Developing Academic Skills: Time Management, Resources, Reflection, Plagiarism and Referencing

This report examines the skills of individual with reflections on time management, resources, reflection, plagiarism and referencing. It highlights key resources and literature searching, note taking and evaluating.

DEVELOPING
ACADEMIC
SKILLS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Resources and reflection...........................................................................................................4
Literature searching, note taking and evaluating.........................................................................7
Plagiarism and referencing........................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills refer to the aggregation of habits which is required to alter the skills of
individual. It involves plans of action related to learning and time management. It gives
assistance in learning the lesson in adequate manners from the academic institutes. The present
report will examine the skills of individual with reflections. The refection will be done by
utilizing the Gibbs model to structure reflection. Time management is the skill the3 scholar will
use for the forthcoming challenges. Furthermore, Highlight the key resources which will
determine while making this model. Also, shade a light on Literature searching, note taking and
plagiarism and referencing.
MAIN BODY
Time management
Time management refers to managing the time according to the work and activity of individual.
in the busy life everyone supposed to maintain a schedule. The time management required every
activity a person perfume in a days of a week(Putri, and Mahmudah, 2021).
Activities Time
Waking up early in the morning 05:00 AM
Freshening up 5:00 AM -5:20 AM
Morning exercise and meditation 5:20 AM – 5: 40 AM
Revision of previous studied lesson 5:40 AM 6:00 AM
Take shower 6:00 AM 6: 15 AM
Ready for the school 6:15 AM 6: 30 AM
Breakfast 6: 30 AM – 7:00 AM
School 7: 00 AM – 3:00 PM
lunch 3:00 PM- 3: 30 PM
Short nap 3: 30 PM- 4: 30 PM
Tuition 4: 30 PM – 6:00 PM

Outside to play 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Study mathematics 7:15 PM – 9:00 PM
Dinner 9:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Complete homework 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Revision 10:30PM- 11:00 PM
Sleep 11:00:00
Reflection
with the assistance of time management skill, I Schedule my timetable according to my daily
routine. Firstly, I will walk up early in the morning at 5:00 it is good habit. Then I will take 20
min to freshening up myself, I will brush my teeth. It is good to do mediation to open up your
mind, so I will go on out in a garden and do some sort of exercise and mediation. After it is
important to remember what teacher taught you in last day lecture I will revise all the lessons and
lectures which will help me in improving my academic performance. My next step is to take a
cold water shower which bring freshness in me. Then I will get ready to go for school with
having healthy breakfast to keep myself fit and flexible. After I will go to the school to increase
my knowledge.
After coming from the school I will eat lunch and will take short nap to relax myself and have
some rest. At 4:30 that is tuition time, so I will go for tuition to solve my educational doubt and
the quarries. In order to keep myself active go out with friends for extra curriculum activity. As I
am week in the maths, so I planned to focus on maths subject to increase the result. Finally, I will
take my dinner with family and revise same day lecture then go for a sleep.
Resources and reflection
Resources are the source of the information which is required for identifying or
determining the module. There are four key resource which helps in gathering the information
and provide support while studying the module . The resources are explained below

Perlego: refers to the digital platform which provides online library to the students and people. In
this sort of source, the adequate books available to read and collect knowledge related to
educational activity, professional and non-fictions e-books((Potts, 2018.). This site is available to
the people globally as well as individually. The reading material Is delivered to the students
through desktop or mobile. The students are able to download the content for offline reading. It
also provides the facility of highlighting and noting down the important reading points or
material. Researching is easy for the people who willing to acquire lots of information in short
period.
Peers: it is the plan of action which is used in education. In this source of learning one student or
other people help another to solve their issues or provide some information. The knowledge or
learn things from other by organizing group activity. Individual acquire knowledge from the
viewpoints of other scholar((Miller, 2003)
 ). The person utilized the information to modify the skills. The peer consists of
feedbacks, inspirational stories and lessons. Through the peers the student exchanges the
ideas with others. This learning criteria can be applied in both the condition formal or
informal situations.
Tutors: it refers to the private teachers who help out the student while having doubt. It provides
relevant information and structure to the individual. Basically the teacher or tutor clarify the
concept in easy and effective manner (Stasz, and Brewer, 1999). This source of learning
delivered guidance to the student according to the needs of individual. The tutor plays essential
role in analysing the module perfectly. The tutor provide feedback to the student on the regular
bases so the student modifies individual skills. With the assistance of tutor, the individual
exchange the information.
Search engine: in the modern era this is the most essential tool for the learning and improving the
skills of the individual. It allows the scholar to make research on a particular programme. On a
various search engine like google, chrome, yahoo, Microsoft etc. are the platforms where every

