FY026 Reflective Essay: University Learning & Development

This essay reflects on the learning experiences from the 'Preparing for Success at University' module, focusing on time management, note-taking, and referencing. It discusses how these skills have been developed and how they will aid in future academic endeavors. The essay highlights the importance of effective time management in reducing stress and improving academic performance, the benefits of active note-taking in enhancing concentration and memorization, and the significance of proper referencing in avoiding plagiarism and fostering academic integrity. The reflection includes practical examples of how these skills have been applied and the expected positive impact on future university coursework. Desklib provides access to a variety of academic resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to support students in their learning journey.

Time management
Taking and making
notes

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTION
Preparing for success at the university by reflecting on the learning from the course
materials. Reflective practices mainly helps in defining the owns actions as for continuous

adapting and engages an individual into learning. This essay mainly describes about reflecting on
the learnings of 3 topics as referencing, time management, taking and making notes. Also,
describes the benefits of these learnings in the future.
MAIN BODY
Learnings from the topics studied
while studying the topics it has developed my earnings about the note taking, as while
attending the lectures in the classroom. Note taking mainly improved my listening skills by
engaging self for concentrating more on the topics being included in the lectures. Learnings from
taking notes mainly assist me in being more aware about the small points by making better notes
with actively listening to all the topics (Luo and et.al., 2018). As while attending the module, it
helped me in learning about how to make the notes, as it describes about while listening to the
topics it denotes in writing in precise manner by summarising the topics being heard which
mainly helps in remembering the information with notes for the later terms. Further more while
attending the lectures in the classroom it mainly assisted me in being more attentive and better
understanding about the facts with memorizing the information being dictates while studying in
the university (Gravett and Kinchin, 202). Also, while attending the module it helped in adopting
different ways for making notes with playing close attention with spending the time in catching
the facts and being focused on the lectures by asking the questions in between (Lindahl and
Grace, 2018). Also, highlighting the lines and the key points while making notes this helps in
later memorise the findings and the learnings being communicated in the particular topic. Further
more while writing the notes at the time of lectures for reducing the time with using the
abbreviations mainly helps in better understanding in the future. More over, limiting the
distraction for listening actively helps in accurately writing the information about the topics
being discussed in the lectures. As for instance while attending the lectures I was very confused
about the word being communicated by the professor, for this leaving the gap when the worked
is not being properly understood and communicating clearly for this by asking question at last.
Lastly I am able to adapt the best style for note writing with actively listening and asking
questions for removing the misunderstanding about the learnings and the topics being discussed
in the classroom.
Further more the learning from the time management module mainly helped me in
gaining deep knowledge and skills for managing time for reducing stress and anxiety in life

while studying and managing self. With the learnings, I have developed understanding for
managing time in life (Aggar and et.al., 2018). This mainly supports me in achieving great
heights in the academics. As time management encouraged me to manage the stress, improves
the sleep and performance with developing the ability of multitasking. Effective time
management helps in achieving the right balance between the personal and academic life, which
results in scheduling, prioritising the work by optimising all the day activities. Thus, the learning
from time management mainly assist me in accomplishing the set target before the deadlines and
completing the assignments in the academic, also it helps in prioritising the work which reduces
stress and results in becoming more efficient. With this I have started developing the work plans
on the daily basis or reducing stress and working better with completing all the task before set
targets.
Also, by using the time sponge activities while the teachers are mainly busy in doing
some work at the time of lectures as of collecting the notes and asking questions from peers in
order to remain in the current position and get busy which helped me in reconnecting my work
while attending the lecture. This tends in improving my time management skills as by taking
notes in free time and organising the task to be completed till the set deadlines. Further more
practising breathing exercise which mainly helped me in regaining the energy for concentrating
back of the lectures.
More over the learning from referencing has helped me in avoiding copy paste of the
content which assisted to reduce plagiarism by making the use of own clear ideas and thoughts
rather than using some one else. This results in developing proper understanding by referencing
the names for clearly denoting the use of other ideas, opinions and arguments.
Development benefits in future university course
With developing the learnings and understanding about three topics from the module.
Effective time management skills mainly helps in scheduling the daily task for completing the
assignment of the university before time in the future (Wolters and Brady, 2021). Also, I will
make the to do list for completing the set assignment as it mainly helps in prioritizing and
managing personal and academic life. Further more, it helps me in working in more efficient
manner as to achieve the goals in faster manner by completing before set and given deadlines
which limits the stressful conditions. Also the learnings from the note taking will help me in
effectively listening to the facts and respecting other opinions for taking note in accurate manner

in the university. This developed my concentration while attending the class lectures and
modules which further helped me in the exams for easily memorising the facts and the topics
being communicated in the lectures (Adams and Blair, 2019). This has improved my retaining
and memorizing power with organising the information and highlighting the key ideas for future
reference.
More over the learning from the references has improved my writing skills and the ability
for avoiding the plagiarism while making the assignments in the university to achieve perfect
marks. Also it helps in being more creative while using own ideas for making the assignments
and the task assigned for the different subjects (Morehead and et.al., 2019). Lastly it has
developed the acknowledgement for the contribution of the writers being use while preparing the
assignments and doing citation for using their ideas while preparing for the assignment and the
workings in university.
CONCLUSION
From the above essay it can be concluded that, learning from the time management helps
in lowering the anxiety and balances the day to day activities in life. Also, the learnings from the
module about note taking helps in being precise and better concentrating on the facts in the
future. Thus, these learning helps in taking more in effective manner as to attain success in life.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Luo, L. and et.al., 2018. Laptop versus longhand note taking: effects on lecture notes and
achievement. Instructional Science, 46(6), pp.947-971.
Morehead, K. and et.al., 2019. Note-taking habits of 21st century college students: implications
for student learning, memory, and achievement. Memory, 27(6), pp.807-819.
Adams, R. V. and Blair, E., 2019. Impact of time management behaviors on undergraduate
engineering students’ performance. Sage Open, 9(1), p.2158244018824506.
Wolters, C. A. and Brady, A. C., 2021. College students’ time management: A self-regulated
learning perspective. Educational Psychology Review, 33(4), pp.1319-1351.
Aggar, C. and et.al., 2018. A time management intervention using simulation to improve nursing
students’ preparedness for medication administration in the clinical setting: A quasi-
experimental study. Collegian, 25(1), pp.105-111.
Lindahl, J. F. and Grace, D., 2018. Students’ and supervisors’ knowledge and attitudes regarding
plagiarism and referencing. Research integrity and peer review, 3(1), pp.1-10.
Gravett, K. and Kinchin, I. M., 2020. Referencing and empowerment: exploring barriers to
agency in the higher education student experience. Teaching in Higher
Education, 25(1), pp.84-97.