How to Succeed in Exams & Assessments
The World from our Dogs' Point of View
By Kathleen McMillan & Jonathan Weyers
January 2010
Pearson Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780273726906 
191 pages
$26.50 Paper Original
Description
How to pass exams & assessment provides everything a student is likely to need to prepare for and perform well in all types of university assessment and examination.
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Succeeding in exams and assessments – understanding the processes involved in revision and exam-sitting
What markers are looking for
2. Assessment at university - How tests and examinations work
Physical & mental preparation
3. Physical and mental preparation – How to gear up for assessment and exam-sitting
Study styles
4. Your learning personality - How to identify and capitalise on your preferred learning style
5. Studying independently - How to organise yourself and develop good study habits
6. Study buddies - How to work with colleagues to improve the revision experience
Time management
7. Time management - How to balance study, family, work and leisure when revising
8. Creating a revision timetable - How to get yourself organised for exam study
Revision strategies
9. Focussing your revision - Making full use of learning objectives, past papers & other assessment information
10. Exploiting feedback - Understand and learn from what lecturers write on your work
11. Revision tips- How to use your time effectively through active learning
12. Memory tips & techniques - how to develop tools and strategies to help remember information and ideas
Stress Management
13. Dealing positively with stress – How to cope with the pressures of university life
14. Combatting exam nerves - How to reduce anxiety and perform well under pressure
As the exam approaches
15. Exam strategies - how to ensure you have the appropriate tactics
16. Improving your exam performance - How to avoid common pitfalls
Tackling specific types of exam & assessment
17. Multiple-choice and short-answer questions - How to tackle short answer formats
18. Numerical questions - How to approach quantitative problems
19. Essay-style assessments - How to maximise your marks
20. Tutorial Assessment – How to make your contribution count
21. Assessments of practical and laboratory work – How to improve your marks
Features
This book provides tried and tested and advice on getting the most from exams. It guides students through careful preparation and asks them to consider:
- How to prepare mentally & physically to get in top shape for exams
- How to use your revision time to best effect
- How to assess your learning personality and work out the best form of revision for yourself
- How to ensure that you have the best exam strategies and avoid common pitfalls
- How to avoid and deal with stress and combat exam nerves
- How to perform well in MCQ, numerical and essay questions, and in tutorial & lab assessments