 UED102 : Study Skills (8/8/2018)Tuesday, 7 August 2018 @ 22:07 | 0 Comment [s]
Hello there!
So, as for this week, we had our last UED class with Mr. Zahid bin Laton earlier this morning before we head back to our house for a good 3 weeks of holiday. As for this last session, Mr. Zahid had taught us about Lecture Notes and Plagiarism.
I'm gonna start with lecture notes first. Well, as a student, it is a must to take notes whenever we are in classes.
Therefore, WHY DO STUDENTS NEED TO TAKE LECTURE NOTES?
Next, HOW DO STUDENTS TAKE LECTURE NOTES?
Reading text assignment before class is really important because it allows us to build up some background of the topic. Besides, reading text assignments beforehand will also make students have some ideas of what the upcoming lecture was about, so they can get ready physically and mentally. Next, students who read text assignments before class starts will also get to identify the main ideas of the lecture and this will also enable them to organize their notes easier. Lastly, students who read before their class starts are often familiar with the key terms and names related to the topic they are about to learn. This way, the students will understand the lecture better.
2. GET READY TO TAKE NOTES IN CLASS.  Sitting in front row in our classroom allow us to see and hear the lecture better. Whilr waiting for our lecturer to begin the lecture, review the notes that we had took during last class meeting. 3. BECOME AN ACTIVE LISTENER. 
There are a lot of strategies to improve our listening skills. So below are the list of strategies I provided that may be useful for us all while taking lecture notes :
Next, En. Zahid also introduced us to an effective note-taking system which is The Cornell Note Taking System. Below is the layout of this note-taking system :
The last topic that we learned for UED102 was regarding Plagiarisms.
 DEFINITION OF PLAGIARISM is an act of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author. There are many things that we did that can be considered as plagiarisms, which are :
"It's better to prevent than to cure". This sayings here can also be applied to plagiarism. Therefore, HOW DO STUDENTS PREVENT PLAGIARISM?
1. Students need to consult our instructor / lecturer.
This is very useful for students. When they consult their lecturer before they start doing their assignments, they will have a clear view of what they need to do for their assignment. Thus, plagiarisms will not occur when they know what they need to do.
2. Students need to plan their own paper beforehand.
When a student plan what he/she wanted to do beforehand, they will always have a way in mind to do their job perfectly without copying others. 3. Take effective notes. If we wants to prevent ourselves from doing plagiarisms, taking effective notes is the solution. This is because the notes that we took can be used as our material to do the work, so we don't need to search it up online or whatsoever and ending up copying others' works as known as doing plagiarisms. 4. Cite sources. A student who take even a little information from someone else's works have to put citation to show gratitudes and prevent people from thinking that the whole idea of the work are originally from us when it is clearly aren't. 5. Make it clear who said what : If we only take a sayings / quotes / anything that is verbally said by a person, we should quoted it by inserting "......" at the beginning and ending of the sentences. But do not forget to still put their name there to give people a better idea of who said that sentences we put in our assignments. 6. Know how to paraphrase : Even if we are so desperate that we have no other choices rather than to copy others' works, there is still a way that we can use to not get involved in any scandal regarding plagiarism, which is to paraphrase everything. Paraphrase is the act of expressing something written or said using different words and styles . Therefore, here is an example of how paraphrase is done : 
Next, we also learn how to calculate Grade Point Average (GPA). So, WHAT IS GRADE POINT AVERAGE?
- The final examination results and assessments at the end of every semester are designed a Grade Point Average (GPA) which represent a student's academic achievement. - A GPA refers to the calculated average of the letter grades a student earns in each semester following a 0-4.00 scale. So, HOW TO CALCULATE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)? - Multiply each numeric grade value by the number of credits the course was worth. These are the numeric grades :  - Add these numbers together. - Divide by the total number of credit hours.  I guess that's all from me, thank you . UED102 : Study Skills (1/8/2018)Saturday, 4 August 2018 @ 17:31 | 0 Comment [s]
Hi everyone! So I'm back with a new topic to be shared with you guys! There are 2 topics that were shared by Abah or En. Shamsul Anuar bin Sulaimen. First topic was "Getting to know the campus" and the other one was "Memory Learning & Improvising concentration".
So, in Uitm Jengka, there are a lot of resources that can be useful to help students. What are they?
a) Administration Department - Application for transportation services and events are made here.
b) HEA (Academic Affairs)
 - It is located within the administration block.
