REPORT OF WEEK 3

DATE: 8 August 2018
TIME: 8.45 a.m
PLACES: Perpustakaan Al Bukhari 2

TOPIC 6: TAKING NOTES

WHAT IS NOTE TAKING:

• Writing down ideas from lectures and readings in our own words.

WHY TAKE LECTURE NOTES:

• To pay attention in class.
• To study for quiz, tests/ final exam.
• To improve our memory.
• Provides an accurate record information.
• Promotes active listening.
• To organize and process data and information.
• Provides an opportunity for repetition of the material.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO AFTER TAKING NOTES?

• Immediately after class review your notes; add or clarify information while the lecture is still fresh. Review your notes on a daily basis.

WHY REVIEW NOTES?

• We lose 80% of what we hear if it is not reviewed within a few hours.
• We can identify any questions for peers, the next class, or to ask the professor.
• There is not enough time to absorb all the information given in class if it's not reviewed on a regular basis.

HOW DO WE PREPARE FOR CLASS?

• Do pre-reading and homework.
• Review syllabus.
• Preview previous notes.
• Look up key words prior to class.
• Write the date at the top of your paper for notes.
• Leave spaces between the lines so that your can add information later.

WHILE TAKING NOTES....

• Be an aggressive, not a passive listener.
• Ask questions and discuss if its permitted.
• If not, jot questions in your notes.
• Seek out meaning.

ACTIVITY 1

Listen to this lecture and try out the cornell note-taking method.

What is Topsoil?

https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-topsoil-definition-composition-uses.html

Limiting Factors of Photosynthesis

https://study.com/academy/lesson/limiting-factors-of-photosynthesis.html

Seeds

https://study.com/academy/lesson/seeds-defination-types.html

TOPIC 7: ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PERFORMANCE

What is academic integrity?

• Academic integrity means honesty and responsibility in scholarship.
• Academic assignments exist to help students learn; grades exist to show how fully this goal is attained.
• Therefore all work and all grades should result from the student's own understanding and effort.

How does UiTM define academic dishonesty?

• Plagiarism - Intentionally using another person's writing/academic work and submitting it as                          your own.

                             - Failing to correctly cite another person's writing/academic work.

Examples of plagiarism

• Copying or paraphrasing from a source without crediting the author.
• Using another person's words or ideas as if they were your own.
• Copying another student's work.
• Quoting from another person without indicating that it is a quotation.
• Summarizing information from another source without indicating where it came from.
• "Cutting and pasting" from an online source or the internet without citing the source.
• Copying an image from the internet and inserting it in a presentation without giving the source.
• Handing in a paper to one class that you wrote and handed in for an earlier class.

ACTIVITY 1

Paraphrasing exercises

https://usu.instructure.com/courses/31801/quizzes/13501?module_item_id=63579

So, my score is 2 out of 2.

ACTIVITY 2

Cite a book that I have borrowed last week from the library.

Hanson, Peter (2000). Dictionary of Botany. Kuala Lumpur: Golden Books Centre Sdn. Bhd.

ACTIVITY 3

Reference exercises

https://library.georgiancollege.ca/citing/exercises

CALCULATING GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)

GPA and CGPA:

• The final examination results and assessments at the end of every semester are assigned a Grade Point Average (GPA) and a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) which represent a student's academic achievement.
• A Grade Point Average (GPA) refers to the calculated average of the letter grades a student earns in each semester following a 0 to 4.0 scale.

GPA = The total credit values registered and attempted in the assessment of a semester

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                           The total credit units acquired in the same semester

ACTIVITY 4 - CALCULATE THE GPA

GPA = (3.33x3)+(3x3)+(3.67x2)+(3.67x3)+(4x3)+(4x3)

            ----------------------------------------------------------

                                     3+3+2+3+3+3

         = 9.99+9+7.34+11.01+12+12

            ---------------------------------

                                17

         = 61.34               

            ------

               17    

         =3.61

ACTIVITY 4 - CALCULATE CGPA

My conclusion in this week activity is I got to know the effective way to taking a note. As a student, I have to taking lecture notes so I can understand it. To focus in class, you need to avoid distraction. Next, I got to learn about plagiarism and the way to avoid it. When you do an assignment, you have to cite your source. CGPA and GPA is our final examination results. I determined to get 3.0 above every semester!

THE REFERENCE LIST:

• John Moore, Faculty at American Public University System (APUS)
• www.lasvegaswatertech.com/why-almost-everything-you-ve-learned-about-college-gpa-calculator-is-wrong
• https://www.appointmentplus.com/blog/why-time-management-is-important/
• www.llcc.edu/student-services/cas/helpful-handout/characteristics/of/learningstyle-2/

   

REPORT OF WEEK 2

DATE: 1 August 2018

TIME: 9 a.m

PLACE: Perpustakaan Al Bukhari 2

TOPIC 4: GETTING TO KNOW THE CAMPUS

FACULTY IN UiTM PAHANG:

• Faculty of Business Management
• Faculty of Accountancy
• Faculty of Applied Science
• Faculty of Sport Science & Recreacion
• Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Faculty of Plantation & Agrotechnology
• Faculty of Science Computer & Mathematics

AL-BUKHARI LIBRARY

Operating Hours:

• Monday - Saturday (8 a.m - 5 p.m)

Borrowing and Returning:

• Using OPAC
• 20 pieces per day and 14 days to return

Inter Library Loan (ILL):

• Place that you can borrow books from other university's library

Fine:

• Rm 0.20 per day/ book

Library Zone

• Silent zone
• Quiet zone
• Social zone

PLANTATION MANAGEMENT UNIT

Since I am a student of DPIM, so I will write about this faculty

• Facilities for practical trainee for DPIM students to improve knowledge.
• Center of reference and agricultural research.
• Friendly and responsible through quality service.
• Provide fields for student laboratories and DPIM lecturers in the provision of practical training and research.
• Equipping all equipment, facilities and agricultural in order to provide quality service.

