BA30032E Academic Performance Reflective Summary on Skills

This report presents a reflective summary on the development of academic skills, as required for the BA30032E Academic Performance module. The student reflects on the skills needed for success, including critical thinking and communication. The report outlines a SMART goals model to improve these skills, highlighting specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound objectives. The student identifies areas for improvement, particularly in communication and critical thinking, and proposes strategies such as coaching classes and training to enhance these skills. The report concludes with a reflection on how the SMART goals model can provide a framework for developing the necessary skills to achieve academic goals. References include relevant academic sources supporting the discussion on skill development.

Reflective Summary

Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Main body...................................................................................................................................................3
Skills required to develop........................................................................................................................3
Smart goal model....................................................................................................................................3
Confusion....................................................................................................................................................4

Introduction
Academic skills are the collection of habits, different strategies and management of time
tools which helps the students to enhance their skills and knowledge. It is important because it
gives and confidence to the students and helps them in filling their expectations with respect to
their career goals. The students can develop their academic skills in the classroom by responding
to and asking questions by their teachers and follow up with them (Abenavoli, 2019). The report
is being discussed about and reflective summary on the development of the academic skills and
how those skills can be developed in form of SMART goals model.
Main body
Skills required to develop
Every student has a dream to become successful in their life. For this they have to
develop their skills and knowledge in order to attain the goals of life. There are some skills
which I have to develop follows:
Critical thinking: education is not depends upon learning the facts but it also requires the
proper training to the mind to think about it (Anderson and Valero, 2020). I have to develop my
thinking skills which will be used to understand the concept of career and the work please in the
changing environment. It helps me in clearing myself directed and self discipline skills which
help me in making my thinking the realistic and meaningful way.
Communication skills a good communication skill plays in significant role in order to
obtain the main objective life. I possess average communication skills which resulted in low
confidence. For this I have to develop multiple modes of communication which will be used as a
tool in order to communicate within the team at workplace. I also have to develop my written
communication skills for the modern students and employees.
Smart goal model
It is the model which is clearly plant and trackable objectives. It is useful in building the
career I want by setting in objective and creating a clear roadmap so that I can reach to my
intended target (Kikas Soodla and Mägi, 2018). The model is given below:

Bases Skills
Specific I have to develop my communication skills and
critical thinking skills which help me in
developing and managing the position which
are targeted in my future.
Measurable This I have determined that my communication
skills are below average and for that I have to
work hard to enhance my communication skills
as it plays in nature room in attaining the future
opportunities in order to fulfill my desire of
life.
Achievable I have examined text my communication skills
can be enhanced by taking coaching classes
where I can learn different modes of
communication in an effective manner
(Kourakli and et. al., 2017). Also I required
proper training for developing my critical
thinking skills which helps me in developing
my mind.
Relevant Relevant decided my goals I have examined
that communication and critical thinking skills
plays an important role in order to attain my
Desire as the skills will be used at every point
of time.
Confusion
From the above report it can be concluded that I have to develop my communication and
critical thinking skills which will be used in attaining my future goals. I have used and smart

goals model which will be helped in determining the framework in which I have to develop my
skills. This will be helpful in making an effective person which used to attain my targets.

References
Books and Journals
Abenavoli, R.M., 2019. The mechanisms and moderators of “fade-out”: Towards understanding
why the skills of early childhood program participants converge over time with the skills
of other children. Psychological bulletin, 145(12), p.1103.
Anderson, A. and Valero, L., 2020. Supporting Academic Vocabulary and Social-Emotional
Skills of Students With Learning Disabilities Through an Arts-Integrated Social Studies
Approach. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 53(2), pp.150-162.
Kikas, E., Soodla, P. and Mägi, K., 2018. Teacher judgments of student reading and math skills:
Associations with child-and classroom-related factors. Scandinavian Journal of
Educational Research, 62(5), pp.783-797.
Kourakli and et. al.,2017. Towards the improvement of the cognitive, motoric and academic
skills of students with special educational needs using Kinect learning
games. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 11, pp.28-39.
Morris, T., McGuire, M. and Walker, B., 2017. Integrating social studies and social skills for
students with emotional and behavioral disabilities: A mixed methods study. The Journal
of Social Studies Research, 41(4), pp.253-262.