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Student-Friendly Guide: Sail through Exams!

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0335226175 · 9780335226177
This lively, concise and to-the-point guide offers hints and practical sugestions to help you develop good exam-preparation skills and build your confidence, so that you can get results that do justice to the work you've put in. - How to use past ex… Read More
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The strange world of university examinations. READ THIS FIRST!

Introduction

Part One: Using past exam papers

1 Get hold of past exam papers

2 What to look for in past exam papers

3 Unfair questions

4 The guessing game: What topics will come up this year?

Part Two: Formulating model answers

5 What are examiners looking for?

6 Interpreting the question

7 Methodology

8 Materials

9 Drawing up a plan

10 An alternative approach: the ‘question string’

11 Choose your introduction

12 Argument or chain of reasoning?

13 Writing exam answers: some more suggestions

14 Questions for examiners

Part Three: In the run-up to exams

15 Revising effectively

16 Memorizing

17 Make best use of your time

18 Getting in the right frame of mind for exams

Part Four: On the day of the exam

19 Be organized

Further Reading

Acknowledgments

This lively, concise and to-the-point guide offers hints and practical sugestions to help you develop good exam-preparation skills and build your confidence, so that you can get results that do justice to the work you've put in.

- How to use past exam papers

- How to decode difficult-to-understand exam questions

- How to structure top-quality answers

- How to revise effectively

- How to get in the right frame of mind for exams

- How to do your best on the day

A must for all students preparing for traditional exams!