TOPIC 5: MEMORY LEARNING & IMPROVING CONCENTRATION

UNDERSTANDING MEMORY PROCESSES

Memory is learning process that has persisted over time. It is our ability to store and retrieve information.

LEARNING PYRAMID

• The effectiveness influenced by your own unique learning style.
• Some student retain and recall information best through visual (spacial) learning, while others are aural (auditory) learners. To maximize the effectiveness of your studying discover your learning style.

WE REMEMBER 

• 10% of what we read.
• 20% of what we hear.
• 30% of what we see.
• 50% of what we see and hear.
• 70% of what we say.
• 90% of what we say and do.

YOU HAVE A MALE BRAIN IF YOU:

• Like to make to-do lists.
• Answer honestly when asked 'does my bum look big in this?'
• Prefer to read non-fiction.
• Notice grammatical errors.
• Find maps easy to read.

YOU HAVE A FEMALE BRAIN IF YOU:

• Find it easy to chat to someone you have just met.
• Can sense when you are intruding.
• Lack interest in the technical details of a new computer, camera or other gadget.
• Focus on beauty of painting rather than the artists' technique.
• Have little interest in the dates of key historical events.

ACTIVITY 1

You know our left brain trying hard to read the color but at the same time, left brain still want to read the word. Lets try!

It quiet hard for me to done it but at the same time, it a fun game to try!

MEMORY SYSTEMS

• Sensory memory - Very temporary storage of information we receive from our senses.
• Short-term memory (STM) - Limited period of time and limited capacity. 

                                                          - Working memory.

• Long-term memory (LTM) - Can retain information for a long period of time.

                                                         - Elaboration rehearsal is required: Process involves thinking

                                                            about a stimulus a relating it to information already in memory.

ACTIVITY 2

Activity 2 is a kahoot! It a online game that can fit a lot of people in it. This game more on test our memories. You guys should try with your friends!

https://kahoot.it

MNEMONIC DEVICES:

• Are methods for remembering information that is otherwise quite difficult to recall.
• A word of a sentence which is intended to be easier to remember than the thing it stands for.

MNEMONIC DEVICES:

• Rhymes and songs - Make a rhyme or a song of the facts.
• Loci systems - Creates visual associations with familiar locations. It can also help you                                       remember things in a particular order.
• Peg systems - Employs key words represented by numbers.

CAUSES OF POOR CONCENTRATION

• Vocabulary difficulties.
• Conceptual difficulties.
• Inappropriate reading speed.
• Distraction.
• Poor organisation.
• Lack of interest.
• Lack of motivation.

IMPROVING CONCENTRATION

• Phone - Put it on silent (not vibrate)

                      - Place it out of reach.

                      - Check it no more than once every hour.

• Mess - Clean/ organise your desk.

                    - Make your bed every morning.

                    - Want to be organized in studies? Take care of your room first.

• People - Go to the library.

                      - There are too many distractions @ home.

                      - People will talk to you @ home.

• Many pens - If you are color coding, use up to 3 colors!

                             - The rest will distract you and create unnecessary stress.

3 POWERFUL BRAIN HACKS TO HELP YOU FOCUS IN CLASS

• Your brain doesn't pay (do your class preparation)
• Remove all distractions (your brain can't multitask)
• We tend to lose focus after 10 minutes (engage in class and think actively)

HOW TO MEMBER WHAT YOU WROTE IN CLASS

• Listen actively - Write in your own words, connect to what you already know.
• Pay attention and ask questions if something is unclear.
• Review your notes in the evening and quiz yourself (use active recall).
• Study a little every weekend - Better to study a bit more often than pull allnighters.

ACTIVITY 3

Based on Heathrow Airport advertizing, we have to answers all of the question.

https://youtu.be/oq1r_M5a6ul

ACTIVITY 4

Based on the video, answers all of the question.

https://youtu.be/4Y8WR5VrN9E

ACTIVITY 5

In this activity, we have to borrow a book from library and write down the specific meaning of the word of sentences. Since I am DPIM student, I borrow a book that related to plant. Here the book:

I choose nonvascular plants. It mean, plants which lack true vascular tissues of xylem and phloem, as bryophytes; traditionally may also include algae, slime molds, fungi and bacteria.

My conclusion of this week activities is, I got to learn the importance of memory process. As a student I need to practice it in my daily. If you not concentrate in the class, you will lost what lecturer teach you and not understand the subject. Students also require to make their own schedule because it will help them to manage their own time.