Study Skills Assessment

What is an assessment? Alan Rogers (1994, p172) defines assessment as collection of data on which we base our evaluation. According to Reece and Walker (2008, p5) assessment consists of tests and observations that we, as tutor, use to determine how well the students has achieved the objectives. Geoff Petty (2004, p449) writes that “Assessment measures the breadth and depth of learning”. Assessments are used in all areas and domain of everyday life, whether formal or informal, ranging from taking a written or practical driving test to claims for income support or acquiring life insurance on-line.

The narrator knew she was depressed because she had awakened everyday for a period of time feeling down, worrying about bills and the man in her life vacationing with his ex. She had consulted with a doctor who wanted to prescribe her medication, which she was not opened to. She knew what would make her “happy” again even if it wasn’t a good idea at the time. She wanted to go winter camping with her dogs in weather that reached almost 40 degrees below zero putting not only herself in harm’s way, but her dogs as well. I feel like she suggests that in order to take the steps to get better or come out of depression you have to work on yourself and do things that make you happy and/or feel good. Everyone does not know how to do this and sometimes medication is needed to avoid any self harm etc. With this being said, I feel her claim does have merit because this method worked for her and possibly thousands of people including myself. I

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2015) states that all nurses should be competent at carrying out an accurate assessment on patients of all ages safely using invasive and non-invasive procedures. Benner (1982) formed the stages of competency: Novice; this is where I started in year one, I had never done a manual blood pressure before and lacked confidence. Advanced beginner; this is where I feel I am at present, I can take a manual blood pressure with occasional supportive cues, I am more confident than the first time and my knowledge is improving. Competent; this is the stage I expect to be at when I qualify, I would like to feel confident and I intend to know exactly what I am doing and why. Proficient; this is where I expect to be

I chose this team and this topic because I am a nurse who recently started working in a CCU. We take care of cardiac patients, and we have to closely monitor their heart rhythms. So, I would like to learn to better identify dysrhythmias, to improve competency assessments, and to better implement current evidence-based practices.

Students are measured constantly regarding their retention ability while in the classroom. Most of the time, the measurement tool is a written exam, an oral report, or a presentation. Although these are ways for a student to prove they have achieved mastery of the information, these tools are not considered reliable

During my time in study skills I have learned what kind of personality I have when it comes to learning as well as how to handle stress and create free time for myself. The most important areas I have learned and will focus on at this point when I finish my class is how to improve my future test scores, keep up on my note taking, how I can keep improving my reading skills, and my goals I now have after taking study skills.

This course has been established, consulted and endorsed by IBSA (Innovation & Business Skills Australia), through Rosalie Staggard (General Manager Industry Projects) and Tony Cusack (Industry Manager) (see attachment). Three accounting firms have been consulted and endorsed this accounting training package, they’re being Jack Tuan Ly &Co, Global Accounting & Financial Service and Tax Solutions (see attachment).

In this assignment I am going to reflect on my development within the study skills module. Throughout the module I have learnt about many different forms of study skills and aids to be able study effectively. I feel that I do still have a lot to learn about them and how they will help with my future studies. Coming back into study after such a long break was very daunting for me, but once I settled in I knew I had all the tools needed to help with my studies I just had to improve upon them. I have chosen to write about three subjects that I feel have helped me the most, these are Motivation, Learning Styles and Time Management. I feel that the use of these skills have helped me the

50 years ago, college students devoted a great amount of time to studying- on average 24 hours a week. Now, the average has dwindled dramatically to a measly 15 hours per week. Why is this? In recent years, high schools have been seeing a decline in young peoples’ performances as school itself becomes faster paced and increasingly scrupulous. As many young people are losing study time due to activities like jobs and extracurriculars, grades are going down. If teens in high school cannot keep up with the pace of classes, how will one be able to keep up with the brisk strides of college? Or even further on in the workplace? Schools should institute mandatory study skills classes in junior high school or middle school to counter the lack of study skills in American youth in order to better support life skills in high school and beyond.

