Study Skills for Higher Education: Importance of Habits for Student Success

This document discusses the importance of habits for student success in higher education. It explores three habits mentioned in the article and explains why they are important for students. Additionally, it identifies three additional habits that can help students improve their academic abilities. The document also mentions the importance of time management, risk-taking, teamwork, and self-development for students' academic and professional success.

Individual essay - Study Skills for
Higher Education
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Questions.........................................................................................................................................3
Select three of habits mentioned in article above and discuss why they are important for
student..........................................................................................................................................3
Additional habits that students needs and can help them out at academic level.........................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Study skills are defined as approach that applicable in learning and development, critically
to achieve success that needs for consideration of all essential skills, knowledge. Study skills for
higher student is defining as array of knowledge which tackle process of organising, taking in
new information. Afterwards, it will be relating with real life goals and achievements. This
documentation will discuss about three different habits which already mentioned in article,
describing that why it is important for student success. Furthermore, it will identify three
additional habits for student where it help for improving their own ability, capability.
Questions
Select three of habits mentioned in article above and discuss why they are important for student.
Ever wondered what student takes to be successful in their life. It might be subjective for some
successful individual person, who have already achieving their objectives. Skills, intelligence are
considered the most important factors that support for developing opportunities. There is good
habit that make difference (Aksasse, Aksasse and Ouanan, 2020). Focused thinking is related to
the student minds because it allows them to concentrate at its best way to remove or eliminate all
type of distractions. Most of successful people have a habit to adopt various approaches in the
lives. In this way, it is mainly focused on the article and identifying different habits that needs to
adopt by student. This will help for achieving the desirable goal or objective in proper manner.
In article, it has been focused on three important habits that always support for student to
achieve desirable goal or objective. Basically, it may select important habits such as Set goals,
take responsibility for actions and great self-discipline.
Set Goals
It is most common habit that need to adopt by student, if they want to achieve success in
their life. Setting goals should be number of priority for student when they are looking for
success, successful people clearly define where they want to go and achieve. In this way, it can
understand that important part of student for setting appropriate goals. Typically, goals and
objectives are depending on current situation or condition. Student is able to monitor or track
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yourself and how much progress they are making. It provide the essential analysis that keep
maintain and control their ability.
Goal setting is consider as important habits that need to be considered as important which
help for providing better sense of direction, help student to focus, effective habits give mental
discipline. In this way, it can easily reach to specific goals. Goal setting is based on the variable
if it is missing so that simply add some habits (Worrall, 2019). Therefore, it can easily identified
that important role played in student success, conversely improve skills and achieve desirable
goal or objective.
Goal setting provide long term vision and short term for student, which help for focused
on the acquisition of knowledge, recognize time and resources. It can make the most of student
life. By setting goals, student can clearly define objective, measure and take pride in context of
achievements.
Take responsibility for their actions
It is another important key attributes of most successful people, which is taking as
responsibility of their actions. It help for student to take full responsibilities of their failure and
success. Unlike majority that need to plays as victim role. It is never put them blame for
someone else. Typically, a great successful individual person can learn through its failure. It help
for developing a new ability to handle complex situation in proper manner.
Taking a responsibility for their action is consider as important factors which may
support for student to enhance the participate into different tasks (Meyer, Murphy and Fritz,
2019). This habit will improve their own ability to acquire more knowledge and putting right
effort in goal achievement.
The importance of take responsibility for student actions, which help for improving its
life-long process. It provide the support for student to move into right direction. This type of
habit plays important role in student success lives, creating a positive and trusting relationship
with student. in order to improve their own learning skills. It is important for student to
demonstrate what it means to take more responsibility, owing up with own mistakes and
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apologizing behavior and showing a great bond with other people. In this way, it can be
identified that this type of habit will definitely support for student in term of success and achieve
their own goals or objectives.
Great Self discipline
Discipline is one of most common attributes of most successful people, encourages
people to achieve their goals and achievement. It provide as idea about handle the complex or
difficult task and allows them to overcome in proper manner. Self-discipline is important for
student success because it help for improving high standards performance (Uddin, 2019). In this
way, student is being able to move from mistakes which become consider as part of self-
discipline. Whether it come across life changing but essential to understand growth and
development. Student can identify their own strength, weakness so that adopt learning
experience.
Through this habit, it is constantly be thinking about effective strategies and create important
steps towards reaching desirable goal and objective (Choi and et.al., 2020). Self-discipline habit
will support for student to motivate or inspire towards task execution. The strategic plan are
always supported to create best opportunities for student in context of success or determination.
In above discussion, it has summarized about three different habits, which is always
supporting the student to influence towards significant goal and achievement. Student can use
them different habits, improving own knowledge effectively and efficiently.
Additional habits that students needs and can help them out at academic level
Students require several skills for getting higher marks in this competitive area. Competition is
increasing day by day and it is putting pressure on students to focus more on their studies but
there are some habits which can help them out in becoming successful at academic level and
professional level in the future such as:
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Time management: time management is known as the key of success of student in
nowadays because students often procrastinate. Procrastination or not completing tasks on the
given deadline leads to frustration and students face problems in concentrating due to frustration.
Successful students are likely to have this time management skills as they complete their study
and projects on given deadline as it reduces pressure and help them out in learning. When
students do not complete projects and tasks on time then at the time of exams they become
irritated and due to fear of failure they become depressed (Ertug and Faydali, 2018). So, it can be
said that by developing time table, reducing procrastination and prioritizing tasks or developing
time management habit students can get higher marks.
Risk taker: In this context it can be said that most successful students and people are risk
takers because each thing teach something. Successful students believe that by taking risks they
do not invite problems as they learn something new from risks and it boosts their confidence.
Having back up plan along with risk taking skill can make students able to become successful
and reducing fear of losing. Those students, who only live in safe zone, are more likely to have
fear of losing and if they become fail in study or exams then they become depressed as they
cannot bear it. Everyone grow through the process and become more confident. So, it can be said
that by developing or having this habit, students can boost their confidence and can also develop
their career.
Team working: In this context, it can be said that some students prefer to study in group
and some prefer working individually. It is believed that students who study and complete
projects in-group are more likely to complete their projects in a timely manner. While working
and studying in group, students learn several things with each others. They learn easiest ways of
learning, different ways of note taking which increases their knowledge and help them out in
their career. It improves their relation with others as well. Group study and ability to work in
team has several other benefits as it increases decision making skills, leadership and others skills
that can be beneficial for students for their future.
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Self development: Behaviour and nature of obsession with self development often lead
success. Students, who are obsessed with their own self-development, are more likely to become
motivated and focus on continuous development. Such students also reduce procrastination
because obsession makes them focused and motivated towards accomplishment of their goals
(Lyz and et.al., 2020).
So, from the above discussed habits and skills it can be said that students can get higher
marks at academic level and also develop their career.
CONCLUSION
From above discussion, it has concluded that selecting three important habits of student
success such as Set goals, taking responsibility and self-discipline. It helps for student to improve
the performance while achieving desirable goal and objective. Furthermore, it has summarised
about additional habits such as time management, self-improvement, it might be considered as
important for success or achievements.
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