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This book takes the reader carefully through each stage of essay writing from interpretation of the question, to the research, planning, writing, and revision. The book shows how to improve not just study skills like note-taking, reading, organization, and writing, but thinking skills as well. Readers will learn how to analyze difficult concepts, criticize and evaluate arguments, use evidence, and develop more of their own ideas. This book gives clear practical advice, with a troubleshooting section that deals with a range of common problems.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Introduction(p. ix)
• The Stages(p. 1)
• Stage 1 Interpretation of the Question(p. 5)
• Introduction(p. 5)
• 1 Revealing the Structure(p. 7)
• 2 A Practical Example(p. 15)
• 3 Learning to Analyse(p. 23)
• 4 The Three-Step Technique - Steps 1 and 2(p. 27)
• 5 Step 3 - Test your Concept(p. 36)
• 6 Brainstorming(p. 44)
• 7 Flexibility(p. 53)
• 8 Using the Right Ability(p. 60)
• 9 The Range of Abilities(p. 64)
• 10 Changing our Pattern of Study(p. 70)
• Stage 2 Research(p. 77)
• Introduction(p. 77)
• 11 Reading Purposefully(p. 80)
• 12 Processing the Ideas(p. 84)
• 13 Note-taking for Analysis and Structure(p. 93)
• 14 Remembering your Notes(p. 99)
• 15 Note-taking for Criticism and Evaluation(p. 107)
• 16 Organising your Retrieval System(p. 118)
• 17 Organising your Time(p. 127)
• 18 Your Own Personal Timetable(p. 136)
• Stage 3 Planning(p. 145)
• Introduction(p. 145)
• 19 Planning: Getting the Highest Grades(p. 148)
• 20 Editing and Ordering your Material(p. 156)
• 21 Planning for the Exam(p. 166)
• 22 Revising for the Exam(p. 173)
• Stage 4 Writing(p. 179)
• Introduction(p. 179)
• 23 Getting your Own Ideas Down(p. 182)
• 24 Introductions(p. 191)
• 25 Paragraphs - Topic sentences(p. 197)
• 26 Paragraphs - Development and Evidence(p. 206)
• 27 Conclusions(p. 212)
• 28 Style - Simplicity 1: Sentences(p. 217)
• 29 Style - Simplicity 2: Words(p. 227)
• 30 Style - Economy(p. 232)
• 31 Style - the Dos and Don'ts(p. 237)
• 32 Working with Evidence(p. 245)
• 33 Plagiarism(p. 256)
• 34 Referencing and Bibliographies(p. 264)
• Stage 5 Revision(p. 275)
• Introduction(p. 275)
• 35 Preserving your Best Ideas(p. 278)
• 36 Revising the Structure(p. 282)
• 37 Revising the Content(p. 287)
• Conclusion(p. 298)
• Troubleshooting(p. 301)
• Bibliography(p. 305)
• Index(p. 306)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Bryan Greetham is researching moral philosophy at the University of Durham and is the author of Philosophy in Palgrave Macmillan's Foundations series