A Student's Guide to Being Curious and Competent - FYS0080

This report discusses the core study skills required for effective learning and how to develop them. It includes an action plan to improve skills such as stress management, note-making, active listening, and ICT skills. The report also highlights the importance of knowing one's strengths and weaknesses and using them to achieve academic success.

A students guide to being
curious and competent
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
The core study skills you feel confident in and an explanation of why you feel confident...3
An explanation of how you have demonstrated competence in your identified study skills. 3
The core study skills you need to develop and an explanation of why you need to develop
these skills..............................................................................................................................4
What you can do to improve the core study skills you need to develop................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES:...............................................................................................................................7
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
The students require study skills that will help them to perform effectively and work with
confidence. At the time of studies, academic skills help the students to manage the work assigned
to them effectively (Cottrell, 2020). In this report, there is discussion related to the core skills
that are required at the time of education. All these skills help to work effectively in future and
manage the working of students. The examples related to development of the core skills are
mentioned in this report. Overall reflection based on the study experience in University is part of
this report.
MAIN BODY
The core study skills you feel confident in and an explanation of why you feel confident
The core study skills that I feel confident is communication skills. At the time of internal
assessments in the classroom oral tests are taken by the teacher to assess the performance. There
is key role of using effective communication skills so that good results are attained. This helps
me to present my learnings in effective manner. The teachers are able to understand the points
that I communicate due to effective interaction skills (Barrable, Papadatou-Pastou and Tzotzoli,
2018). These skills help me to feel confident as I will always be able to share my thoughts
effectively. Along with that, I have skill of using the online library effectively. It helps to
manage the studies in effective manner. This helps me to learn the content taught in the class. I
can read the extra materials provided to me and use them in best suitable manner. This enhances
my level of confidence and helps me to study at the time of examination in appropriate manner. I
am also good at reading and remembering the information. I concentrate in the class so that all I
am able to understand all the information. This also makes me feel confident as I am able to give
answer to the questions asked by the teacher in classroom.
Another core study skill that I am good at is time management skill. This helps me to attend
all the classes on time. The punctuality motivates to attain the objectives effectively and helps to
bring positivity while learning. There is key role of carrying the work with the help of time
management skills. This makes me confident as all the teachers motivate me and give my
example to others. Time management also helps me to submit my assessments on time.
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An explanation of how you have demonstrated competence in your identified study skills
Since the beginning, I have been a bright student. I used to watch online videos and English
movies in order to learn communication skills. I am keen learner and this habit helped me to
enhance competence in the study skills. There is key role of having proper skills that are required
to manage the studies and carry on the work in future at the time of getting good job (Cottrell,
2019). I used the facility of online library and in the starting I took help of my seniors. It was not
complex to learn the right way of using online library. It is advantageous as I can read books
despite of time and place. I have good habit of reading and this motivated me to learn with the
help of online library and remember the information. This helps me carry on my studies
effectively. I have habit of forming time table that helps me to develop time management skills. I
adhere to the time table and now I have developed a habit of carrying all the work assigned on
right time.
The core study skills you need to develop and an explanation of why you need to develop these
skills
There are some other skills that also required by me to carry on the studies effectively.
These skills such as note making skills as they are required to remember the key points. Along
with that there is need of stress management skills so that work in managed in proper manner.
This helps to stay calm in uncertain environment and deal with situation in effective manner
(Sera and McPherson, 2019). There is also requirement of having active listening skills as they
help to understand the message conveyed by others. In today’s time, there is need of having
effective ICT skills as they help to carry on the assessments effectively. There are important
skills that must be developed so that better outcomes are attained at the time of studies.
What you can do to improve the core study skills you need to develop.
In order to develop the study skills, I will formulate action plan. The actions plan includes
the strategies that helps to develop the skills and he time taken.
Skills Actions Time taken
Stress management I will do meditation and this will help me
to stay calm and keep my mind stable.
This will help to manage stress
effectively.
3 Months
Note making The note making skills can only be 1 Month
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developed by practice (Mason, 2019). I
will keep the notebook and pen at the
time lecture and start noting the important
points in order to make effective notes
Active listening skills By concentrating and focusing in class.
Also, exercise and meditation will also
help
3 Months
ICT skills I will take online class to develop ICT
skills and update my knowledge in
computer.
6 Months
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CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been concluded that study skills are important for the students.
The students are need to develop these skills and must know about their own strengths and
weaknesses. This helps them to know the areas that they are strong and use them to study
effectively and achieve the targets of good performance. At the same time the skills in which the
students are not competent are mentioned. In the end action plan is formulated to enhance the
required skills within specific time.
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REFERENCES:
Books and Journals
Barrable, A., Papadatou-Pastou, M. and Tzotzoli, P., 2018. Supporting mental health, wellbeing
and study skills in Higher Education: an online intervention system. International
Journal of Mental Health Systems, 12(1). pp.1-9.
Cottrell, S., 2019. The study skills handbook. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Cottrell, S., 2020. Teaching study skills and supporting learning. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Mason, H. D., 2019. Evaluation of a study skills intervention programme: A mixed methods
study. Africa Education Review, 16(1). pp.88-105.
Sera, L. and McPherson, M. L., 2019. Effect of a study skills course on student self-assessment
of learning skills and strategies. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 11(7).
pp.664-668.
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