Case Study: Analyzing Stress Effects & Academic Skill Development

This case study examines the development of academic skills and the effects of stress on a student's well-being and learning capabilities. It identifies key academic skills such as analysis, brainstorming, technology use, and communication, emphasizing the use of the SMART framework for goal achievement. The study further investigates the physical and psychological effects of stress, including decreased energy, headaches, anxiety, and cognitive difficulties, and its impact on memory and learning. Effective stress management techniques, such as improving sleep quality, exercising, practicing meditation and breathing exercises, maintaining a protein-rich diet, and reducing caffeine intake, are recommended to mitigate these negative effects and enhance learning efficiency. The study concludes that managing stress is crucial for academic success and overall well-being.

Educational Artefacts

Table of Contents
Assessment 1: Educational Artefact................................................................................................3
Development of Academic skills.................................................................................................3
SMART Framework to Achieve Goals........................................................................................3
Assessment 2: Individual Case Study Report .................................................................................5
Effects of Stress...............................................................................................................................5
Physical Effects of Stress.............................................................................................................5
Psychological effects of Stress.....................................................................................................6
Effects of stress on learning ability of the person........................................................................6
Managing Stress, Anxiety & Nervousness......................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

Assessment 1: Educational Artefact
Development of Academic skills
There are various academic skills which a person needs during the time of college. These
skills help them during the learning, researching, writing, presentation and various other task
(Boyle, Ramsay, and Struan, 2019). These skills are developed with the helps of teachers as well
performing the task provided. These skills will ensure that the students learn various things
during the time of the college. It will ensure that the students will work effectively and
efficiently during the work provided to them. The academic skills take time to develop which
needs various steps. This steps will be discussed further. The skills which is needed for creative
writing, using technology and various others are provided below:
 Analysis
 Brainstorming
 Creative thinking
 Technological
 Listening
 Note taking
 Public speaking
 Time Management
 Communication skills
 Presentation skills (Rodrigues, and et.al., 2021)
SMART Framework to Achieve Goals
SMART Goals ensure that the person can get success in their work. As it sets out the
criteria in each of the steps. The steps of SMART goals are discussed further:
Specific
In this step the student will analyse what should be the goals which they want to achieve
and their reasons. The goals can be learning presentation skills, inculcate creative thinking,
learning of technological skills as well as improve the presentation skills. It will help them to
perform better in their universities activities. As well as improve the efficiency of the student
while performing the work.
Measurable

These goals can be measured by the appreciation received by the teachers as well as the
result of the examination or any activity. This will help the student to know that they are able to
achieve the goals they have fixed for them. It will ensure that the student can get their success in
their work as well as their academic life.
Achievable
These goals can be achieved by learning and practising regularly. Here the student will
listen to their teachers properly which will help them to know the process of gaining this skills.
Students will regularly practice in word, presentation, and various other technologies which are
studied in the college. The student will also practice in creative writing on various topics which
can be analysed from internet.
Relevant
In this the student will analyse that it is relevant for them to inculcate these skills. This is
worthwhile for the students because it will ensure that they will get success in their career. It is
the right time for them to learn as they are in the college where making mistakes can be
corrected. This will ensure that the student can achieve success in their career and not face any
problems.
Time Bound
Time limit is very important when the person wants to gain success. The time limit for
the student will be the time of their course. As it is necessary for the students to achieve these
skills during the time of their education. This time limit of the course will be of maximum 1 year,
as after that they learn various new skills.

Assessment 2: Individual Case Study Report
Stress is when a person feel tension related to emotional or physical. This can be formed
in any event when a person is feeling frustrated or angry. It is not good for the body of a human
being as there are various negative effects of stress. A student of universities feels stress
whenever they are supposed to face examinations or presentations, or they are facing any
deadline or doing a part-time job after the college hours. This all creates huge stress for a person
to handle. The report will discuss various effects and ways to maintain the stress.
Effects of Stress
There are various negative effects of stress on a person's health, well being and learning.
Stress can be caused because of several reasons during the year of colleges such as academic
courses are challenging, not able to balance the schedules, doing multi task during the time of
college, and various other this get overwhelming for the person. The negative effects of the stress
are discussed further in the report.
Physical Effects of Stress
There are various physical effects of stress which can affect the health of the person can
cause problems. These problems can be long termed which need medical attention and medicines
are not good for the health of a person as it can have various side effects. Stress affects
everybody in different manner such but the common effects on physical health are mentioned
below:
 Lower energy level of the person
 Constant headaches
 Feeling of nausea
 Stomachache
 Suffering from insomnia
 Having Chest pain
 Constantly suffering from cold or various other illnesses
 Constant sweating in the hands or shaking during conversations
Psychological effects of Stress
A person not only suffer from physical effects of stress, but he also suffers from various
psychological problems as well. These problems are not easily detected which affect the