- If students have any problems regarding academic like they wanted to register for a new course, drop a course/ subject, appeal and review for students, recheck exam papers and etc, they can always come here.
- Students can also discuss about disciplinary action they had for cheating in exams here. - Everything about academics can be brought up here.
c) HEP (Students Welfare)
 -HEP functions to help students regarding their health, hostel, curriculum and many more. As for curriculum, all semester 1 students like me need to join a KOR for our curriculum activity. There are a lot of choices of KOR available for students, which are :
- Any problems regarding colleges are also referred here.
d) Library ( Perpustakaan Al-Bukhari 1 & 2)
  - There are 2 libraries in UiTM Jengka which is PAB 1 and PAB 2. PAB 1 is the much newer library while PAB 2 is the older one. - There are many services that were served by both PAB which are :
Abah has trained us on how to use internet from library resources. We are asked to find the meaning of financial accounting.
So, WHAT IS FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING?
The process of preparing financial statments that companies' use to show their financial performance and position to people outside the company, including investors, creditors, suppliers and customers.
Financial accounting is the process of recording, summarizing and reporting the myriad of transactions resulting from business operations over a period of time.
d) Bendahari (Bursary)
- Manage all the funds UiTM receive and make. - A place where students pay their fines. - A place where students pay for their study and tuition fees.
e) Labs & IT
  - Computer class are held here. - Contain lecture halls. 
f) Auxiliary Police (Unit Polis Bantuan)
- Patrol and maintaining the safety of UiTM Jengka. - They are responsible for handing out fines to students. - Whenever a student loses his/her precious belongings, they can report them here. Next, Abah also taught us about Memory Learning & Improving concentration. So, WHAT ARE MEMORY? Memory are something in your mind or heart. Memory also help us recall as to who, what, where and when in our everyday lives. There are a lot of ways to improve memory and concentration, which are :
  UED102 : Study Skills (25/7/2018)Saturday, 28 July 2018 @ 01:20 | 0 Comment [s]
On 25th July 2018, the students of Diploma in Accountancy (AC110) had a class with Dr. Mohd. Azmi bin Nias Ahmad for UED102. Few things were shared by him during the class. There are 3 topics that Dr. had taught us, the topics are as followed :  1. Getting Ready to Learn 2. Goal Setting 3. Time Management As for the topic Getting Ready to Learn, we had been exposed of how a school student differ from college student :  1. University students spend less time in class. 2. University students spend more time outside of class. 3. University students need to read a lot. 4. University students have fewer tests. 5. University students might not be reminded of due dates and exams. 6. University students have fewer daily assignments. 7. University students have a bigger class. 8. University students live and study at the same place. 9. Instructors don't tell university students exactly what's on the tests. 10. University students have more team / group assignments with meetings outside of class. 11. University does not requires attendance. 12. University students don't have extension on due date. 13. Participation in university affects grades. 14. University students have fewer reasons for excused absences. 15. University students are responsible for their own learning and behaviour. 16. University students have a certain instructor for a few months. 17. Instructors don't tell university students exactly what notes to take. 18. University students can drop a class. 19. Instructors may not be trained in education in university. 20. University students may have an international instructor teaching them. 21. University students may not have lecture and readings overlap 100%. Next is the characteristics of successful students. Succesful students are actively involved in their learning---they are active learner. Successful students view learning in a systematic way---they are strategic learners. In addition, successful students are more likely to plan, monitor and evaluate their learning---they are self-regulated learners. Finally, successful students take responsibility for their own learning---they are independent learners. 1. BECOME AN ACTIVE LEARNER  - Active learners talk and listen, write, read and reflect on what they are learning. - We can also learn by reading actively. - Reflecting on the information. 2. BECOME A STRATEGIC LEARNER Strategic learners are students who view studying as a systematic process that is to a good degree, under their control.  SKILL Strategic learners possess a wide variety of skills to aid their learning. Some of the skills include knowledge about yourself as a learner, knowledge about different types of academic tasks, knowledge about strategies for learning, prior content knowledge an knowledge about the contexts in which that knowledge could be useful. WILL A strategic learner must have the will to put that knowledge into practice. Will involves setting goals, selecting appropriate study strategies and believing in your own ability and in the study strategies that you have chosen. Furthermore, strategic learners are motivated---they are willing to work hard to achieve their goals. SELF-REGULATION Finally, a strategic learners are self-regulated learners. They manage their time well, monitor their learning, evaluate the results of their effort and approach learning in a systematic way. Self-regulated learners are actively involved in their own learning; they set goals, develop plans for achieving those goals, monitor their progress an evaluate their results. 