Contents note continued: 5.Academic posters -- The function of academic posters -- Advice on preparing posters -- Defending your poster -- Tip: Paid employment -- 6.Science project work -- Some guidelines for choosing your project -- Aims -- Experimental design -- Writing down -- Writing up -- Tip: Road to success -- 7.Understanding and using feedback -- Written feedback -- Learning cycle -- 8.Tackling science exams -- Exam preparation -- Planning your revision -- How to do your revision -- Types of exam -- Exam time management -- Tip: Exam advice -- Final comment
Machine generated contents note: 1.Doing Science -- What types of coursework are you likely to be asked to produce? -- Tip: Term/semester planning -- Why will you do practical work? -- How can you get the most out of your practical class? -- Recording science: lab diaries -- Recording science: field notebooks -- Drawing tables -- Drawing graphs -- Numbering figures and tables -- Tip: Weekly planning -- 2.Reporting science -- Report structure -- Writing scientific reports -- Numbering systems and subheadings -- Tip: About deadlines -- 3.Reading effectively -- Consolidating your lecture notes -- Making notes from academic papers -- Tip: Study at university -- 4.Essays in science -- What's in a title? -- Looking for information -- Leaving your tracks -- Referencing and quoting in science -- Harvard referencing system -- Details for your reference list -- When to use a bibliography -- Essay plan -- Writing your essay -- Structuring your essay -- Tip: About assessment --
Notes
Series editor, Kate Williams
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references (page 86) and index
