Academic Skills Practice: Tasks 1-4 with Reflections

Academic skills practice

CONTENTS
ASSIGNMENT – 1....................................................................................................................1
TASK 1 Introduction to Academic Study Skills........................................................................1
Conducting skills audit...........................................................................................................1
List of strengths and areas of improvement...........................................................................2
Key things to do to improve the areas of improvements........................................................3
Action plan.............................................................................................................................3
TASK 2 Academic Integrity and Referencing...........................................................................3
Academic integrity.................................................................................................................3
How to achieve academic integrity at Arden University........................................................4
TASK 3 TIME MANAGEMENT..............................................................................................4
TASK 4 Reflective Writing and Academic Writing..................................................................6
ASSIGNMENT – 2....................................................................................................................8
Re-drafted and improved four tasks with task reflections......................................................8
Annotated bibliography........................................................................................................12
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................14

ASSIGNMENT – 1
TASK 1 Introduction to Academic Study Skills
Conducting skills audit
Skills Evidence Ranking from 1 to 5
Time management I need more improvement as I
am unable to allocate needed
work hours.
2
Leadership skills I can identify team-mates
strengths to allocate them in
the right position and give
them work according to their
experience
3
Academic skills I can enhance my skills and
knowledge level with this
academic skills such as content
and creative thinking
4
Active listening I am able to pay attention on
people and also provide
feedback to people as it takes
time I sometimes lose
concentration which can create
issues
1
Researching skills I am good at research which
helps me to enhance my
knowledge level
3
Problem solving With the help of this skill I am
able to determine why an issue
is happening but I need more
improvement to resolve issue
with effective solution.
1
Communication skills I can communicate effectively 4
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with my team-mates
Critical thinking skills I am able to identify the
problems in particular situation
4
Team working and
collaboration skills
I can work effectively in a
group and consider other
people input just as much as
my own
4
List of strengths and areas of improvement
Arden's university degrees are designed so that students can develop a number of
academic and employability skills throughout study on the programme. With references to
Arden university graduate attributes I have list out some of my strengths which helped me a
lot achieve my academic goals (Cottrell, 2019).
Strengths
 Communication skills- with the help of communication skills I am able to build
relationship with my team mates and also create mutual respect and trust between
each other.
 Writing skills- my greatest strength is my writing skills. I note down every important
points which is needed to compete the work.
 Team work and collaborative- I am very collaborative and loves to work in team. I
have always enjoyed working on teams which helped me a lot in academic settings. It
is one of my strongest attributes.
Areas of improvement- I want to improve technical skills which is important transferable
skills.
 Problem solving- my weaknesses are interlinked with each other whenever I am
given a task related to problem solving case studies, I am very goals oriented and
hard-working to complete that task. However, when something new come across my
plate, I sometimes mess up and unable to solve issue because I fail to identify the
main points. Due to this I tend to be overly critical of myself which hinders my
performance.
 time management- I need some improvement in time management skills because I
sometime feel stressed when the work is not managed properly (Chaiyama, 2019).
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