Skills Audit Report: Time Management, Note-Taking, Learning Styles

This report is a skills audit focusing on three key study skills: time management, note-taking, and learning styles. The introduction emphasizes the importance of skills audits for academic success, highlighting the efforts learners put into self-assessment. The report details the three key study skills learned, explaining their significance for achieving better university results. The author expresses increased confidence after understanding the impact of these skills and provides a self-rating. The report also outlines reasons for improving these skills, such as the competitive academic environment and opportunities for employment. Furthermore, it describes strategies for skill development, including SMART objectives and an action plan. The conclusion reiterates the significance of these skills for academic improvement, referencing sources like books and journals to support the findings.

SKILLS AUDIT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Three study skills which I have learned about in this module.........................................................3
Current confidence...........................................................................................................................3
Reasons in which why I need to improve all three skills................................................................4
Ways which I will use to improve all skills.....................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
Skills audit very important to a person or learner for gaining better results in the
academic sessions of university. Currently most learner aware about the important of skills audit,
this is why they are putting own huge efforts in the context of auditing their existing skills and
capabilities (Feudel and Dietz, 2019). This is report discusses three key or main study skills like;
time management, note taking and learning styles etc. These all three skills are basically known
as the three key study techniques as well which a learner should always have to gain huge
success at the university.
Three study skills which I have learned about in this module
In current module I have learned about three key skills and abilities of study, like; time
management, note taking and learning styles etc. Basically, I have learned that, there is no person
or learner can achieve better results or outcomes in the university without considering these all
three skills. Upper management and administration within most universities are trying to develop
these skills in their all learners or students for enabling to gain better marks in examination. I
have learned that, there are many people in across the world are taking lots of advantages
through these all skills, in which I also need to take steps towards developing these all skills in
daily operations for gaining appropriate results in the module. However, currently I have these
all three skills, but in good manner. That is why I need to make an effective action plan for
developing these skills. I have learned that, there is no learner can do study in proper manner
without having these all skills and abilities. I have used time wheel theory for systematically
managing own precious time. On the other side, the theory of note making has also played an
excellent role to me for making different notes in order to remember learnings for the long-time
period.
Current confidence
After knowing three key skills of study and their positive impact in the performance, I
become very confident. Basically, when I was not known about these skills, I felt that what type
of technique used by people by for gaining better marks in the module at university (Carolan,

2018). On that time, I felt very fear for getting failure in the module, but after knowing about
different skills and their positive impact, now I become very confident. Currently I easily say
that, I will gain very appropriate results in the module of university just because of study skills.
Basically, these three skills have increased my levels of confidence. For example; if I give
ratings to my current confidence, then I will give 8 out of 10, because after knowing about the
use of study skills, I am become very confident in my daily module practices. There are skills of
time management and note making also plays an excellent role to me for improving my
confidence in daily live.
Reasons in which why I need to improve all three skills
There are many factors includes in my daily live which are highly influencing for the
improvement all three skills of study, like; time management, note taking and learning styles etc.
Basically, there is huge competition in the academic sessions or university, in which if I have
well-developed study skills, then it will be able to gain better marks than other learners or
colleagues. Many times, many MNCs visits in university for hiring talented and skilled people as
employees in their organisations, in which they have hired only such learners who has performed
very effectively in the university model. This is the main reason that, I have to improve study
skills, because these skills will help me to perform very well in the module, and at the end, I will
various MNCs can easily offer me job by viewing my performance.
Ways which I will use to improve all skills
In this dynamic world, there are many strategies available to me for developing all three
skills of study (Kneale, 2019). For example; I can make an effective action plan for developing
skills, like; time management, note taking and learning styles etc. However, before making the
action plan, I have to make some smart objectives in the context of improvement of skills.
SMART Objectives
 Improve three study skills by making an action plan.
 Achieve better marks by using developed skills of study.
 Put positive impact on MNCs by showing own well performance report when they will
come into university for the hiring purposes.

I have put own huge efforts in the terms of developing own study skills and abilities. At the
end, I will be succeeded in improving all three study skills.
Conclusion
It can be concluded that there are many strategies or ways easily available to a person in
order to develop s time management, note taking and learning styles study skills. It can be also
concluded that, time management, note taking, learning styles etc. are three major skills of study
which highly needs to be improved by a learner.

References
Books & Journals
Carolan, B. V., 2018. Extracurricular activities and achievement growth in kindergarten through
first grade: The mediating role of non-cognitive skills. Early Childhood Research
Quarterly. 45. pp.131-142.
Feudel, F. and Dietz, H. M., 2019. Teaching study skills in mathematics service courses—how to
cope with students’ refusal?. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An
International Journal of the IMA. 38(1). pp.20-42.
Kneale, P. E., 2019. Study skills for geography, earth and environmental science students.
Routledge.