The Arts Good Study Guide (Open University Set Book)
£13.50
Very good - This book was recommended to me by the Open University. I am starting a foundation course in February 2009 and I e-mailed them about a month or two ago in order to request a list of preliminary reading material before my course commences. I mistakenly clicked on The Good Study Guide when ordering from Amazon and I thus ended up buying both books. I have reviewed the other book too. This book caters for the needs of arts students. As a previous reviewer says, some of it is rather basic but I have had a good education and am well read and I wouldn t therefore assume that everyone else would find it easy. I concentrated on sections that were most helpful to me. This book is aimed at those beginning their studies with the OU as well as students elsewhere.The type of subjects covered include getting organised, making the best use of one s time, learning techniques, reading, note-making, discussion groups, essay-writing, writing techniques, using ICT, researching online and preparing for examinations.I liked the layout of this book and would have no hesitation in recommending it to other students.
Only for complete beginners. - I got this book as I am studying for a Humanities degree with the OU. I have found it to be totally useless, unless you are a complete beginner to study. I admit that there are probably a few pertinent points in there, but mainly it is just common sense. I have even spoken with some people who work for the OU at Milton Keynes who felt that it was a waste of money to buy it. I really think that if you are studing at Degree level you should not need this book. If you want to think about the OU courses then the book may be useful. I only gave it 2 stars because it may be of use to others.
Perfect oil for mental cogs - You can t really expect a book about good study to be a scintillating read, but this manages to offer a lot of good advice while staying on the right side of interesting.It includes many exercises and helpful hints to help you produce work to the best of your ability. It helps refresh study skills that may be rusty or require improvement to achieve decent marks. It s also very clearly arranged, so you don t have to wade through the lot to find the help you re after.If you are returning to study or simply hoping to improve your marks on a current course, I recommend this book. I honestly believe the price is worth it for Chapter 5: How to Write Essays alone, which offers refreshingly sensible and practical assistance in completing those all-important Uni assignments. Best of luck with your studies!
A good help for art students - I got this book when I did A103 An Introduction to the Humanities with the Open University in 2003. They highly recommened that I buy and read this book before I start the course and I did that and found it helped me with starting the course. It helped me develope my writing style and my reading style.I didn t read it other than that once but have since gone back to it again because I am starting a hard Open University course and I thought I could do with as much help as I can get. I am pleased about reading this book because I am finding out so much more than I did the first time that I read this book and it has been such a great help for me.If you are returning to studying after a long time away then get this or if you are moving onto Univsersity level then this is a great book to help you at various stages as you can dip into this book as and when you need it.
Good, but basic - Having come from a science background, this was a good introduction to approaching the study of arts subjects. A little basic in places, and a large amount is just common sense. But, it was very reassuring and useful as reference during the first year of my degree.