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... more info
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... more info
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... more info
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... more info
