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louiw · Class monitor Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 156 Location: IOW

anyone started theres yet ive just managed to do the first 5 study topics today,i kept a diary with permission and did little observations before xmas,its coming in useful now,hope that doesnt make me sound like a cheat Embarassed

i do feel more positive with this one though especially now xmas is out of the way

tnewrad · New kid Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 27

Hi, I've just about finished the reading for this one found it really interesting, which probably means the writing will not be easy...unlike TMA 03 NOT!
I've got a tutorial Saturday so I'll probably start putting TMA together after that. Just read last year's thread, can't believe the inconsistency of advice given. I've especially noted the fact that in ECA's you're not supposed to abbreviate ST and chap which I've been doing all along, so I'm going to check that with my tutor.

veggie · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject:

The inconsistencies within the OU about references/citations/how to term them etc is a big issue. I have now finished 2 courses and am currently doing another 2 with an overlap and I am finding that most courses have this problem with different tutors expecting different things.

On the other hand my friend's daughter asked me to read her first uni essay, which I did and found lots of things that I considered wrong, but that is the way her tutor wanted it written?? Rolling Eyes

I think the best advice I can give on this is to check with your own tutor exactly what they want and then ignore what other peoples tutors say. It is your personal tutor that is marking your essay!

The only time you have to be careful is when it is the ECA as your tutor doesn't mark that, so then I would write everything out in full, any thing in brackets i.e (Study Topic 5, p. 16) doesn't count towards word count, just to be on the safe side Rolling Eyes

buttercup · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject:

I had thought that everything had counted in the word count, including the stuff in brackets! My actual word count must have been well different from the real one then!!

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dizzyblonde · New kid Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 13

everything should be included in the word count, even whats in the brackets, thats the way i have always been led to believe.....agreed though, tutors differ greatly in referencing ....

louiw · Class monitor Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 156 Location: IOW

dizzyblonde wrote:

everything should be included in the word count, even whats in the brackets, thats the way i have always been led to believe.....agreed though, tutors differ greatly in referencing ....

too true my tutor keeps changing her mind all time can get quite annoying when your following the guide and they then tell you its wrong which means ive prob been marked down because of it