| Description |
xii, 248 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Section 1. Setting yourself up for success. 1. Becoming a life-long learner / Winifred Jackson -- 2. Getting your life organised for study / Victoria Trembath -- 3. Getting your assignment load under control / Judy Hamer -- 4. Learning effectively as an adult / Gloria Slater -- 5. Staying motivated throughout your studies / Victoria Trembath -- 6. Staying healthy and dealing with stress / Victoria Trembath -- 7. Learning to work collaboratively / Winifred Jackson -- 8. Learning your subject in English / Penny Haworth and Lesieli Kupu Macintyre -- Section 2. Finding, evaluating and recording information. 9. Using an academic library / Anne Cameron -- 10. Using library databases / Kathleen Vossler -- 11. Using academic readings strategically / Judy Hamer -- 12. Making sense of academic text / Karen Rhodes -- 13. Making sense of statistical data / Perry Barlien -- 14. Becoming an effective note-taker / Victoria Trembath -- |
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Section 3. Improving your academic writing. 15. The academic genre / John Clark -- 16. Structuring and organising your ideas / Karen Rhodes -- 17. How to write clearly / Karen Rhodes and Rebecca Freeman -- 18. Improving your grammar / Rebecca Freeman -- 19. Improving your punctuation / Rebecca Freeman -- 20. Improving your spelling / Karen Rhodes -- 21. Revising and editing your work / Karen Rhodes -- Section 4. Learning about academic conventions. 22. Learning about academic conventions / Paul Adams -- 23. Learning about citations / Paul Adams -- 24. Learning about quotations / Paul Adams -- 25. Learning about references / Paul Adams -- Section 5. Core academic forms. 26. Approaching your assignment topics / Judy Hamer -- 27. How to write an essay / Andrea Barlien -- 28. How to write a literature review / Roger Openshaw -- 29. How to write a report / Avril Maxwell -- 30. How to write a journal article / Roger Openshaw -- 31. How to present a poster / Alison Sewell -- 32. How to write an annotated bibliography / Avril Maxwell -- 33. How to write abook review / Kathleen Vossler -- 34. How to prepare for oral presentations / Andrea Barlien -- 35. How to preapre for examintaions and tests / Perry Barlien -- 36. How to get published / Joce Jesson |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
For undergraduate students undertaking tertiary studies |
| Subject |
Study skills.
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Education, Higher.
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| Author |
Adams, Paul, 1957-
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Openshaw, Roger.
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Trembath, Victoria, 1957-
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| ISBN |
9780170133050 |
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0170133052 : |
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