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Making the grade : a guide to study and success / Iain Hay.
Filled with practical strategies for today's student, Making the Grade: A Guide to Study and Success is an insightful, easy-to-use guide that will help readers develop the skills they need to excel at the university level. Classroom-tested and authored by an international team whose members have been working in the field since 1993, this text has been thoroughly updated to reflect the changing reality of the Canadian classroom, with 16 chapters that incorporate new technology such as course blogs, podcasts, and online class discussion boards, as well as specific advice for students with learning disabilities and those for whom English is an additional language.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780195443509
- ISBN: 0195443500
- Physical Description: xx, 331 p. : ill. (some col.), forms ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Canadian ed.
- Publisher: Don Mills, ON : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1: Successful study -- Starting out: University study and you -- Clocking in: Managing your time -- Reading up: Strategic reading -- Thinking through: Critical thinking -- Teaming up: Working in groups -- Facing up: Coping with tests and exams -- Finding out: Becoming well informed -- Part 2: Successful communication -- Writing up: Essay writing -- Arguing through: Preparing and presenting written argument -- Stating facts: Writing research reports and laboratory reports -- Making sense: Writing annotated bibliographies, summaries, and reviews -- Writing well: Language and sentence structure -- Dotting "i"s: Using punctuation correctly -- Owning up: Acknowledging sources -- Speaking out: Public speaking -- Showing off: Communicating with figures and tables. |
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| Subject: | Study skills. Communication in education. Academic writing. Academic achievement. Report writing. Educational technology. Education, Higher > Aims and objectives. College students. |
| Topic Heading: | Post-secondary. University. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at University College of the North Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Campus Library | LB 2395 .M3899 2012 (Text) | 58500000440289 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
| UCN/Norway House Public Library | LB 2395 .M3899 2012 (Text) | 58500000375956 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
