How to get high marks for Independent Study?

Over the years, some Independent Study students ask me this question:

"How to get high marks for Independent Study?" 

First of all, on the quick-fix advice: 

Study the course info carefully, check your writing to refine your reasoning; check referencing format and reference list format. Make sure the reference list is sorted in ascending order. Double-check your data analysis to ensure that the data interpretation is technically correct. See if you could make use of literature review ideas in your data interpretation; Check if your multiple regression formula is clearly justified with literature review ideas; check if you have use too many quotations. See if you could further refine your ideas and line of reasoning with more literature review. Ensure your report is within +/-5, maximum +/-10% of word counts allowed. There is a limit on what a student can do to make academic improvement with the quick fix approach

The long-term solution [to build up intellectual competence and intellectual intelligence] is this:

Commit to the life-long path of personal development as a scholar-practitioner; one can study my works on managerial intellectual learning. By doing so, a student can improve academic performance and much more. This personal development path requires life-long engagement with managerial intellectual learning.




I do not have suggestions on how to achieve long-term academic improvements with quick-fix advice. Feel free to consider these short-term and long-term suggestions on how to improve your academic performance in doing assignments. If you still have time to make some refinement to your assignment reports, please feel free to review and reflect on your draft and make some improvement on it.


Reference
FB group on scholar-practitioner