University Report: Academic Goals, Learning Methods and Vision

This report delves into the critical role of vision in academic pursuits, emphasizing how setting clear goals enables students to achieve their targets, fostering intellectual growth and motivation. It highlights the advantages of high-quality academic experiences, improved focus, and measurable results. The report explores the importance of both short-term and long-term goal setting, providing actionable strategies such as time management and the avoidance of procrastination. Furthermore, the report examines various techniques for retaining information, including sufficient sleep, a balanced diet, note-taking, teaching others, and utilizing memory-enhancing methods like visualization and spaced repetition. The conclusion underscores the significance of goal setting, career advancement, and effective study techniques for student success.

Pursuing a Vision
Through Academic Goals

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Importance of setting goals.........................................................................................................1
Methods of remembering new information.................................................................................2
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Vision is very important in academic purpose as it help students to accomplish the task in
a proper time(Dreifuerst and et. al., 2016). Academic goal provide a clear cut picture to the
employees and allow them to achieve the targets that ensure success and provide path to
intellectual growth. It provide various advantages like high quality academic experience,
improved focus and measure results that increases the motivation level and inculcate confidence
among them. By preparing Smart goal, it helps to set specified target and clear cut procedure to
the students. Time bound and constant effort is very necessary to accomplish academic goals.
Learning from mistake help students to improve their performance and enhance their
productivity. This report cover importance of setting goals and various methods of remembering
the new information.
Importance of setting goals
Today, setting goal is very important for the students by preparing a smart planning. This
helps to build self confidence that increases the productivity but it is necessary to have set
targets(Shucksmith, 2018). By preparing smart goal, it helps to push forward and provide
direction of action by setting a clear vision. It also helps learner to convert ideas into milestones
and improve the overall performance. This help students to finish the projects in a proper time
and stay away from negative situations. The short and long term goals are describes a follows:
Short term goals:
These are goals that are completed in a short span of time that help in achieving the set
targets(Esquivel and Sweetman, 2016). For instance: students can finish their projects on time
by setting right priorities and by starting the project early. One effective strategy of
accomplishing the task is to stop procrastination. Mobile phones are major source of distraction
so this should be kept away to bring continuation in the work. Also, positive attitude is a better
choice during stressful days as this help to make life better. Healthy lifestyle is a major
prospective by eating fruits, vegetables and drinking lot of water to keep hydrated provide a
better life. Reading good books help to develop skilful mind and increase the knowledge base of
students and thereby accelerate analytical thinking.
Long term goals:
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These are goals that are set for twelve months or more that help in accomplishing long
term ambitions(Etzkowitz, 2016). Long term goals can be fulfilled by various ways such as
careful planning, dedication and hard work. For example: the student could set a long term goals
to qualify in next class by making a proper schedule. Time management is the one of the crucial
factor in achieving long term targets. Self confidence and determination is the key to achieve
long term goals that increases the efficiency and spark their life with joy. Physical and mental
exercise is a must to maintain good life and healthier life. This help students to prepare for
success and achieve the future targets.
Methods of remembering new information
There are various techniques of retaining the information that help students to regain
memory(Waddock and Steckler, 2016). There are several ways of retaining the information
among the students that is sleeping for minimum eight hours help to revive memory better and
boost the brain of humans. A proper balanced diet enrich with minerals and vitamins helps to
improve the memory. Healthy lifestyle is taken a important consideration that provide assistance
to students in retaining for a long time. One of the effective way of regaining information is to
prepare handful notes and its daily revision help to accomplish task. As it is said ' Sharing is
learning' that is one of the best way of learning new things(Lamb and et. al., 2017). The best way
to learn something is to teach someone that help students to remember the matter for a long time.
Handwritten notes by students provides assistance to create mind maps and broad the future
imagination of students that enhance the learning capability of students.
Playing brain games like chess and so on to create a vivid imagination and boost the brain
of students. Also, one effective way of learning is to visualise the image and to create a rhythm
to learn new words that help in achieving the task. Early morning study helps students to learn
for a long period of time and also it does not allow the students to forget it easily. Another
method of improving their learning ability is to memorize it daily for ten minutes whatever they
have learnt during whole day help them to regain memory(McClure, 2016). Mirror practice is
the best strategy that has to be applicable by students to learn better. The PQRST strategy means
preview, question, read, state and test can also be prepared by students and also by forming a
mental picture help students to retrieve and boost the memory of students. The place where
students study should be neat and clean so that they can study properly in an efficient manner.
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According to research, it has been proved that studying while walking increases memory by 25%
as it provide activation that allow conscious mind to focus on task oriented goals.
CONCLUSION
From the above information, it can be inferred that both short term and long term goals
can be achieved by preparing time management strategy. Career advancement is very important
for every students that imposes a sense of responsibility and develop positive attitude among
them. It has been observed that short and long term goals are vital to achieve task in a proper
time. One of the effective strategy to get work done timely is to stop procrastination that help in
fulfilling the task. Also, it has been analysed that there are various methods of retaining the
information that provide motivation to the students.
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Lamb, S., and et. al., 2017. Successful aging as a contemporary obsession: Global perspectives.
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McClure, K.R., 2016. Building the innovative and entrepreneurial university: An institutional
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