STUDY SKILLS

Introduction
Hi and Assalamualaikum everyone!
My name is Nurul Shaffiqqah Binti Abdul Rahman. I am from Tapah, Perak. I am student in Diploma Halal Management who currently study at UiTM Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan. This blogger was created to introduce the students about UED 102 that known with soft skills. In this subject are very useful to students to focus on the achieve that they want.

Contents

1. Learning Style Inventory

2. Goal Statements

3. Fixed-Commitment Calendar

4. Job Task Analysis

5. Prioritized To-Do List

6. Memory Strategies

7. Organizational Strategies

8. Concentration Strategies

9. Concentration Chart

10. Reading Text

11. Note-Taking Strategies

12. Note-Taking Exercise Using the Cornell Method

13. GPA Worksheet

Topic 1 : Getting Ready to Learn

Student need to make new friends at the new place. In addition, student must stay at hostel and manage their own time to adapt with university life. There are many differences of high school students and university students.

Characteristics Successful Student to be:

Keep studies as your first priority
Set 'SMART' goals
Good in time management
Attend all classes
Participate actively in class
Pay attention in class
Surround yourself with the right people
Eat well and sleep well
Have a positive mindset
Exercise regularly

Learning Style

It is significant to know your own learning style to be a good student.

My Learning Style Inventory

Based on my result, I am a visual and kinesthetics learner but I more to visual learner because I notice in my learning that I have:

Use videos or chart
Like colors
Highlight, map and underline
Not good at phonics

Topic 2: Goal Setting
In this module, I have learnt about goal statements. The definition of goals is things we want to achieve, things we aim for as we pursue a certain course of action.

Type of Goal

Long-term goals is the objective of the goals that you set end of the year for yourself for four or five years from now, or even for a lifetime.

Short-term goals we can set for an hour from now, end of day or semester.

Characteristic of goals

5 Steps to Approach the Goal Setting

Tentative goal setting
List of obstacles
List of resource
Revive goal setting
Polished goal setting

My Goals

Take care my parents for the rest of my life
Get 3.5 pointer above for every semester
Do all assignment that have been given and submit on time
Meet lecturer if I do not understand about the subject

Topic 3:Time Management & Organizational Skills
Our lecturer has explained about time management also discussed many thing about time management, especially for a student being. What is time management? Time management is the way you regulate or schedule your time. It refers to managing time effectively, so that the right time is allocated to the right activity.

There are six ways to use time effectively:

Effective planning
Setting goals and objectives
Setting deadlines
Delegation of responsibilities
Prioritizing activities as per their importance
Spending the right time on the right activity

Strategies to manage our time:

Keep a time log
Identify time available for study
Create an assignment calendar
Prepare a running list
Use daily 'to do' list
Avoid procrastination

Fixed-Commitment Calendar

From this , I can manage my time to divide the activities that I have planned for my daily life and my study time.

Job Task Analysis

Prioritized To Do List

Topic 4: Memory, Improving Concentration & Reading System

I want to share what I have learn in study skills class for module 4. This module was conducted by Madam Azlina. In this module, I have learn many things about memory and concentration.

Memory Strategies

What is memory?

The ability to remember past experiences and the power or process of recalling to mind previously learned facts, experiences impressions, skills and habits
Having a good memory involves both putting information into memory and getting it back out
Memory is complex and consists of various processes and stages.

Three types of memory

Sensory memory - remember something by using memory
Short-term memory - remember something just for 30 sec to 24 hours
Long-term memory - remember something for long time

How forgetting could occur?

Did not pay attention to the information
Did not understand the information
Cramming (last minute study)
Did not have good strategies
Interference
Test anxiety

The ways to improve our memory

Organizational Strategies

What is organizational?
Organizational strategies allow to organize the information to make it easier to learn and recall. Tasks such as listing, ordering, grouping, outlining, mapping, charting and diagramming are all examples of organizational strategies.

Concentration Strategies

What is concentration?
Concentration means focusing your attention on what you are doing.

What is causes of poor concentration?

Lack of attention
Lack of interest
Lack of motivation
Distraction from others
Uncomfortable environment
Physiological matters - illness, tiredness
Psychological matters - personal problems, worries and anxieties

Strategies to improve concentration

Use motivational and organizational strategies
Create a positive learning environment
Deal with internal distractions
Use active learning strategies
Match your learning style to the task
Monitor your concentration

Concentration Chart

How it works?

Put a check mark or write the time in the margin of our book or our lecture notes everytime we’re distracted.
At the end of class session, count the number of interruptions.
Make a commitment to reduce that number the next we read or go to our lecture.
When we notice that we are daydreaming or thinking about other things, try to figure out what actually triggered your loss in concentration.
Remember, we can improve our ability to concentrate, but it is us who must take responsibility for doing so.

This is my concentration chart for my interim week.

Reading Skills

Topic 5: Taking Lecture Notes

Why student must take the lecture notes? It is because as a human, we always forget about what we have done, and what we have learn. For your information, only 10 percent of an audio lecture may last in memory but students who take and review their notes can recall about 80% of a lecture. Research suggests that physical writing activates regions of the brain that involve thinking, language and working memory.

How to take lecture notes? We need to read the text assignment before class. In addition, we can build up some background about the topic. It will give you the opportunity to become familiar with the main topics that will be presented. Other than that, become an active listener are physically and mentally focused on the lecture.

Effective Note Taking System

Cornell System

The Informal Outline

The Block Method

The Modified Block Method

Mapping Method

Three ways to review your notes.

Recite from the headings.
Recite from the recall questions.
Talk about the information with others.

Topic 6: Academic Integrity & Performance

Plagiarism

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.

The following are considered plagiarism:

turning in someone else’s work as your own
copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or no

What is CGPA?

In this module, I have learnt how to calculate the GPA and CGPA. GPA is stand for Grade Point Average while CGPA stand for Cumulative Grade Point Average.

CGPA refers to the overall GPA, which includes dividing the number of quality points earned in all courses attempted by the total credit hours in all attempted courses. The formula is :