Get a Better Grade: Seven Steps to Excellent Essays and Assignments (Sage Study Skills) - Softcover

Mal Leicester And Denise Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473948975 ISBN 13: 9781473948976

Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017

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Not sure how to start your essay or prepare for a presentation?  Worried about how to structure your report?  Questioning what a good assignment actually looks like?

With encouraging, jargon-free advice and a clearly defined seven-step plan to getting better grades, this book takes the fear out of academic writing and gives you the tools you need to succeed.  Punchy and packed with the dos and don’ts of good writing, it helps you improve your grades quickly and with minimal hassle.

Covering not just essays, but also group work, reports, reviews, research projects, journaling, and presentations, it provides effective tips on:

• Defeating writers’ block
• Identifying and using relevant sources
• Planning and outlining strategies
• Building arguments and providing evidence
• Developing critical and analytical thinking
• Cultivating writing style
• Mastering presentation.

Focused on explaining and demonstrating the core requirements of academic assignments through detailed examples, this book provides all the support you need to build confidence and produce high-quality assignments. 


SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips, resources and videos on study success!

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Mal Leicester is Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham. Mal has taught English in schools, Liberal Studies in Further Education, and Philosophy of Education and Adult Education in universities. She has also been a local authority advisor for Multicultural Education and Director of an antiracist community organisation. Before her retirement, Mal was professor of adult teaching and learning at the University of Nottingham. Since her retirement Mal has written a memoir of her beloved daughter's remarkable life and death-Jane's Journey: a Medical Story of Survival and Hope.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1473948975
• ISBN 13: 9781473948976
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 169
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: GPSR Kontakt; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland