SCS ASSIGNMENT PART A

Unit:
Study and Communication Skills

Assignment title:
Paper A
Winter 2023
Important notes
• Please refer to the Assignment Presentation Requirements for advice on how
to set out your assignment. These can be found on the NCC Education
website. Click on ‘Policies and Procedures’ on the main menu and then
navigate to ‘Student Support’.
• You must read the NCC Education document Academic Misconduct Policy
and ensure that you acknowledge all the sources that you use in your work.
These documents are available on the NCC Education website. Click on
‘Policies and Procedures’ on the main menu and then navigate to ‘Student
Support’.
• You must complete the Statement and Confirmation of Own Work. The form
is available on the NCC Education website. Click on ‘Policies and
Procedures’ on the main menu and then navigate to ‘Student Support’.
• All electronic media will be checked for plagiarism.
Learner Portfolio
You will use this Learner Portfolio to:

1. Record your learning style/s
2. Evaluate your study skills at the beginning of your study on the module.
3. Plan for improvement in areas of weakness
4. Identify your goals for each topic.
5. Identify barriers to successful achievement of your goals.
6. Devise strategies to help you to overcome those barriers.
7. Reflect on your achievements.
Task 1 – 10 Marks
Self-evaluation and planning for successful study
You will need to evaluate your own study skills, explaining how you have developed them
and how you plan to improve areas that are less well developed. You will need to ask
yourself why you have been successful or unsuccessful, why you are strong or weak in
certain areas and identify what you need to change or improve. Please remember to:
• Write the date on each entry.
• Make sure you have clear handwriting or neatly-formatted typing and strong
presentation standards.
Task 2 – 10 Marks
Goal setting
For Topics 2, 3, 4 and 5, you are required to review the Learning Outcomes from that topic
and reflect on your own learning, identifying what you have achieved, the skills you have
used and what was successful and/or unsuccessful. You will then set yourself goals that
will help you to improve.
Your goals should be SMART:

• Specific – you should describe each goal clearly.
• Measurable – It should be possible to know when you have achieved your goals.
• Achievable – You should set goals that you can reasonably achieve while you are
studying the module.
• Realistic – You should set goals that are realistic to your abilities and relevant to your
study.
• Timely – You should think about the specific length of time it will take to achieve your
goals.
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Task 3 – 5 Marks
Reflection and re-evaluation
In this task, you will be required to reflect on how you have developed your study skills
throughout your study of Topics 1 to 8. You should explain what you consider you have
been successful and also less successful at and what further developmental activity you
need to undertake.
Guidance
• You will practise reflecting on, analysing and setting goals during the Study and
Communication Skills module. If you are unsure how to write any of the above, you
should speak to your teacher.
• Do not write about your personal life, e.g., details about meeting friends, watching TV
or how you spend your free time should not be in your Learner Portfolio.
• You do not need to worry about how well you achieve your goals. You will only be
judged on how well you can reflect on and analyse your study skills and abilities and
your ability to select appropriate goals.
Submission requirements
The portfolio can be handwritten or typed. It must be in English.
Candidate checklist
Please use the following checklist to ensure that your work is ready for submission.
Have you read the NCC Education document Academic Misconduct Policy and
ensured that you have acknowledged all the sources that you have used in your ❑
work?
Have you completed the Statement and Confirmation of Own Work form and
attached it to your assignment? You must do this. ❑
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Learner Portfolio
Task 1
Topic 1
Date:
The survey indicates that my learning style/s is/are:
Which learning tools and teaching methods do you enjoy the most? Give reasons for your
answer.
Which learning methods do you least like, and why?
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Now use the grid and tables below to:
1) Evaluate your skills and abilities
To begin the process, it is important that you know which study skills and competencies
you have already acquired and the level to which they are developed. These may have
been developed at school, in other former study or in previous employment.
Using the grid below, assess your level of competence in each area.
Competency/
Skill Low High
Reading 1 2 3 4 5
Note taking 1 2 3 4 5
Writing 1 2 3 4 5
Listening 1 2 3 4 5
Numeracy 1 2 3 4 5
Reflective learning 1 2 3 4 5
Organisational skills 1 2 3 4 5
Time management 1 2 3 4 5
IT skills 1 2 3 4 5
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2) Give examples
It is important that you base your evaluation on examples. For example, if you believe you
are excellent at reading, what kind of reading material are you basing this on, why is this
so and how would you demonstrate this ability?
Skill/competency How have you acquired/demonstrated this?
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3) Plan
A key to successful learning is the ability to identify your own individual learning needs.
For example, if your ability to be a successful learner is compromised because your
organisational skills are poor, what strategies will you put in place to address this? Your
ability to evaluate your own study skills and devise plans to improve areas of weakness
should continually grow as you progress into further education and study.
Going back to your self-evaluation, consider the competencies/skills which you have
identified as being at a lower level and plan how you could improve in those areas. Set out
your objectives in the table below. You need not be constrained by the areas in the grid at
Stage 1. You may have identified other skills that you would like to develop and you can
identify a plan for achieving these.
Skill/competency Action plan to develop
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Task 2
Topics 2 – 5
You should prepare this log after you have completed each topic.
Date:
What are the Learning Outcomes for Topic 2?
What I achieved/didn’t achieve in Topic 2 and why. What examples can I give as evidence
of this?
Skills I used in Topic 2.
Reasons why I think I was successful / unsuccessful.

(Did you complete everything? Achieve your goals? What went well and why? What didn’t work and why?
Provide examples to illustrate your point.)
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Changes/improvements I need to make. How will these changes benefit me?
Date:
of this?

(Did you complete everything? Achieve your goals? What went well? What didn’t work? Please give specific
examples.)
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Date:
of this?

examples.)
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Date:
of this?

examples.)
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Task 3
End of unit reflection
Date:
Look at the self-evaluation that you carried out in Task 1. Complete the exercise again.
In what areas have you improved? Please provide specific examples.
Why do you think you improved in those areas? Please provide specific examples.
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Are there any areas which you need to focus on for your future study? What are they?
Why do you need to focus on these areas and how are you going to do this?
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Unit:

Study and Communication Skills

You will use this Learner Portfolio to:

Your goals should be SMART:

The portfolio can be handwritten or typed. It must be in English.

The survey indicates that my learning style/s is/are:

Which learning methods do you least like, and why?

1) Evaluate your skills and abilities

Skill/competency How have you acquired/demonstrated this?

Skill/competency Action plan to develop

What are the Learning Outcomes for Topic 2?

Skills I used in Topic 2.

Reasons why I think I was successful / unsuccessful.

What are the Learning Outcomes for Topic 3?

Skills I used in Topic 3.

Reasons why I think I was successful / unsuccessful.

What are the Learning Outcomes for Topic 4?

Skills I used in Topic 4.

Reasons why I think I was successful / unsuccessful.

What are the Learning Outcomes for Topic 5?

Skills I used in Topic 5.

Reasons why I think I was successful / unsuccessful.

In what areas have you improved? Please provide specific examples.

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