A Report on the Significance of Academic Skills in Higher Education

This report delves into the critical role of academic skills in fostering student success within a university setting. It emphasizes the importance of developing key competencies such as research ability and time management. The report outlines strategies for enhancing research skills, including thorough topic exploration, utilizing diverse sources like journals and expert consultations, and organizing information effectively. Furthermore, it underscores the significance of time management, advocating for structured scheduling, prioritization, and the elimination of distractions. The conclusion highlights the obligatory nature of these skills for individual growth and academic achievement. The report references multiple scholarly articles to support its claims, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject matter. This report is designed to help students understand and apply these skills to improve their academic performance. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering past papers and solved assignments for students.

Reflection

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills or study skills are the approaches of learning that are use in schools,
university for acquiring good makes or grades and very useful for learning and enhancement in
life. In academic skills consist of Digital skill, time management, research ability and critical
thinking etc. are key areas to develop an individual. This report is based on academic skills and
their importance in life of an student.
MAIN BODY
Academic skills are very obligatory for an individual development and enhancement and
to grab career objectives and goals. To become acquainted with necessary skill related to
academics need to evaluate the strengths and weakness of an individual and potential
requirements to get success (Fuhs and et.al ., 2014). To become an good university student, an
individual have some specific skills related with academics such as research ability and time
management skills that are very essential to become an good university student (Knight,
McKissick and Saunders, 2013.). To achieve the goals and objectives need to evaluation of
strength and weaknesses in proper way and after that formation of goals and objectives
accordingly. To achieve research ability goals are to enhance research skills with in the
upcoming 6 months. To develop the research ability individual have to take some steps that
should be proved fruitful to gain desirable outcomes. In that steps consist of taking an topic that
an individual something know about it and after it do study about that topic with help of internet
thoroughly and read it whole case with help of different magazine, journals and books related to
subject and take ideas from it. In case of doubt ask from the expert so that actual results should
be accomplish and take long time to think about that subject matter. In other step find an expert
and write about finding research that need for story. Expert need to share the information and
ideas with beliefs and to achieve desirable outcomes. To grab accurate information and data

individual have to collect their previous information and insights that sometime experienced.
After all that learner have to organise all information and data in appropriate manner because not
organised data not give proper knowledge and information to the individual and hamper their self
interest (Miller and Votruba-Drzal, 2013). To reach at last stage of knowledge and information
learner have to collect past work that can give important insights to reach at desirable outcome.
At last develop an topical tip file that are to take story ideas from editorial ideas. To develop
another important skill set that is time management which an important improvement area for
growth in career. Goal for time management is to achieve time management skill at the
upcoming 3 months. To develop time management skills learner have to firstly schedule all
works and activities by organising all days and weeks to reach at definite goal. Then set out the
prioritize and set time accordingly in order to set some boundaries to keep mind peaceful and
stable (Mokrova and et.al ., 2013). Then remove all distractions that should be proved harmful
in achieve goals and objectives then take help some android application so that it can work
should be timely accomplish.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that academic skills and capabilities are very
obligatory for individual growth and enhancement. To become an good learner some necessary
skill set are very obligatory.
REFERENCES
Fuhs, M.W., and et.al ., 2014. Longitudinal associations between executive functioning and
academic skills across content areas. Developmental Psychology. 50(6). p.1698.

Knight, V., McKissick, B.R. and Saunders, A., 2013. A review of technology-based
interventions to teach academic skills to students with autism spectrum disorder.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 43(11). pp.2628-2648.
Miller, P. and Votruba-Drzal, E., 2013. Early academic skills and childhood experiences across
the urban–rural continuum. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 28(2). pp.234-248.
Mokrova, I.L. and et.al ., 2013. The role of persistence at preschool age in academic skills at
kindergarten. European journal of psychology of education. 28(4). pp.1495-1503.
Rabiner, D.L., Godwin, J. and Dodge, K.A., 2016. Predicting academic achievement and
attainment: the contribution of early academic skills, attention difficulties, and social
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