There are a variety of challenges in the lesson planning process. One obvious challenge is that of time. While all teachers will need to spend precious time in lesson planning, newer teachers will probably need to make a significant investment in time because first, new teachers should make more detailed lesson plans, and second, inexperienced teachers will likely find the process to be more difficult due to lack of classroom practice. Another challenge is the need to keep the lessons learner centered through the process of determining the specific learning needs and the backgrounds of the individual students. This critical to success activity would be quite time consuming and would likely present the teacher with a possibly overwhelming number of variables to consider when planning lessons. Another challenge of lesson planning is the multi-level classroom. This situation will require teachers to plan multiple activities for the same lesson thus impacting the time component already addressed. This is also why the student needs and abilities assessment is so critical so that the teacher can determine for which students each activity should be planned. In all cases, as the teacher gains experience in both lesson planning and lesson execution (teaching) the challenges of planning lessons should decrease and be less onerous for the teacher.

The use of study skills and work based learning, help students to learn effectively as well as to achieve better grades in school/universities. This report indicates the importance and benefits of study skills and work-based learning, which will enable students to feel more confident when learning to achieve their goals. Studying is a very difficult issue for students in this modern age, this is because, there is a lot of information from the Internet, textbooks, journals etc. for them to process therefore having an easy way of processing, and understanding and memorising information is very essential.

One of the main concerns of most students is their assessment. Assessments are tests that students must pass to receive a degree and graduate from school and such assessments have also been used in most universities and in a variety of countries. According to University of Southern Queensland (n. d.), universities use a variety of assessment methods to ensure students are reaching the learning objectives of their chosen degrees. Exams and assignments are the most common approaches to assess students’ learning. In Australia, exams and assignments are similar when they come into importance, but it varies significantly in terms of stress/anxiety issues and feedback to students. Overall, when the strengths and weaknesses are compared, both exam and assignments are important ways to evaluate students’ results.

The three things I want to do to improve my study behaviors are new location, setting up a schedule, and eliminating competing behavior, specifically my phone. The new location that I would choose is a study room in the library, this would become a new antecedent or signal for me to study. A study room is a much better study location than my dorm because my dorm is more of a signal to relax and hang out with my friends or watch netflix. The next thing that I want to do to improve my study habits is set up a schedule for studying. Right now I just study whenever I feel like and I do whatever homework I feel like doing at that present time. I’m usually done with class around 3:00 or 3:30, so the best times for me to study would be right after class until dinner at

Studying skills are a necessity with university and many students tend to not understand how valuable it is. Studying is when the students sit in an area with all of their necessary belongings and use numerous strategies to understand the material, instead of memorizing through repetition (Merkur, 2001, p. 98-99). This requires a lot of dedication and the students should understand that there is no way of avoiding it because it will reflect on their ability to perform in tests and final exams. The amount of time that is spent on studying will pay off through the reduction of stress and they will be relieved (Browne, 1997, p. 22). Also, it will build the confidence of the students, and by seeing the results that they are expecting will motivate them to continue to study because they will be able to believe in themselves to achieve their goals (Domenico, 1984, p. 88). Studying skills are mastered over time. Therefore, it is important to implement studying skills, such as, having an ideal study area, organization to prevent wasting valuable studying time, and a variety of effective strategies, in order to make studying productive.

Another habit that is detrimental to my study skills is being overconfident. There were times that I read my textbook once because I tend to believe that I understood and remembered everything. I did not have the initiative to even quizz myself to find out if indeed an information was registered in my brain. Sometimes, I also took examination without adequate preparation I just relied on the stucked knowledge from previous readings and lectures. As a consequence of this laxity, my scores were low. This result will not help in the future because getting into my major course is highly competitive thus high grade is a must. However, gaining into this aspiration is not too late because based on what I have learned from the study skills module, there are some techniques that can be used so that certain topic would surely be absorbed by my brain. Among which is