The exam skills handbook : achieving peak performance / Stella Cottrell.
By: Cottrell, Stella
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BookSeries: Palgrave study guides: Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Description: vi, 234 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.ISBN: 9780230506534; 0230506534.Subject(s): Test-taking skills -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Examinations -- Study guides | Education | Study & learning skills: general | Higher & further education, tertiary educationDDC classification: 371.26 COT Summary: Stella Cottrell provides an easy-to-follow set of strategies and techniques that build to a plan for achieving your best possible exam performance. She offers practical step-by-step guidance in long-term planning for optimal performance through to last minute revision strategies.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
To succeed, preparation is the key and The Exam Skills Handbook: Achieving Peak Performance coaches you through the entire examination process, helping you realise your personal best. Tackling the most frequently asked questions such as 'What do examiners really want?' and 'What should I revise?', this book offers a practical step-by-step programme for every aspect of your exams: Not sure how to revise? Use the 'ready-made' revision sessions provided here to give you clear guidelines and ideas, Not sure where you are going wrong? Use the activities and structured reflections to identify the strategies that work for you, Anxious about exams? Use the suggested techniques for achieving mental calm so you can approach the paper with confidence, Concerned about your memory? Use tactics that build your interest and enjoyment, At whatever exam stage you are at, The Exam Skills Handbook will energise your exam preparation and give you the edge to succeed. Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232) and index.
Stella Cottrell provides an easy-to-follow set of strategies and techniques that build to a plan for achieving your best possible exam performance. She offers practical step-by-step guidance in long-term planning for optimal performance through to last minute revision strategies.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. vi)
- 1 Introduction (p. 1)
- 2 Where do I start? (p. 17)
- 3 Getting in 'the zone' (i): Planning for peak performance (p. 29)
- 4 Getting in 'the zone' (ii): Frames of mind for peak performance (p. 45)
- 5 Exam myths and realities (p. 63)
- 6 What are examiners looking for? (p. 11)
- 7 Revision strategies (p. 95)
- 8 Memory: Remembering what we want, when we need it (p. 115)
- 9 Structured revision sessions (p. 141)
- 10 Stress, health and performance (p. 163)
- 11 Getting in 'the zone' (iii): Seeing success (p. 177)
- 12 The exam (p. 195)
- Appendix 1 Alternative exam arrangements for students with disabilities and/or dyslexia (p. 213)
- Appendix 2 Might I be dyslexic? (p. 215)
- Appendix 3 Sources of help (p. 218)
- Appendix 4 5-point plan for peak performance (p. 220)
- Appendix 5 Planning checklists (p. 225)
- Appendix 6 Tracking developments in an area of research (p. 231)
- References (p. 232)
- Index (p. 233)