information available. The students are able to found out the answer of every question. The
internet delivered relevant knowledge rather t6hen unnecessary information ((Jain, 2011.)
 It also provides previous as well as professional data and forthcoming information
needed. It will keep the scholar up to date from the world so it will easy to analysis and
develop academic skills.
Reflection
in order to complete this assignment, I Utilized some resources to collect all the information
required for this module. With the assistance of Gibbs model I will share my experience while
collecting the information through the various source.
 Description- While analysing this module I spend less time in researching the whole
programme. My family, friends, teacher and technology really support me very well. At
one point I got confused but thankfully issue was solved rapidly.
 Feelings- During completion of this assignment I have great feeling of learning new
thing. I was extremely excited to complete this project as soon as possible. So I can
enhance the grab knowledge I gain from the various sources.
 Evaluation- When I was asking lots of question from my teacher I got motivate the way
he explained each and everything to me. I faced some technical issues due to poor
network availability in my locality. But after some period it was resolved when I register
complaint.
 Analysis- Between the completion of resources I come to know that I am good at
understanding the views of others. I have grate listing power and ability to take decision
on it rapidly. But I waste lots of time in assessing the assignment task by myself.
 Conclusion- After completion, I concluded that I shouldn't waste my lots of time when
resources are available in adequate manner. I learned how people react in different
siltation. Everyone has assorted opinion and different set of mind. I was nervous before

consulting with my tutor and peers and family but later on I decide to build my
confidence and thankfully I was able to manage that.
Action plan
Area of improvement Strategy Resources Time duration
Skill development Time management Task, prioritized work 1 week
Literature searching, note taking and evaluating
Summary of article using mind map note taking method:

AU Harvard of the Article:
Dhammi, I. K. and Has, R. U., 2016. What is plagiarism and how to avoid it? Indian journal of
orthopaedics. 50(6). p.581.
PLAGIARISM ReferencingAcademic
Integrity
Sources of
Information
Forms of
Plagiarism
Honesty
Trust
Respect
Fairness
Respons
ibility
APA
Chicag
o
CAARP
guidelines
Harvard
Verbati
m
Mosaic
Paraphrasing
Self-
plagiarism
Cyber and
Image
Secondary
source
Primary
source

Summary of the source using CAARP Guidance:
The CAARP Guidance is a model with the help of which the credibility of the sources are clearly
identifies and the category of the guidance are as follows:
 Currency: This basically depends upon the topic and in this case the topic what is
plagiarism and how to avoid it (Putri, and Mahmudah, 2021). This topic is covered in
the above article which is reposted by the author in the year 2016.
 Authority: This category of the guidance test states the information about the author and
whether that author is expert on that particular topic or not. The author of article of topic
what is plagiarism and how to avoid it? is Dhammi I.K. And Has R.U. The author was an
expert in the topic academic integrity, plagiarism and references.
 Accuracy: This category of the guidance test indicates that whether such source provide
citation or not. The above source is accurate as per the topic because it provides citation
and the resources are peer-reviewed.
 Relevance: The sources are also relevant because it provides the brief description and
concept of the topic. It is also relevant because this article is available to all users on
online.
 Purpose: The purpose of the article “what is plagiarism and how to avoid it?” is to
inform and teach the students that how they have to avoid plug in order to get higher
marks and follow academic integrity. The information provided on the article is objective
and based on the facts, opinion or propaganda. This all criteria indicate that the
information provided on the article is purposeful for the topic of the research.
Cues
Ethical writing
Plagiarism
Why plagiarism is
unethical?
Paraphrasing
Summarising
Self - plagiarism
Notes
Ethical writing indicates source from which the material has been taken
and is incorporated into one's own writing.
Essential requirements of ethical writing-
 fair
 reliable
 accurate
 statistics and trends
Plagiarism means presenting other's work and ideas without their consent

and incorporating it into our own work.
Examples-
 Missing quotation marks
 Absence of author attribution
 Buying content from websites
 copying text from sources without citing them
Plagiarism is unethical because-
 It is considered as a form of theft.
 Plagiariser gets benefited from this theft.
Kinds of plagiarism
 plagiarism of idea
 plagiarism of text
Paraphrasing means restating the meaning of a passage or text by
referring to other words having similar meanings.
4 R's of paraphrasing-
 Read
 Restate
 Recheck
 Repair
Summarising means explanation of an idea in shortest possible manner.
Difference-
Paraphrasing – It is detailed but in own words without changing the
original meaning.
Summarising – It is the statement of idea by including only main points.
Self – plagiarism means republishing the work which is previously
written as a new work.
Kinds of self-plagiarism-
 Duplicate publication
 Redundancy or publication overlap
 Form of redundancy
-Reanalysis of the same data

