Study Skills for Higher Education

STUDY SKILLS FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................3
Significance of setting academic goals....................................................................................................3
Strategies of comprehension and retention..............................................................................................4
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Academic goals are predominately the goals as well as objectives which are set by the
students in their academic life for gaining success as well as living an ambitious life. The main
aim of this report is to understand the importance of academic goals within life of university
students and recommend various strategies for increasing their learning ability.
This report gives an overview of significance of setting academic goals and strategies for
comprehension as well as retention.
MAIN BODY
Significance of setting academic goals
Academic goals are predominately the goals as well as objectives which are being set and
designed by the students for achieving success in career and accomplish their desires and
ambitions. The major importance of setting the academic goals is that it provides a right direction
to the students for achieving their objectives and helps them to track their overall progress.
Besides this, academic goals also help the students to incorporate necessary skills within them
which are required for achieving their vision and ambitions and thus help in attaining success.
There are mainly two types of goals which are being set by the students during their academic
life which are short-term goals and long-term goals (Rodriguez, G and et.al.,2018). Short-term
goals are basically the goals as well as objectives which students commit to achieve within the
short period of time. In short, these goals are set by students for accomplishing within short time
frame like in weeks or months. The major short-term goals which are set by the students
throughout their academic life are
 Getting good scores or first rank in next semester or next assignment
 Participating in the school activities and securing first position
 Finding an organization for working as an intern
The main importance of setting the short-term goals is that it helps the students to have a
clear path for achieving their long-term goals and thus helps to provide a big picture of the future
goals. On the other side of spectrum, long-term goals are primarily the objectives which are