UiTM NEGERI SEMBILAN KAMPUS KUALA PILAH

Assalamualaikum and salam UiTM DiHatiku to all my blog readers. Firstly before i start let me introduce myself first >_<

My name Zulaikha Binti Abdullah. I am a student who currently study at UiTM NEGERI SEMBILAN, CAMPUS KUALA PILAH. Now I'm just being one of the undergraduate in Diploma in Microbiology ( AS114 ). One of the most important purpose I'm doing this portfolio is to introduce the student about UED120 or well known with soft skills. UED102 provides students with learning skills essential for varsity life, which should be within each student.

CONTENT OF UED102

ITEM :

• Getting Ready To Learn
• Goal Setting
• Time Management & Organization Skills
• Getting To Know The Campus
• Memory, learning & Improving Concetration
• Taking Lecture Note
• Academic Integrity & Performance

 TOPIC 1 : GETTING READY TO LEARN

Making the moves from being in school is not an easy task. Student need to make new friends at new place. Students also need to stay in hostel for Semester 1 and be apart with family. There are also many new things student need to know and adapt the university life.

The term "learning style" speaks differently. People learn  and memorize information using a variety learning styles. An individual's learning style refers to the preferential way in which the students absorbs, processess, comprehends and retains information.

So here are the differences between SCHOOL and COLLEGE

TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER

A)Learning Style Inventory

Picture below is the test that i have taken during UED session.

B)Scoring Learning Style Inventory

C) Characteristics of Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic Learner

VISUAL LEARNERS needs to see information. The visual learning style, often referred to as  the spatial learning style, is a way of learning in which information is associated with images.This learning style requires that learners first see what they are expected to know. People with a visual learning style are often referred to as visual-spatial learners.

AUDITORY LEARNERS need to hear information. It is a learning style in which a person learns through listening. An auditory learner depends on listening and speaking as a main way of learning. Auditory learners must be able to hear what is being said in order to understand and may have difficulty with instructions that are drawn but if the writing is in a logical order it can be easier to understand.

KINESTHETIC LEARNERS need to be physically active and doing things. If your preferred style is kinesthetic, you are a hands-on learners. You have good coordination and learn by doing.You generally have an active what is approach to learning.

For this test, my highest score is auditory and visual styles. So, this basically shows that i am learning through listening and observing things.

TOPIC 2 : GOAL SETTING

GOAL STATEMENT 

The definition of GOAL is an observable and measurable end result having one or more objectives to be achieved within a more or less fixed time frame.

The simplest  way to define goal is as a desired result envisioned by a person or a group and accompanied by an effort aimed at achievement.

A) SIMPLE GOAL SETTING WORKSHEET

LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM GOALS

🔺LONG-TERM GOALS ; It is something you want to do in the future.  Long-term goals require time and planning. They are not something you can do this week or even this year. Long-term goals are usually at least several years away.

🔺 SHORT-TERM GOALS ; is something you want to do soon. Short-term goals can help you make big changes. It is something you want to do in the near future. The near future can mean today, this week, this month, or even this year. A short-term goal is something you want to accomplish soon.

STEPS TO SETTING GOALS

-Tentative goal statement

-List of mistakes

-List way how to solve

5 TIPS TO GET OFF THE RIGHT THIS SEMESTER

-Be active in classes

-Attend all class and take note

-Always study for exam

-Always submit assignment right on time

-Get a Dean list every sememster

HOW DO I REACH MY GOALS???

-Get advice from my family which is always support me

- Track my performance

-Don't let anyone set the goals for me

-Aim high, but start low, celebrate and keep going

TOPIC 3 ; TIME MANAGEMENT

What is time???

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.

DEFINITION OF TIME MANAGEMENT

TIME MANAGEMENT is the process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency, productivity. It is a juggling act of various demands of study, social life, employment, family and personal
interests and commitments with the finiteness of time.

ACTIVITY 4-1

5 STRATEGIC STUDY SYSTEM

MY DAILY PLANNER

                   

SEMESTER / FIXED-COMMITMENT CALENDAR

AVOID PROCRASTINATION

What Is Procrastination???

PROCRASTINATION is the act of putting off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.

Psychological behavior that allows a person to postpone or delay a certain activity or task. Sources a great stress.

COMMON REASON WHY PEOPLE PROCRASTINATE

1) They give lousy excuses.

2) They always think short-term.

3) They focus on the fear or pain.

4) They don’t feel pleasure doing it.

