Self-Evaluation

Turning personal skills into academic skills

The Current skills and qualities include specific skills which have more relevance to some courses than in others. The following exercise is an opportunity to map out the authors current skills required for most academic courses, and to rate how well author already perform them. This will give to the author a better idea of how well author may cope with academic study.

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According to Staffordshire University (2012), to be a successful student needs various types skills.There are 5 basic steps to completing an assignment which is individual/ group.The image below provide useful information to complete the assignment.

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According to Staffordshire University (2012), Understanding What Is Required

• Terms and Definitions 
• Gaining a good degree 

Planning and Preparation

• Time Management 
• Managing Study Stress

Making a start

• Mind Mapping 
• Note Taking
• Research 
• Academic Reading

Assignment

There are 3 basic forms of assessment: written, oral and exams

• Academic Writing
• Academic Language
• Referencing and Plagiarism
• Written
  • Essay Writing
  • Report Writing 
  • Reflection
  • Literature Review 
• Oral  
  • Presentation Skills 
• Exam Success 

Before Hand In

• Proof read your work and make sure that you have met all learning outcomes and assessment criteria.

According to Ctetrailblazers (2012),the below graph compares employees ratings of academic skills like reading comprehension, maths and foreign languages and applied skills like teamwork, critical thinking, and work ethic. The applied skills which is in the graph are very important as its over 70% of employees. 

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Study skills: priorities, stage 1

Column A Tick if the statement is generally true of you.Column B Rate how important it is to acquire this skill: 6 = unimportant; 10 = essential. Column C Rate how good you are at this skill now: 1 = very weak; 5 = excellent. Column D Subtract the score in column C from column B (B–C). Items with the highest scores in column D are likely to be priorities. Then turn to page 36.

Later in the term, do this exercise again. Compare your ratings, then and now.

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Study skills: priorities, stage 2

Column A Using the scoring from stage 1, decide whether each item really is a priority, whether it could wait, who else could do it, or any other options you have. Column B Number your priorities in order. Highlight in yellow the one you are going to work on next. Highlight it in red once you have worked on it. 

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Study skills: action plan

Go back over your answers to the different exercises and the self-evaluations you completed for Chapters 1 and 2. Bring together the different ideas about your current strengths, the areas you wish to develop, and your priorities.

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Monitoring skills development 

Baseline (starting place)

Date:                                                    Skill being developed:

My current level of confidence in this skill (highlight one):

1 very low      2 low          3 OK         4 high      5 very high

Aspects of this skill I have already demonstrated:

Goal

What I want to be able to do (aspects, sub-skills, qualities I want to develop):

Record of progress

Note down steps in your development of this skill. It is up to you to decide what progress means for you. It could be the achievement of a personal goal (such as getting a particular mark for an Assignment), or a small step towards one of your goals (such as asking a question in class for the first time, or developing a successful strategy for arriving on time if you find time management is a Challenge).

How effective am I in giving a talk

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