Provides an easy-to-follow set of strategies and techniques that build to a plan for achieving your best possible exam performance. It gives practical step-by-step guidance in long-term planning for optimal performance through to last minute revision strategies. This fully updated, two-colour edition includes two brand new chapters. STELLA COTTRELL Director for Lifelong Learning at the University of Leeds,UK. She is thehalf-million copy bestselling author of'The Study Skills Handbook', 'The Palgrave Student Planner', 'Critical Thinking Skills' and 'Skills for Success', a key text on personal development planning. INDICE: Introduction - Where Do I Start? - Getting in 'The Zone' 1: Planning For Peak Performance - Getting in 'The Zone' 2: Frames Of Mind For Peak Performance - Exam Myths and Realities - What Are Examiners Looking For? - Managing Different Types of Exams - Multiple Choice Questions - Revision Strategies - Memory: Remembering What We Want When We Need It - Structured Revision Sessions - Managing Stress - Getting in 'The Zone' 3: Seeing Success - The Exam - Multiple Choice Question Exams (MCQs) - Managing Different Types of Exams - Appendix 1: Alternative Arrangements for Students with Disabilities - Appendix 2:Might I Be Dyslexic? - Appendix 3: Sources of Help - Appendix 4: 5 Point Planfor Peak Performance - Appendix 5: Planning Checklists - Appendix 6: TrackingDevelopments in an Area of Research - References - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-35854-6
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 02/03/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés