There are a number of qualities, skills, and behaviors that are necessary to achieve an ôAö in any course. These qualities, skills, and behaviors encompass those needed in-class and outside of class. For instance, one needs to be attentive, inquisitive, and interactive in the classroom setting. Outside the classroom setting, one must exhibit discipline, responsibility, organization and time-budget management. While there is no set of skills or behaviors that can ôguaranteeö an ôAö for coursework, the following essay provides skills and behaviors that are necessary to have an optimal chance of doing so.
One of the most successful skills in-class and out of class is time budget management skills. One of the biggest reasons many students fail to achieve an ôAö is because they procrastinate due to poor time budgeting skills. Students often procrastinate on required reading, doing homework assignments, and study for exams. Many students who receive ôAÆsö budget their time well, choosing to study each day or as they go along in a course, instead of putting things off until the final days of a course when they are overloaded with long hours of study. Not only does managing time well permit one to study a little bit each day, but it also makes it easier to achieve higher grades because one does not have to learn or memorize everything in the final days or a course.
Another skill that is beneficial in helping to achieve an ôAö grade is development of good reading and writing skills. These skills can be fostered by a conscientious effort at increasing the number of articles or books one reads as well as practicing writing. Emails, letters to friends, and other forms of writing help develop good written communication skills in students. Likewise, reading a large number of books and articles not only increases oneÆs knowledge but also helps one to become better at comprehension and c
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