How to Write an Assignment

Discover techniques and insights that will make writing your assignment enjoyable as well as successful. This is a practical book that gives you the tools and planning techniques for making light work of assignments, essays, reports and dissertations. Examples and mini case studies show the difference between good and bad practice. Self-evaluation exercises ensure you stay on the right track. My own students tell me they have found this book really useful.A" Pauline Smith REVIEWS: ...contains everything to need to know to write an assignment, from how to unpack a hypothesis, to referencingA" Reader Review AUTHOR BIOG: PAULINE SMITH, an experienced teacher, chief examiner and Open University tutor, was Head of Continuing Professional Development at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Senior Education Adviser with the Department for Education and Skills (DFES). She is how an independent consultant. CONTENTS: List of illustrations Preface 1. What is an assignment? 2. Making the right start 3. Analysing the title question or brief 4. How to plan and take notes 5. Drafting the structure 6. Improving your style 7. Presenting your final assignment 8. Improving through reflection 9. Where are you now? Glossary Further reading Index.