Developing Academic Skills for Studying with Confidence

Academic Skills
and
Studying with
Confidence

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are the set of skills which help in learning things in the university. These
are used for tackling different circumstances through which a person is developed professionally.
An individual gets to study numerous subjects for obtaining knowledge which assist in
enhancing the level of confidence (Rabiner, Godwin and Dodge, 2016). Furthermore, people
become efficient learners and these skills are required to get success in any career. This portfolio
is about services that are provided at university to gather information for supporting thee
students. This is followed by a section about the utilisations of these skills in real life activities.
These are the skills which should be possessed by every student which can help in developing
confidence as it is an element useful for lifetime.
MAIN BODY
Education institutions such as schools and universities are there to obtain professional
knowledge with a view to apply them in the career chosen by an individual. I have taken
admission in my university to become a learner at advanced level. This is the place where I was
able to learn so many things which I had no idea about. Also, there are different semesters in my
college where the subjects get changed. However, I and other students in my class have been
taught that information is a very useful resource which can help in building confidence (Fukuda,
Sakata and Pope, 2019).
My university is not just limited to books and what needs to be covered in the syllabus,
but also there are courses through which a student can grow professionally as well as personally.
I was a part of different curriculum activities which helped me discover so many hidden skills.
In addition to this, one of the main reasons for taking admission in this university is that it
provides number of services for obtaining information.
Library-
This is a location which comprise of variety of books of different authors that can be
read. My university has a library where almost every sort of books are available along with latest
edition. Moreover, magazines, journals and newspaper are also there which can be used for
becoming aware about what is going around in the world.
I have spent a lot of time in library in order to extract information relevant to the subjects
that I was studying. It is all about reading new articles, matters etc. which can be retained in the
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mind for a long time. I have realised that a lot of my concepts have become stronger by
achieving more clarity (Moran and Morner, 2017).
Referencing-
This refers to providing the source from where the information was obtained. There are
different styles of referencing which can be used. My university has a portal which can be
accessed to see how the referencing is done. Harvard referencing is the most popular kind which
is used in all types of files and matter. I was taught by my lecturer to do referencing so that
reader can know the source.
With the help this, I can now differentiate between reliable sources on the internet. There
is this site called google scholar which is for references only. It is a reliable site from where
different kinds of references can be obtained on variety of topics.
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Source: Google scholar, 2020
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