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Seven Steps to Excellent Essays and Assignments

Mal Leicester Denise Taylor

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English
Sage Publications
31 August 2017
Series: Student Success
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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Imprint:   Sage Publications
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 242mm,  Width: 170mm, 
Weight:   360g
ISBN:   9781473948983
ISBN 10:   1473948983
Series:   Student Success
Pages:   200
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified
Chapter One: Using the Literature Chapter Two: Planning, Structure and Organisation Chapter Three: Credentialisation Chapter Four: Critical and Analytic Thinking Part 1 Chapter Five: Critical and Analytic Thinking Part 2 Chapter Six: Point of View Chapter Seven: Presentation Chapter Eight: Other Forms of Assignment Chapter Nine: Oral Presentations

Prof Mal Leicester is Emeritus Professor at the University of Nottingham where she held the chair of adult learning and teaching. She was responsible for monitoring departmental assessments (criteria and consistency). She marked assignments at all levels both as an internal and an external Examiner and for the work of graduate and postgraduate students and supervised student dissertations and theses in philosophy, multicultural education, moral education, ethical issues and inclusive education. Previously Mal was senior lecturer in continuing education at the University of Warwick. She has been a secondary school teacher, was the county of Avon's advisor for multicultural education and the director of a community organisation in Birmingham. Mal has written a variety of educational books and papers including, most recently, Can I tell you about Tourette Syndrome?, a guide for friends, family and professionals. Dr Denise Taylor is an environmental and wildlife conservation professional with a focus on large carnivores, and in particular wild canids. She was awarded her PhD as a mature student in 2012 in the field of environmental education from the University of Nottingham. Denise has written books and papers on environmental education and canid conservation, and more recently has been involved in education projects on badger conservation in the UK. As an entrepreneur, Denise is the owner and managing director of Bridge PR & Media Services Limited, where she also delivers educational workshops on marketing strategy, and writing content for press and marketing.

Reviews for Get a Better Grade: Seven Steps to Excellent Essays and Assignments

This text is a concise and readable beginning step to take towards becoming a competent and thoughtful assignment writer. The authors take time to explain useful, higher level concepts to readers, so they not only know what to do but also why they are doing it. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone who wanted to learn how to prep, analyse and write up work for their assessments. -- Russell Delderfield This book would have really helped me as a recent graduate. The informative and clear instructional writing of the book makes it easy to follow and understand and serves as a great additional support to that already given at universities. -- Eleanor Hail


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