Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University (SAGE Study Skills Series)

By Tom Burns and Sandra Sinfield

Book Overview

Essential Study Skills is designed to be the complete practical guide to academic success covering everything from what it means to be a university student to how to succeed in exams. The effect on our students was like star dust ' Anne Schofield, Ruskin College, Oxford, commenting on the authors' teaching Whether you are nervous and worried about studying - or someone who is already reasonably happy with their study techniques - this book is designed to develop your potential and build your self-confidence as it takes you through all the stages of producing high quality academic work. Essential Study Skills includes information, activities, advice and step-by-step guidelines on: people to see and places to go at college or university; organization and time management; learning and studying; targeted research and active reading; memory and learning style; revision and exam techniques; active, creative and reflective learning; successful notemaking strategies; ways of overcoming fear and building self-confidence; assessment procedures; successful communication techniques; and, the what, why and how of essays, reports, presentations, seminars and exams.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761949585
• ISBN13: 9780761949589
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

British Invasion For Studying...Excellent Option

I've read many articles and study guides and I must say that I was thorougly impressed with this guide because it covers a range of topics. It covers such topics as time management, confidence and getting over anxiety as well as improving learning techniques, reading, research, writing and studying for exams. The approach to learning is both technical and creative but the book is very interactive for its readers, all of which I like very much. I think that this interaction is very important with the reader because you're learning (yet again) another learning system. But what I found was that it was easier to learn and use than say, What Smart Students Know, yet another wonderful study guide. It is written in a British style, so it spells organize like "organise" and so on. But that aside, it's a wonderful guide and I found it to be very informative and helpful. I highly recommend it.