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Types of assignments:
Added: (Wed Nov 11 2009)
There are numerous types of assignments, which every student has to write throughout his/her academic career. This article is designed to tell you the importance of different types of assignments. If you want to attain good grades it is necessary that your assignment must be professionally written.
Following are some types of assignments every student has to write at higher level of their academic career:
Short answer: The length of short answer is not more than five or six lines (50 or 60 words). In short answer it is necessary to analyze each question in order to carefully understand the requirement of the question. Be precise! Avoid adding irrelevant material otherwise, you will lose marks. Try to add illustration, e.g. diagrams, graphs and tables, which explain your answer and also saves your precious time.
Essay: These types of assignments are assigned by professors in order to improve the learning and thinking skills of students about the social and physical world in particular ways. These assignments also help the students to enhance their knowledge about the chosen subject. The ideal length of the five paragraph essay is 350 or 400 words.
Dissertation (Literature review): Literature review is the brief review of the previous studies in a specific area of research. It is usually the first chapter of the thesis or dissertation which contains the useful information about the particular area of research. Literature review should be written in a formal style and contains the proper style of citation.
Oral presentation: The impact of oral presentation is greater than the written presentation. This helps students to enhance their public speaking skills, the ability to organize ideas in better way and also help them to construct logical arguments, which are very important in today’s employment market.
Multiple choice questions: Answering multiple choice questions is not an easy task. It is designed to test the skills of students regarding the facts and understanding of the particular area of study. Work on multiple choice questions three times: First time read all the questions and answer those you are confident about. On second time start reading from the first question again, recall your memory and try to answer maximum number of question. In last and third time check all the question you have answered; do correction where requires and tries to guess the remaining questions.