- Same data with different conclusion
Summary
Whatever writing is carried out it must be fair, accurate and reliable. Paraphrasing and
summarising are way through which plagiarism can be avoided along with citing the source
from which the content has been taken. Both plagiarism and self – plagiarism are considered as
unethical and illegal.
AU Harvard of the Book:
(Roig, M., 2015. Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices:
A guide to ethical writing.)
Summary of the source in terms of its credibility through CAARP guidance
Currency: The content of this book is updated one because it is posted recently that is in 2015.
Relevance: The information is relevant as it answers the question aptly and the topic has been
explained well. It is meant for academic and professional writers.
Authority: The author of the book is Miguel Roig who is a holder of doctorate of philosophy.
So, the source is appropriate.
Accuracy: The information in this book is reliable and accurate as the sources from which it has
been taken are accurate along with the provision of evidence within each paragraph and idea.
Purpose: The purpose of the information is to highlight the meaning of plagiarism and other
content related techniques. Also, the purpose of how plagiarism could be avoided has been
fulfilled in this book.
Plagiarism and referencing
Academic integrity is the fundamental form of learning and teaching at the higher
education level. It allows the students to have the freedom to create new ideas and building their
knowledge in creative form of working. Academic integrity helps in avoiding any misconduct
within the academic career. The concept of academic integrity is related with the moral code and
includes following ethical ways to work. It involves fostering network of strategies as well as
being responsible across the university. Academic integrity helps the students to be support the
development of their knowledge along with demonstrating their academic skills. Academic
integrity helps in protecting the reputation as it involves working with proper rules and

regulations. It involves giving individuals credit of their work rather it using for own self and not
appreciating their work. Following academic integrity will lead to avoid plagiarism and cheating
along with other bad behaviours. It works on the four pillars of fairness, honesty, trust, respect
along with being responsible and showing courage. It helps in building trust while giving credits
to the students who actually wrote it. It makes students aware of the consequences of the
academic dishonesty. It focuses on controlling plagiarism and following the rules that are
necessary to do so. This concept is important within an education setting and making sure that its
students are attaining the course goals and objectives.
Plagiarism is defined as a process of using the same material available at some
academic source and use it somewhere. This is a practice adopted by the scholar a writer where
they get to utilise the information sources and use such sources in same manner to take on the
unethical benefits. The meaning of plagiarism is to use the information in the same way the other
writer has presented the topic. In the practice of plagiarism, no such major changes are inserted
in the writing part which contain a claim of plagiarism. This is nothing less than claiming the
respective writer has referred the certain information source in order to present the certain
information for completing the certain project (Jereb and et.al., 2018). The plagiarism on the
other hand is also segregated into certain types which involve direct plagiarism, mosaic
plagiarism, self-plagiarism and accidental plagiarism. All these are the different categorises of
plagiarism reported in the academic writing. All these different types of plagiarism found to be
unethical in nature as the writer get to utilise the same content presented by any other author in
order to describe the same topic line. The practice of plagiarisms is prohibited in legal term as
the writer that originally presented the content claim the leadership over the respective topic area
and the content that has been written. This is not authorised to use the content of the writer
without taking the permission of using the same in academic article or any other form of content.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it will be concluded that the individuals manage its time by
making time table. It is very important to manage the day to day schedule in daily life. It will
help in managing the proper time. The report gives reflation of individual how that student

manages the activity. Furthermore, the study shades a light on resources which is required to
complete a particular task. The resources involve tutors, friends, family and digital platforms etc.
along with this the report highlight the academic integrity, plagiarism and referencing. It will
give assistance in developing the searching skills, note taking skills with clean and clear
refection of a student.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
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SOCIAL STUDIES), 5(3), pp.232-236.
Stasz, C. and Brewer, D.J., 1999. Academic Skills at Work: Two Perspectives.
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