The exam skills handbook : achieving peak performance /
Cottrell, Stella,
The exam skills handbook : achieving peak performance / Stella Cottrell. - vi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. - Palgrave study skills . - Palgrave study guides. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 232) and index.
Introduction -- Where do I start? -- Getting in 'the zone' (i): Planning for peak performance -- Getting in 'the zone' (ii): Frames of mind for peak performance -- Exam myths and realities -- What are examiners looking for? -- Revision strategies -- Memory: Remembering what we want, when we need it -- Structured revision sessions -- Stress, health and performance -- Getting in 'the zone' (iii): Seeing success -- The exam -- Alternative exam arrangements for students with disabilities and /or dyslexia -- Might I be dyslexic? -- Sources of help -- Five-point plan for peak performance -- Planning checklists -- Tracking developments in an area of research -- References -- 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.
0230506534 9780230506534
2006047168
Test-taking skills--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Examinations--Study guides
LB3060.57 / .C68 2007
371.26
The exam skills handbook : achieving peak performance / Stella Cottrell. - vi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. - Palgrave study skills . - Palgrave study guides. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 232) and index.
Introduction -- Where do I start? -- Getting in 'the zone' (i): Planning for peak performance -- Getting in 'the zone' (ii): Frames of mind for peak performance -- Exam myths and realities -- What are examiners looking for? -- Revision strategies -- Memory: Remembering what we want, when we need it -- Structured revision sessions -- Stress, health and performance -- Getting in 'the zone' (iii): Seeing success -- The exam -- Alternative exam arrangements for students with disabilities and /or dyslexia -- Might I be dyslexic? -- Sources of help -- Five-point plan for peak performance -- Planning checklists -- Tracking developments in an area of research -- References -- 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.
0230506534 9780230506534
2006047168
Test-taking skills--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Examinations--Study guides
LB3060.57 / .C68 2007
371.26