Skills Audit Assignment: Coursework on Study Skills and Smart Goals

This assignment presents a skills audit conducted by a student, focusing on essential study skills crucial for academic success. The introduction defines skills audit and its role in evaluating and developing personal skills. The main body delves into three key study skills: note-taking, teaching others, and time management, detailing their importance and effectiveness. The student assesses their proficiency in each skill, identifying time management as an area for improvement. The assignment further outlines SMART goals, including plans to enhance time management, achieve academic excellence, and collaborate with peers for effective exam preparation. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of skills audits in academic and professional development, highlighting the role of study skills in time management and motivation. The assignment references relevant academic sources to support its findings.

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Skills Audit

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................4
Study skills.............................................................................................................................4
Smart Goals............................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Skills audit is the procedure where a student complete a research based on their skills
and abilities. And the word audit define the evidence of the existing competence of the skills
in a student (Moseley and O'Connell, 2015). It also help in analysing the needs for the
development in the personal skills of the student. Study skills are the important aspect for the
student in their academic life and to get personalised and professionalism in the skills and
knowledge the study skills must be improved. In this assignment the three main study skills
are described in detail and the area of improvement for increasing the study skill is described.
Furthermore SMART objective is developed for the successfully achievement of the skills.
MAIN BODY
Study skills
Study skill is the skill which help the student in the academic life, it will make a
student more professional and getting more personalised knowledge (Guernsey and Levine,
2015). These skills help the student for facing the challenges and issues during exams and
classroom test and assignment. There are lots of study skills but the most effective skills are;
Note taking skills, Teach others and Perfect time management. These three study skills help
the students for getting good academic score and individual personal development. These
three skills are described below:
 Art of not taking: To remember everything in the class is not possible so note taking
and making is very important but just not making is not enough. To take the notes and
get the strategies and find out the best one. It includes paraphrase the teacher’s words,
review the notes every day, use abbreviation which help for remember easily, using
highlighter for books and make notes with cleanliness. It gives the confidence 8/10
level of satisfaction to a student.
 Teach others: This is the great way to learn the things easily by teaching other the
same thing which you newly understand. Student can teach to other student in the
class or someone who’s having the challenges with the material or understanding the
topic. It help the other student to understand and also that student get a chance to
understand better with the material. It help the student to boost their confidence 7/10
level for adding more skills.
 Improve the time management: Most of the student feel like time is all managing
them as they are divided in between attending the classes, going to work, time
spending with the family and many more activities (Wincup, 2017). It saves the time,
reduce the worry and retain the energy. And after planning a time, make the priorities
regarding the most important task first and then afterwards. This can be done by
proper calendar use or planner, get up early for fixing the time and many more ways
to manage the time according to the need. Time management gives the confidence
9/10 level for improving more in their academic life.
From the above three study skills I find that I need to improve more in time management
skills as I am poor in that skills. I must make a planned activities or a calendar for the
studies and all other activities of my daily schedule. As I make the plans but didn’t
implement that according to the plan so for that I have to work on that and rewards for
given by me to myself whenever the task or plan in implement according to the plan.

Smart Goals
 I will learn the time management skills by planning and implement that plan for
achieving the desired targets for the future.
 I wanted to earn A+ grade in my academic for this a proper evaluation of subject’s
syllabus is done and monitoring my development through weekly test.
 For managing the time slot me and my friends are prepared for the exams in a group,
that saves the time and make more understanding of the subject.
 I make all my notes with clarity and make it easy to understand for me and for others
also.
CONCLUSION
Form the above assignment it can be concluded that skills audit is very important for
the student to get the success in academic and professional life. Lots of skills are there which
help the student to improve their score. And study skills help them in managing their time
and motivate a student for performing well in their examination.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Wincup, E., 2017. Criminological research: Understanding qualitative methods. Sage.
Guernsey, L. and Levine, M.H., 2015. Pioneering literacy in the digital age. Technology and
digital media in the early years: Tools for teaching and learning. pp.104-114.
Moseley, G.L. and O'Connell, N.E., 2015. Finding the balance in complex regional pain
syndrome: Expertise, optimism, and evidence.