Description
Book SynopsisThis practical and reassuring guide will ensure your students pass their exams with flying colours.
Ace Your Exam establishes a clear, simple framework for revision and helps students get to grips with what exams are all about. Part 1 begins by exploring institutional expectations and common anxieties and exam myths, before showing students how to tackle various types of exam, including essay-based exams, short-answer questions, multiple-choice questions, calculation-based exams and open book exams. Part 2 helps readers plot an effective revision strategy for an imminent exam and, equally important, a detailed strategy for optimal use of time and productive powers during the exam. Finally, Part 3 helps students put their plans into action.>
Ace Your Exam will be an essential companion to all students preparing for and taking exams.Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/ace-your-exam. These resources are designed to suppor
Trade ReviewThis book covers everything students need to ace their exams, and is full of useful and flexible strategies to overcome the anxiety, worry and stress that many students experience with exams. * Lee Fallin, University of Hull, UK *
This is a reassuring guide to taking control of the whole exam process. Whether you are a confident exam-taker or more anxious about the process, you'll gain strategies for making exams work for you. * Michelle Reid, Oxford Brookes University, UK *
Table of Contents1. Committing to Exam Success PART 1: INSIGHT 2. Sketching a Broad Strategy 3. Getting Your Head Around Exams 4. What Makes a Good Exam Answer? 5. Thinking Your Way Through Exam Stress 6. Approaching Exams of Different Types PART 2: PLANS 7. Setting Up for Revision 8. A Plan for the Exam PART 3: ACTION 9. Getting Down to Revision and into the Exam Index.
