Reading at university : a guide for students / Gavin J. Fairbairn, Susan A. Fairbairn.
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TextPublication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 2001Description: x, 209pISBN: 9780335231539 (ebook)Subject(s): Study skills | Reading (Higher education) | Education | Study & learning skills: general | Higher & further education, tertiary education | Stationery itemsGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780335203857Summary: Students must read to inform themselves about the subjects they are studying and to allow them to write assignments, reports and dissertations. This text explains how to make best use of reading for academic purpose. Reading as a student demands new skills and new disciplines.Students must read. They must read to inform themselves about the subjects they are studying and to allow them to write assignments, reports and dissertations. Though most students can read fairly well, few can make as much or as efficient use as possible of the time they devote to reading for academic purposes.Many guides to study offer a pot pourri of techniques for improving reading skills. None gives as full a treatment of this essential and underpinning area of academic life as Reading at University.The authors believe that students must change both the ways in which they read and the ways in which they think about reading. This book offers effective and efficient strategies for fulfilling students' reading and study potential.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-203) and index.
Students must read to inform themselves about the subjects they are studying and to allow them to write assignments, reports and dissertations. This text explains how to make best use of reading for academic purpose. Reading as a student demands new skills and new disciplines.Students must read. They must read to inform themselves about the subjects they are studying and to allow them to write assignments, reports and dissertations. Though most students can read fairly well, few can make as much or as efficient use as possible of the time they devote to reading for academic purposes.Many guides to study offer a pot pourri of techniques for improving reading skills. None gives as full a treatment of this essential and underpinning area of academic life as Reading at University.The authors believe that students must change both the ways in which they read and the ways in which they think about reading. This book offers effective and efficient strategies for fulfilling students' reading and study potential.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780335203857
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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