Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence

This article discusses academic skills such as note taking, source of information, referencing, paraphrasing, plagiarism and presentation skills. It explains the importance of note taking and how to do it effectively. It also discusses reliable and non-reliable sources of information, referencing and paraphrasing techniques, and presentation skills. The article concludes that by following these techniques, individuals can achieve their academic goals and collect appropriate information from reliable sources.

ACADEMIC SKILLS AND
STUDYING WITH
CONFIDENCE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
What is note taking and why it is important................................................................................3
Source of information; what & what...........................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills refer to set of effective competencies, abilities and tactics that an
individual student utilize to obtain high scores in an educational institute. It includes research,
paraphrasing, presentation, and other types of skills that make a learner effective. It is fact that
each academic skill play vital role in growth and success of students career, whether it is
personal or professional. The study will explain meaning of note taking, source of information,
referencing, paraphrasing, plagiarism and presentation skills. Furthermore, it will also specify
methods related to some above concepts. Lastly, the report will specify certain factors related to
presentation competence.
TASK
What is note taking and why it is important.
In academic world, learners may conduct varied activities and practices, which play
important role in their career growth (Durán-Bautista and Huertas-Malagón, 2021). Note taking
is one of those actions, which drive their attention toward recording important information that
they may gather from several sources such as books, internet, etc. It is one of the best practices
that learners conduct and take initiative to do that during academic period.
It may help to develop better understanding about lengthy paras contain useful
information about any specific academic topic, which is quite essential for each student to study
for, in order to obtain high scores.
The best activities students related to note taking may conduct are short story writing,
highlight points, write down main concept in other notebook, etc. In today's era, most of the
students may prefer to highlight important notes in a book and any other study material that they
may ready when necessary in appropriate manner (Harbin, 2020). It may help to focus on
essential information that utilize in case of academic test, where tutors may ask questions related
to any chosen educational topic. Each note taking method help to reach desire and expect
outcomes. Cornell is the best note taking approach that most of the students may utilize to
succeed in the future.

Source of information; what & what
For purpose of collecting appropriate and useful information, students may utilize varied
forms of sources, which falls under the category of reliable and non-reliable. Peer reviewed
articles is the best example of reliable source of data, from which each student may collect info
about specific topic or subject which they study further and in the recent time, to obtain high
scores (How to Identify Reliable Information, 2021). The current chosen source is reliable
because expert may fill each article with appropriate data and fact things that learners study to
gain knowledge, which they may apply in regard to examination and learning session. Previous
books and case studies are also included in list of reliable sources of information, that play vital
role in success and progress of students.
The sources that falls under list of non-reliable source of data are websites, blogs, online
pages, etc. It may help learners to collect essential data that each of the candidate utilize in
appropriate manner. There are millions of websites accessible and utilized by students, which
make them knowledgable and effective as well. With the help of online website they may learn
multiple things and gain knowledge about certain topics.
Referencing and paraphrasing
Referencing is defined as process of making work reliable and faithful in appropriate
manner. It is also considered as formal system that may drive the attention of individual toward
indicating when they may write an author's ideas and utilized in academic writing (Salame and

Thompson, 2020). While, paraphrasing refer to procedure of making work plage free, which is
quite essential for a person to do so in appropriate manner, without making any mistake may put
negative impact on their performance. It is important for students to conduct both activities in
systematic manner by considering different ways that are accessible in the world of business.
They may reference their work based on Harvard style in form of using reliable sources.

Presentation skills
There are different types of skilled used in the world by individual person, which play
important role in their career growth and success. Presentation skill is one of those competencies
that help to make a person able to present their ideas and thoughts via using digital technologies.
The major factors that may put direct impact on current competence is technology advancement,
appropriate guidance, and other methods such as training and development that may contribute to
reach desire outcomes. Presentation skills may drive the attention of individual toward using
advanced technologies that help to deliver work on time with better presentation and creativity.
Focus, appropriate time schedule and directions are also included in list of factors that aid or
influence current skill.

CONCLUSION
On the basis of above discussion, it has been concluded that by following and considering
the techniques of plagiarism avoidance, presentation skills, referencing, note taking and others
academic activities, individual person has achieved their set goals. They had collected
appropriate information by using the best and reliable source of information.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Durán-Bautista, D. C. and Huertas-Malagón, S. P., 2021. Mobile phones-assisted practice and
note-taking in foreign language oral production. International Journal of Mobile and
Blended Learning (IJMBL). 13(2). pp.51-72.
Escudero, I., Fuertes, N. and López, L., 2019. Paraphrasing Strategy in EFL Ecuadorian B1
Students and Implications on Reading Comprehension. English language
teaching. 12(1). pp.56-66.
Harbin, M.B., 2020. Collaborative note-taking: A tool for creating a more inclusive college
classroom. College Teaching. 68(4). pp.214-220.
Marsh, J.D. and Campion, J., 2018. Academic integrity and referencing: Whose responsibility is
it?. Journal of Academic Language and Learning. 12(1). pp.A213-A226
Salame, I.I. and Thompson, A., 2020. Students' Views on Strategic Note-Taking and Its Impact
on Performance, Achievement, and Learning. International Journal of
Instruction. 13(2). pp.1-16.
Online
How to Identify Reliable Information. 2021. [Online]. Available Through:
<https://www.stevenson.edu/online/about-us/news/how-to-identify-reliable-
information>

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