Academic Skills Essay: Navigating Learning Outcomes and Assignment Tasks

Assignment Brief
As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Developing Academic Skills assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing the module, you should be able to:
1 Identify and explain the key resources available to facilitate own learning and study and reflect on the development of personal academic skills
2 Apply time management techniques to study planning
3 Identify, summarise, and evaluate credible information from a range of different academic sources
4 Explain and demonstrate how to avoid plagiarism through correct referencing
Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and a word count; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in Arden University (AU) Harvard format. You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.
Maximum word count: 3000 words
Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a reduction in grade by the same percentage that the word count is exceeded.
You must not include your name in your submission because Arden University operates anonymous marking, which means that markers should not be aware of the identity of the student. However, please do not forget to include your STU number.
Assignment tasks
There are 4 Tasks designed to cover all 4 learning outcomes. All tasks need to be submitted in a single (One) Microsoft Word document. There are further instructions on how to submit at the end of this assignment paper.
Task One: Time Management
A) Demonstrate your time management skills by creating a timetable for study during this module. In your timetable highlight your work commitments, family time, study time and recreational time.
B) Write a reflection on how you managed your time, utilising the timetable and using Pomodoro or Eisenhower to manage your study. Use Gibb’s model to structure your reflection.
(Max 750 words)
(25 marks)
(LOs:2)
Task Two: Resources and reflection
A) Identify 4 key resources that you have used to support your study during this module. Explain how you used each resource in your studies.
B) Write a reflection on the development of your academic skills during this module. For example, writing skills, referencing skills, researching skills and summarising skills. Use Gibb’s model to structure your reflection.

Task Three: Literature searching, note taking and evaluating
A) Find a book online using Perlego on the topic of Academic Integrity, plagiarism and referencing. Summarise the key points using the Cornell note taking method. State the full reference of the book (AU Harvard), demonstrate your note taking and then give a summary of the source in terms of its credibility (using the CAARP guidance, which is documented on iLearn).
B) Find a newspaper article or website online on the topic of Academic Integrity, plagiarism and referencing. Summarise the key points using a mind map note taking method. State the full reference of the book (AU Harvard), demonstrate your note taking and then give a summary of the source in terms of its credibility (using the CAARP guidance, which is documented on iLearn).