Better impact on your learning outcomes

You have taken some personal responsibility for improving your work and then sought additional help, if you needed to. You are well on the way to becoming an independent learner because you have recognized that learning is your responsibility.

Neither good nor bad effect on your learning outcomes

As supportive as your friends can be, sometimes they may not offer the best advice or the learning strategies you need to know.

There are better qualified sources of advice available, such as tutors, lecturers, learning support staff and on-line resources.

Negative impact on your learning outcomes

As disappointing as a fail result is, this is not uncommon. The important thing to remember is that even a fail result can be used to learn something from, provided you don't simply ignore it.