Academic and Research Skills: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Improvement Plan

This article discusses the strengths and weaknesses of academic and research skills and provides a plan for improvement. It covers note-taking, paraphrasing, and summarizing skills. References are also provided.

Academic and research
skills

Table of Contents
a)Own strengths and weaknesses.................................................................................................................3
Strengths:.................................................................................................................................................3
Weaknesses:............................................................................................................................................3
b)Plan for improvement...............................................................................................................................4
C)Note taking:.............................................................................................................................................5
References...................................................................................................................................................6

a)Own strengths and weaknesses
Strengths:
 I am good at communicating with other people. I can communicate with others without
any hesitation. This will help me in career growth and progress.
 My optimistic nature is my biggest strength as it allows me to face difficult circumstances
in life. I am able to face difficulties without any fear.
 I am confident person. Due to this, I can easily gain success in my life. I do not hesitate in
facing different situations rather I face the situations with courage and confidence.
 My research skills are up to the mark which makes me enable in order to drive
authenticity in research work. I am good at collecting the information in order to make
meaningful inferences for future growth.
 I can easily summarize the lengthy information and data. This helps me in preparing short
and clear notes during classroom session. Here, I can use such notes to recall the concept
in future period of time.
 I am good at notes making which will help in writing the information in summarized
way. This will allow me to score better in the examination.
Weaknesses:
 My leadership skills are not up to the mark. I am afraid from leading the members. This
affects my growth and development opportunities in significant manner.
 I can easily trust on strangers which sometimes can prove harmful for me. I have been
faced several situations where I trusted on people and they betrayed with me. I am
working to improve such weakness.
 In academics, paraphrasing is highly important. However, paraphrasing is one of my
major weaknesses. I cannot paraphrased the content efficiently that also affect my
performance in classroom.
 My time management skills are not good. I used to fail in managing time in a proper way.
Due to this, I cannot prepare proper schedule for my studies that also affect my
performance at classroom.

b)Plan for improvement
Learning
target
Development
opportunities
Steps to develop
the skill
Criteria for
judging
attainment
Time period
Leadership
skills
This skill will
allow me to lead a
team of different
individuals.
To develop such
skills, I will join
online session and
also take guidance
from well-known
leaders
significantly.
I will work in team
and take feedback
of my performance
from my team
members.
I have been
determined time
period of 3 months
to develop
leadership skills.
Time
management
Through time
management skills,
I can easily utilize
my time in an
effective way.
For developing
time management, I
can take online
sessions and
prepare my own
schedule to
complete my duties
in timely manner.
Here, I will assess
my performance
based on the
schedule so that
further
improvements can
be made.
I am going to
enhance in more
than 12 months as it
is a time taking
process.
Note making This will help me
in order to prepare
a significant
summary of the
concepts and
theories studies in
the classroom
To develop the
respective skill, I
will join online
sessions as well as
workshops in an
efficient manner.
Here, I will review
my ability to make
the notes and also
will take feedbacks
from the peers and
fellows.
This skill can be
developed within 9
months.

C)Note taking:
While studying in academic, notemkaing is an important skills. It makes a person enable
to write down the key concepts that have been discussed in the classroom. This will help me in
order to prepare a significant summary of the concepts and theories studies in the classroom.
Paraphrasing and summarizing:
By developing paraphrasing, I can easily write effective content and grow in academics.
For this, I will take guidance from my teachers as well as seniors in effective manner. For
tracking the improvement, I will evaluate my performance in timely manner.

References
Books and journals
Carey, M., 2017. Qualitative research skills for social work: Theory and practice. Routledge.
Wisker, G., 2019. Developing scientific thinking and research skills through the research thesis
or dissertation. In Redefining Scientific Thinking for Higher Education (pp. 203-232).
Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.