdom, and well worth reading if you've got exams coming up, whether they're GCSE, A-Levels or University Finals.
I like the style. I use the points and at 38 just came top in a Biology A level 1 month in continuation test. 91%. Read it and weep cuddly 17 year olds.
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