(BQ) Part 2 book "Management accounting" has contents: (BQ) Part How to get the most out of your lectures, how to make the most of seminars, essay writing tips, revision hints and tips, tips on interpreting essay and exam questions,.and other contents. | 03-Gazely-3364-Part 2/17/2006 5:46 PM Page 83 part three* study, writing and revision skills This part is designed to help you profit from your lectures, benefit from your seminars, construct your essays efficiently, develop effective revision strategies and respond comprehensively to the pressures of exam situations. In the five sections that lie ahead you will be presented with: checklists and bullet points to focus your attention on key issues; exercises to help you participate actively in the learning experience; illustrations and analogies to enable you to anchor learning principles in every day events and experiences; worked examples to demonstrate the use of such features as structure, headings and continuity; tips that provide practical advice in nutshell form. * i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h D av i d M c I l r oy 03-Gazely-3364-Part 2/17/2006 5:46 PM Page 84 84 STUDY, WRITING AND REVISION SKILLS 1 how to get the most out of your lectures This section will show you how to: • • • • • Make the most of your lecture notes. Prepare your mind for new terms. Develop an independent approach to learning. Write efficient summary notes from lectures. Take the initiative in building on your lectures. Keeping in context According to higher educational commentators and advisors, best quality learning is facilitated when it is set within an overall learning context. Such a panoramic view can be achieved by becoming familiar with the outline content of both a given subject and the entire study programme. Before you go into each lecture you should briefly remind yourself of where it fits into the overall scheme of things. The same principle applies to your course – find your way around your study programme and locate the position of each subject and lecture within this overall framework. Use of lecture notes It is always beneficial to do some preliminary reading before you enter a lecture. If lecture notes are provided in advance .
