Study Skills for Higher Education – Education Studies Assignment Help

Assignment Task

 

TASK DESCRIPTION –
The job market is competitive but having a degree can help students to achieve higher paid jobs when they graduate. This is because the skills learned at university are known as transferable skills and are also valued by employers in the workplace.
Identify five skills that students require to be successful at university and discuss why they are also important in the workplace.
Provide five recommendations that could help students improve the content of their CVs.
 

This assessment addresses the following learning outcomes:
Identify five skills that students require to be successful at university and discuss why they are also important in the workplace. 
Provide five recommendations that could help students improve the content of their CVs. 
Quality of referencing
Use of academic writing and drawing conclusions
Report Structure:
Ensure that the report has the following structure and contains the details outlined:

These assignments address the following Learning Outcomes:
LO1: Set short term and long-range goals and to design an appropriate plan of study
LO2: Identify techniques for building comprehension and retention
LO3: Acquire knowledge of learning strategies and techniques to improve memory retention and understanding how people learn
LO4: Use of library information and media services

TASK 1 The work discusses five of the listening challenges mentioned in the article and provides a wide variety of reasons for why they are important. It shows very thorough interpretation and analysis. The work discusses 3 or 4 of the listening challenges mentioned in the article and provides a decent variety of reasons for why they are important. It shows some competent interpretation and analysis. The work discusses at least 3 of the listening challenges mentioned in the article. However, the work is mostly descriptive and little analysis is provided. The work shows some awareness of listening challenges but is descriptive rather than analytical. It may not focus sufficiently on the advantages mentioned in the article.
There may be some errors or misunderstandings.
The work shows some awareness of listening challenges
but lacks detail and relevance. There are significant errors and misunderstandings.
Suggest five strategies teachers can use to help students improve their listening skills.. (LO2)

TASK 1 The work discusses five strategies teachers can use and provides a wide variety of reasons for why they are important. It shows very thorough interpretation and analysis. The work discusses 3 or 4 strategies and provides a decent variety of reasons for why they are important. It shows some competent interpretation and analysis. The work discusses at least 3 strategies. However, the work is mostly descriptive and little analysis is provided. The work shows some awareness of strategies but is descriptive rather than analytical.
There may be some errors or misunderstandings.
The work shows some awareness of strategies
but lacks detail and relevance. There are significant errors and misunderstandings.
Essay style and referencing

TASK 1 The work competently analyses and evaluates a range of academic sources in order to identify and develop a wide range of relevant conclusions. References are correctly provided following Harvard style. The work is clearly structured with well written sentences and paragraphs throughout. The work shows some evaluation and analysis of a variety of sources in order to identify and develop some relevant conclusions. References are provided following Harvard style. The work is clearly structured with mostly well written sentences and paragraphs throughout. The work shows some analysis of several sources in order to identify some relevant conclusions. References are provided following Harvard style though there may be errors and omissions. The work shows some organisation and sentences, and paragraphs are relatively clear. There may be some errors and misunderstanding or the arguments may not be sufficiently relevant. The work shows some understanding but little attempt to utilise sources. There is an attempt at referencing but with serious errors and omissions. The work lacks organisation and sentence and paragraph structure need development. There may be some errors and misunderstanding or the arguments may not be sufficiently relevant. The work lacks organisation and there is poor sentence and paragraph structure. There is no evidence of research or attempt at referencing. The work makes some suggestions but these lack relevance with frequent errors and misunderstanding.
Identify five skills that students require to be successful at university and discuss why they are also important in the workplace. (LO3)

Task 2
The work accurately identifies and discusses five skills. It provides competent interpretation and analysis. The work accurately identifies and discusses 5 skills and provides some interpretation and analysis. The work identifies some of skills but lacks evaluation in some parts. The work identifies some of the skills but is descriptive rather than analytical. There may be errors or misunderstandings. The work attempts to discuss skills however there are significant errors or misunderstandings.
Provide five recommendations that could help students improve the content of their CVs. (LO3)

TASK 2 The work provides a wide range of recommendations to help students improve their CVs. The arguments are logical and thorough and competent evaluation is provided. The work provides a range of recommendations to help students improve their CVs. The arguments are logical and thorough, and some evaluation is provided. The work provides some recommendations to help students improve their CVs. There is some evaluation, but the arguments are mostly descriptive. The work makes some recommendations to help students improve their CVs but provides little detail. The arguments are mostly descriptive and there may be errors or inaccuracies. The work shows some awareness of how students can improve their CVs. but there are significant errors or omissions.
Use of academic writing and drawing conclusions
(LO4)

TASK 2 The work draws relevant conclusions based on competent interpretation and analysis. There is a high level of academic writing throughout, and the report is highly readable and well-structured.
The work draws some relevant conclusions based on interpretation and analysis. There is a good level of academic writing throughout, and the report communicates effectively, with only minor lapses.
The work shows some competent interpretation and analysis. There is a good attempt at academic writing though with some omissions. The report communicates relatively effectively but with some lapses. The language is mostly descriptive, and the English is not sufficiently academic. The report structure needs improvement.
The writing style is not academic. There is little attempt to follow the structure of a report.
Quality of referencing
(LO4)

TASK 2 The work utilizes a very expansive range of sources and theorists which are relevant to the task and organises material effectively. Harvard referencing is correctly applied throughout.
The work utilizes a good range of sources and theorists which are relevant to the task and mostly organises material effectively. Harvard referencing is correctly applied through with occasional exceptions.
The work utilizes a range of sources and theorists which are mostly relevant to the task and shows some organisation. Harvard referencing is mostly applied correctly though errors occur.
The work provides some evidence of a few sources and theorists though relevance to the task is limited, and the material is not well organised. Harvard referencing may be attempted but there are frequent errors.
There is little evidence of sources and Harvard referencing is not attempted.