functioning of the mind of a person (Segrin, 2019). This can be harmful for the person if not
treated properly during the time when they are suffering. The common psychological effects of
stress are discussed below:
 Depression
 Anxiety
 Problems which are related to cognitive functioning
 Constant mood swings such as feeling irritated, angry, and various other changes in the
behaviour.
For this type of problem it is very important a person oversee his families or friends. It is
because it will easily help the person to detect the problem faced by their relatives. This can be
noticed by others very easily by noticing the changes in the behaviour of the person.
Effects of stress on learning ability of the person
It is common to feel stressed when a person is handling education as well as various
deadlines. This small stress can affect the functioning of the brain such as its processing ability
or storing various memories. As it is proven that the things which provides stress it becomes
difficult to remember the correct details of the study done. Such as when the person study for the
exam at the very last moment then he is not able to recall the accurate answer of the question
during the exam. It is because the brain is not able to store the information in proper manner
(Pascoe, Hetrick, and Parker, 2020).
Managing Stress, Anxiety & Nervousness
There are various ways with which a person can manage the stress, anxiety as well as
nervousness. These ways are discussed further in the report (Crum, Jamieson, and Akinola,
2020).
 Sleep — Insufficient sleep can lead to reduction in the quality of the work as the person
will sleepy all the time. So it is beneficial that the person improves the sleep quality as it
will ensure that the person will not take the load of work. For improving the quality of
sleep person should be relaxed while going for sleep it can be done with the help of
watching television, using phones and various other ways.

 Exercise — If a person continuously perform various exercise it will avoid various
physical effects of stress. As exercise helps to control the stress and need more energy. It
also ensures that the person relaxes its mind as well as body.
 Meditation — If a person performs meditation then it will ensure that the person will
reduce the stress. It improves the concentration power of the person as well as provide
peace of mind, it will help the person in reducing the psychological as well as learning
effects of the stress.
 Breathing Exercise — If a person performs the breathing exercise it will ensure that the
person will get relax. It is mostly done when the person is feeling anxious or nervous so
that they can calm their nerves. It will reduce the tension which will be positive for the
person. In this exercise person should take continuous deep breath and exhaling which is
beneficial for overcoming the situation which makes the person feel anxious.
 Eating High quality of protein — If a person intakes high amount of protein it will
ensure that the person will not face any physical problems. It helps to reduce various
problems which is related to blood pressure or any problem (Rupert, and Dorociak,
2019).
 Reducing Caffeine intake — Caffeine make the person feel more anxious which is not
good in any condition. So the person who are used to of taking caffeine in any stress
condition they should restrain themselves while in-taking caffeine. It will ensure that
person will not feel anxious in any of the problematic situation.
Conclusion
It can be concluded that stress can have both physical as well psychological effects on a
person. This effects will also affect the remembering power of a person during the learning
process. It is also analysed that there are various ways with the help of which a person can
maintain stress as well as reduce the stress. These methods can have various benefits which will
help the person to improve their efficiency during the learning process. These methods can be
eating high quality of protein, meditation, exercise, sleep and various others. This will help the
person to not feel anxious.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Boyle, J., Ramsay, S. and Struan, A., 2019. The academic writing skills programme: A model for
technology-enhanced, blended delivery of an academic writing programme. Journal of
University Teaching and Learning Practice. 16(4). p.4.
Rodrigues, A.L. and et.al., 2021. Technological skills in higher education—Different needs and
different uses. Education Sciences. 11(7). p.326.
Segrin, C., 2019. Indirect effects of social skills on health through stress and loneliness. Health
communication. 34(1). pp.118-124.
Pascoe, M.C., Hetrick, S.E. and Parker, A.G., 2020. The impact of stress on students in
secondary school and higher education. International Journal of Adolescence and
Youth. 25(1). pp.104-112.
Crum, A.J., Jamieson, J.P. and Akinola, M., 2020. Optimizing stress: An integrated intervention
for regulating stress responses. Emotion. 20(1). p.120.
Rupert, P.A. and Dorociak, K.E., 2019. Self-care, stress, and well-being among practicing
psychologists. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 50(5). p.343.
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