Undergrad Support group

studentphil

I got the OU study skills book for a fiver at a sale at the book shop and that is very good too!

WYBMADIITY_2

Thanks everyone....actually have that book, would be great to get time to read it lol.

Maybe someone can answer this for me? The assignment is asking you to apply evaluation criteria to a written piece they've given you, and explain why you've used them. Iit as it appears, just a description of why you've selected the evaluation criteria you've used, and how they apply to the piece? This seems a little simplistic, or am I just trying to complicate matters?

Thanks
Wyb

lisa_75

WYBMADIITY wrote:

Thanks everyone....actually have that book, would be great to get time to read it lol.

Maybe someone can answer this for me? The assignment is asking you to apply evaluation criteria to a written piece they've given you, and explain why you've used them. Iit as it appears, just a description of why you've selected the evaluation criteria you've used, and how they apply to the piece? This seems a little simplistic, or am I just trying to complicate matters?

Thanks
Wyb

It sounds like you are on the right lines. However you will need to use academic references to back up why the criteria apply. For example, “Criteria A applies because Jones (2002) states that…..” not “I think Criteria A applies because...“. In a 1000 word essay you will need to use between 8 and 10 academic references such as books, journals etc.

WYBMADIITY_2

Great, thanks Lisa

DrFluffy

lisa_75 wrote:

In a 1000 word essay you will need to use between 8 and 10 academic references such as books, journals etc.

Blimey! My 1500 word essays typically have 40-50 refs!

peskie_pixie

WYBMADIITY wrote:

Thanks everyone....actually have that book, would be great to get time to read it lol.

Maybe someone can answer this for me? The assignment is asking you to apply evaluation criteria to a written piece they've given you, and explain why you've used them. Iit as it appears, just a description of why you've selected the evaluation criteria you've used, and how they apply to the piece? This seems a little simplistic, or am I just trying to complicate matters?

Thanks
Wyb

You are definitely on the right lines and the tips by Lisa_75 are spot on.

I completed my degree this year and understand how difficult it is to structure essays and also to interpret (Guess ) what lecturers are after.

One of my lecturers has a website that's been running for years which offers tips on assignment techniques, referencing etc.

http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/business/bsadmin/staff/s3/jamr.htm

I found some of it particularly useful and it really helped boost my grades.

(just ignore the strange pictures of him in his hiking gear.... you know what lectureres can be like!!!!:rotfl: )

lisa_75

DrFluffy wrote:

Blimey! My 1500 word essays typically have 40-50 refs!

Swot! :-) You are right though. the more references the better.

lisa_75

peskie_pixie wrote:

You are definitely on the right lines and the tips by Lisa_75 are spot on.

I completed my degree this year and understand how difficult it is to structure essays and also to interpret (Guess ) what lecturers are after.

One of my lecturers has a website that's been running for years which offers tips on assignment techniques, referencing etc.

http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/business/bsadmin/staff/s3/jamr.htm

I found some of it particularly useful and it really helped boost my grades.

(just ignore the strange pictures of him in his hiking gear.... you know what lectureres can be like!!!!:rotfl: )

That site is brilliant. Thank you!

WYBMADIITY_2

Ok, got it finished and in on time.....and have to say pretty pleased with the end result!! :j

A great big humungous thanks to you all (especially elise), would still have been scared to put pen to paper otherwise lol.

And thanks for the site link pixie, found that really useful.

Thanks again :beer:

Wyb

Tallulah22

If you have to write a biography on someone do you just write about what they acheived etc in their life regarding legislations etc they have produced or do you have to include a real life history?

Im a bit baffled by what they are expecting off me.

Thanks