3. BECOME A SELF-REGULATED LEARNER  Self-regulated learners plan before starting a task, select strategies that they know are appropriate for the task, monitor their learning as they are completing the task and aster the task is completed, they evaluate the results of their effort. Self- regulated learners know what they have to do to be successful. 4. BECOME AN INDEPENDENT LEARNER  Self-regulated learners are self-directed rather than other directed. They are what we call independent learners---they take initiative for their own learning. After that, Dr. Mohd. Azmi bin Nias Ahmad also exposed us with types of learning styles that would help us to enhance our performances. The term learning style refers to the preferred way that you acquire, process and retain information--- the way you learn best. There are mainly 3 types of learning styles which are as follows :  We were asked to answer a few questions to evaluate our learning styles and after checking the results of the questions we answered, I finally get to know that I am a visual learner. So, what are the difference of visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners? VISUAL LEARNERS  Visual learner learn best by seeing things. Reading, looking at pictures, diagrams and charts, watching films, videos and demonstrations are all ways that you can learn new information. A visual learner understand their professor's lecture better if they read the text chapter ahead of time. Note-taking strategies such as outlining, mapping an charting work well for visual learners. Strategies for visual learners :
 Auditory learner learn best by hearing information. They prefer to go to their class and listen to the lecture before they read the text chapter. Reading difficult text passages out loud is also a good idea for auditory learner. Discussing the course material, mumbling information as they read and study, asking and answering questions out loud and listening to study notes on tape are some strategies that they may already use if their preferred learning style is auditory. Strategies for auditory learners :
 Kinesthetic learner learn best by doing things. They prefer hands-on tasks that allow them to touch and feel. Many of the strategies used by auditory and visual learners also appeal to kinesthetic learners. Kinesthetic learners also learn well from doing experiments, taking self-tests or replicating the tasks they will later have to perform in the testing situation. The kinesthetic learners also learn well from making up the flash cards as well as from the action of self-testing. Strategies for kinesthetic learners :
As for the topic Goal setting, we have been taught to set goals for the new semester :
WHAT ARE GOALS?
Goals are the ends towards which we direct our effort. In other words, goals are things we want to achieve.
The goals we set must have some important characteristics :
1. Goals should be self-chosen.
2. Goals should be moderately challenging.
3. Goals should be realistic.
4. Goals should be measurable.
5. Goals should be specific.
6. Goals should be finite.
7. Goals should be positive.
HOW TO WRITE EFFECTIVE GOAL STATEMENTS?
1. Write down what you want to accomplish.
2. Write down any obstacles.
3. Write down any resources available to you.
4. Review and revise your tentative goal statement.
5. Polish your goal statement.
Here are some templates of goal statements :
 
After we are done writing our goal statements, we learned about Learning Management System. So, the photo below shows a complete learning maagement system :
The last thing we learned from Dr. Mohd. Azmi Nias Ahmad was about Time Management.
The first thing we learned was about the definition of time. So, the definition are as follows :
Noun : the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present and future.
Verb : plan, schedule or arrange when (something) should happen or be done.
Next, we were taught of the definition of time management. So, the definition of time management is the ability to use one's time effectively or productively, especially at work.
THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME :
1. Time is invaluable.
Time is more valuable compared than money. Time is precious partly for the reason that we are all only allotted a certain amount of time in our lives, and so we need to make sure that we use it wisely. Nothing can stop the flow of time. Time once past cannot be brought back by any means.
2. Punctuality.
Every people have to walk in any mode of the life with the punctuality. It is vital for the better life. If we are punctual at every movement of the life, then no one can say anything wrong for us.
3. Value the time during emergencies situations. 
The weather condition always remain uncertain. There remains the risk of natural calamities. To tackle the situation of natural disasters, the government and other organizations are coming up with "Disaster Management and Recovery Plans." During the times of emergency, the disaster recovery teams are expected to act fast without wasting a single minute.
4. Courtesy
Being on time and being aware of what time it is ensures that we will not turn up late for our appointments, It is vital if we want to treat other people with politeness and respect. Their time is valuable, just like ours are and we should not cause them to waste their time just like that.
HOW TO ORGANIZE STUDY TIME?
HOW TO OPTIMIZE STUDY TIME?
The last thing we learned for the day is about procrastination.
 WHAT IS PROCRASTINATION?
There are many reason of why someone procrastinate such as :
But, everything has its own solution, just like procrastinate, which are :
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