FREE SAMPLES DISC

This sample disc contains 3 examples of different editions of the material from 
“Studying Successfully”.  

  1. Sample from Browsable Edition.
The purpose of the sample on the disc is to illustrate the browsing technique used.  

This edition is for use on a PC and is stored on a CD. 
All the material from the book edition of “Studying Successfully” is presented to the student on the computer as a web page and it is viewed via a web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Netscape).
The student can follow links just like browsing the web.
In the full edition there is an index covering all the topics dealt with in the material. 

The material can be:
accessed directly from the CD stored in a Learning Resources Centre 
or it can be made available students on an intranet.

Students can be directed:
to study a specific section of relevance 
to browse to find areas of particular interest.
or just available as reference material   

The Browsable sample on this sample disc is “Presentations and Seminars”
The sample deals with:

The rationale of presentations and seminars

Working out a clear timetable to prepare a presentation

Practical planning techniques of presentations

The format and structure of a presentation

How to present material to a group

How to organise the preparation of a presentation

2.  Sample from the Photocopiable Edition.

The full edition is on the CD. There were so many requests for permission to photocopy sections of the book, which is A5 in size, that an A4 photocopiable edition in Microsoft Word was produced.

The user Tutor can select any part, page or section of the book, edit and individualise it in Word and print it out in A4 format. 
You can edit, print out and photocopy the material as much as you like within your institution, so long as it for use with students and is not sold for profit.
It is 669 A4 pages in this format.  

The material is best used in Microsoft Word but some users have successfully converted it into Word Perfect and several other word processors. It was written in the Office 2000 version of Word and works best in that.  

The Photocopiable sample on this disc is “Using the Library”
The sample deals with the skills needed to use a library efficiently by being able to:

find them!

work in them,

understand how libraries classify items,

use magazines and periodicals,

understand how books are described,

find useful books,

find relevant books,

use the Dewey classification system,

acknowledge and use the skills of the library staff.

 

3. Sample from the Diagnostic Tests.  

On the CD there are 3 diagnostic tests and one sample learning programme.
There are 2 diagnostic tests about choosing a career. The first quite short and broad! The second longer and more specific. There is one test on study skills.  

The test on this sample disc is the first of the careers diagnostic tests.
 
 

Study skills, writing essays, lifelong learning,  essay writing, studying, examinations, note-taking, lectures, homework, reading, library skills, passing exams, taking notes, speed reading,  are all dealt with in "Studying Successfully" by Ray Baxter.