Study Skills for Higher Education: Learning Strategies and Study Plan

This report delves into the crucial study skills required for success in higher education, emphasizing the importance of effective learning strategies and structured planning. It explores various learning approaches, such as spaced practice, retrieval practice, elaboration, concrete examples, interleaving, and dual coding, highlighting their benefits for knowledge retention and skill development. The report also presents a detailed study plan encompassing both short-term and long-term goals, designed to facilitate academic and professional success. By incorporating these strategies and planning methods, students can enhance their understanding, improve their decision-making abilities, and achieve their academic and career aspirations. The report concludes that a deep understanding of concepts, facilitated by effective study skills, is more important than just achieving good grades, and a well-structured study plan is essential for achieving timely goals.

Study Skills for Higher
Education

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main Body ......................................................................................................................................3
Various learning strategies..........................................................................................................3
A study plan which includes various short term and long term goals ....................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1
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INTRODUCTION
Study skills are the approaches which are applied to the learning and are essential to get
good grades. Such skills are essential for learning throughout the life of an individual whether in
schools or in higher education (Green, 2017). It is one of the essential skill which helps the
learner to acquire better understanding of various concepts which will ensure a better and fruitful
future. This report is based on various aspects which are required for higher studies. Learning
approaches are various approaches which helps the people in learning various aspects. Various
learning strategies are discussed along with that a study plan is developed which will help the
learner to attain both professional and academic success.
Main Body
Various learning strategies
Learning strategies are referred as various methods that are used by the students to learn
whether in the schools or while are in their higher studies. Such strategies ranges from
techniques for improving the memory of the students and for their test taking strategy. When
students enter in higher education segment they have to develop various skills in them which will
help them to be successful in their career. Performance assessment, project based learning,
conceptual learning plays a crucial role in the overall development of an individual. It add up the
quality and the values in the capabilities of the individual. Various learning strategies that can be
used are Spaced Practice which suggest that the studies need to done on regular basis which
means it must not be done a night before exams. If time is equally spaced on regular basis then
that will help the learner to remember it for a longer period of time while the overnight studies
only helps them to get marks but does not contributes to the level of knowledge (Ellis and
Goodyear,2019). The other strategy could be Retrieve Practice which suggest that the learner
should first try to retrieve the information from their mind without going through any material.
After retrieving they should pen down everything and then should test its accuracy by comparing
it with materials. This will help them to retain and understand any concept for a longer period.
Elaboration is another strategy in which any idea should be described in detail. When any
concept is being considered by the learner then they should consider all the related facts and
figures, this helps them to have a in-depth understanding of the topics. Also it will develop a
habit of analysis which will help the learner in decision making (Longworth, 2019). Concrete

Examples is another learning strategy in which various examples should be considered for
understanding various concepts. Examples helps to develop a better understanding as they are
based upon exact situations. It helps them to link the knowledge that they have gained with the
situation prevailing. This will develop the capability of resolving the issues. Interleaving is
another strategy which can be used by the learner. This strategy suggest that the ideas which they
considering should be switched on regular basis. It will motivate them to be connected with all
on consistent basis. The strategy can be use in a manner such as the learner can switch to the
subjects after a specific period of time of after achieving a specific target. Dual Coding is the
strategy in which the words need to be combined with the audio and the visuals. This makes the
learning interesting and attractive. It can be done by learning the concepts from the books, charts,
graphs etc.(Atmatzidou and Demetriadis, 2016)
When the student are in their higher studies, they should consider all such strategies as
they will helps them to retain all the concepts that they are learning and along with that it will
help to develop various skills such as decision making, understanding ability, linking capability
etc.
A study plan which includes various short term and long term goals
A study plan is documents which includes various activities which are to be undertaken
by the students. This helps them to achieve their targets on time with efficiency. The plans
provides an individual a time frame in which they have to complete a specific activity. This bring
efficiency in their work and motivates them to accomplish their goals. The activities that are
included in the plan depends upon the aim of the individual such as if they are studying then the
activity could be related to the completion of the course while if they are into any profession then
the activity could be in relation to the case studies (Warnock and Mohammadi-Aragh, 2016). The
given study plan includes various short and long term goals that will help the student to attain
both professional and academic success.
GOALS DATE
STARTED
DATE
FINISHED
TIMELINE ACTIVITIES
Short Term: To
develop an
effective skill of
20 November,
2019
30 November,
2019
10 Days To achieve this
goal the various
activities can be

note making and
writing reports.
undertaken such
as attending
seminars,
practising by
writing report on
daily basis. Every
day one hour
need to be spend
to do this.
Long Term: To
develop
paraphrasing and
appropriate
academic writing
skills.
25 November,
2019
25 March, 2020 4 Months To achieve this
goal, coaching
need to be taken.
Online session
will be taken
everyday for one
hour. Along with
this feedback will
be taken from the
tutors which will
help in
identifying the
mistakes.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above report that only scoring is not important but to have
indepth knowledge and understanding is more important. For this various strategies need to be
applied and used that helps them to develop various skills in the individual. When a student is in
their higher studies it becomes important for them to develop understanding of various concepts

which can helps them in their career. It is also concluded that with the study plan a student can
effectively achieve their targets on time.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Atmatzidou, S. and Demetriadis, S., 2016. Advancing students’ computational thinking skills
through educational robotics: A study on age and gender relevant differences. Robotics
and Autonomous Systems. 75. pp.661-670.
Ellis, R.A. and Goodyear, P., 2019. The Education Ecology of Universities: Integrating
Learning, Strategy and the Academy. Routledge.
Green, L., 2017. How popular musicians learn: A way ahead for music education. Routledge.
Longworth, N., 2019. Making lifelong learning work. Routledge.
Warnock, J.N. and Mohammadi-Aragh, M.J., 2016. Case study: use of problem-based learning to
develop students' technical and professional skills. European Journal of Engineering
Education. 41(2). pp.142-153.
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