Ultimate Study Skills Handbook

Covering the various core skills you need to help you make the most of your university course, this handbook provides you with techniques, tips and exercises that help improve your grades, save you time and hone the skills that make you stand out to prospective employers.

List of contents

How to use this book
Getting into it: becoming an active learner
Talking to the experts
Style matters: techniques to suit your own learning style
Taking it in and working it out
Research skills and orientations: first steps to good research
Getting it on paper: learning the skills of confident academic writing
Learning the rules: good grammar, accurate referencing and avoiding plagiarism
The time of your life: managing time and living life as a student
Doing it with others: Working in groups
Doing it in front of a crowd: Making presentations
Keeping it together: Looking after your health and managing stress.
Facing the future and making decisions: Planning for and focusing on the rest of your life
Maths and Numerical competency

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Moore, Sarah Neville Moore, Maura Murphy, Colin Neville
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2010
• EAN: 9780335234028
• ISBN: 978-0-335-23402-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Open University Press; Open Up Study Skills; Open Up Study Skills
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system