5) They feel overwhelming.

6) They have no strong reasons to take action.

STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME PROCRASTINATION

1) Stop messing around

Sometimes we just need some discipline to stop any avoidance strategies and buckle down to work. Know what you use as avoidance tasks like Facebook, a trip to the water cooler, checking email again and don’t let yourself indulge until you accomplish a task or reach a milestone in your work.

2) Establish rewards

It can be motivating to have something to look forward to. Consider small ways you can reward yourself for staying on task for a period of time (this could be allowing yourself to participate in something that you previously used as an avoidance task and identify a bigger way to reward yourself for accomplishing the end result in a timely manner for larger projects.

3)Ask someone to hold you accountable

We are less likely to procrastinate and put something off if we’ve told someone else about what we intend to do. Knowing that person may ask about our progress, we are more likely to act. Share your goal or priorities with someone you trust and ask them to help hold your feet to the fire. An accountability partner can be a powerful productivity strategy.

JOB TASK ANALYSIS

PRIORITIZED TO-DO LIST

ADVANTAGE OF BEING ORGANIZED

TOPIC 4 ; GETTING TO KNOW THE CAMPUS

1. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

The Function Of HEA : 

• Managing the university curricula.
• Providing consultation for program development at all faculties / campuses.
• Facilitating the accreditation of programs by government agencies, national and international professional bodies.
• Ensuring that assessments are valid, reliable, fair and consistent.

2. TUN ABDUL RAZAK LIBRARY ( PTAR )

• Providing the latest information resources to support teaching, learning and research

3. AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICE

• To control the safety of the residents

4. CORPORATE UNIT

5. COURT

                  

                                                                         

                             

My group members also make a video about Kuala Pilah Campus as it is part of this assignment. So, here's the link, don't forget to check it out :

https://youtu.be/oCDhQBUlNyg

TOPIC 5 ; MEMORY, LEARNING & IMPROVING CONCETRATION

❤️Human are the best creation and we are given intelligence.

3 TYPES OF MEMORY

1) Sensory Memory

     

🔷Numerous incoming information form 5 sense will be stored in sensory memory for an instant.

2)Short-term Memory

🔷Our short term memory  have only limited storage. The information must be repeated in order to get information to long-term memory.

3) Long-term Memory

🔷Our  long term memory is unlimited and have large storage. if the information is not being used for long time, the information will be lost.

WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR MEMORY STRATEGIES

🌎 Manage your time wisely 

🌎 Repeat the information many time

🌎 Elaboration strategies

🌎 Organize the material

🌎 Comprehension monitoring strategies

Organizational Strategies 

An organizational strategy is the sum of the actions a company intends to take to achieve long-term goals. Together, these actions make up a company’s strategic plan. Strategic plans take at least a year to complete, requiring involvement from all company levels. Top management creates the larger organizational strategy, while middle and lower management adopt goals and plans to fulfill the overall strategy step by step. This unified effort to can be likened to a journey. Daily challenges such as road conditions must be overcome to complete sequential legs of the journey, which eventually lead to the ultimate destination.

The first thing to do in organizing things is to first group them into a few sections. Then it will be much easier for u to organize them. This is because it may be seen much more clearly and things are not mixed up. For instance, when organizing a shoes warehouse sale that you will be receiving in a bulk and thing are all mixed up with different designs, sizes and also range of prices. First things first, group them according to their design. Next, put the shoes in order to the size, its either from big to small or from small to big. Last but not least, to organize everything and make sure that everything is neat and tidy.

Concentration Strategies 

Concentration is the ability to direct one’s attention in accordance with one’s will. It means control of the attention. It is the ability to focus the mind on one subject, object or thought, and at the same time exclude from the mind every other unrelated thoughts, ideas, feelings and sensations.

It also means the ability to do one thing at a time, instead of jumping from one subject to another and losing attention, time, and energy.

The ability to command the mind and control the attention is not common, and requires training. Most people lack the ability to control their attention and focus the mind exclusively on one subject for any length of time. They can’t command their mind to concentrate, whenever they want to. However, concentration is not uncommon activity. It happens almost everyday, to almost everyone, but it is more of a spontaneous and uncontrolled ability.

Causes of poor concentration:

• Tiredness and emotional stress
• Hormonal changes such as having menopause ad pregnancy
• Lack of sleep                                                                                                             
• Electrical hypersensitivity
• Brain tumor

Ways to improve concentration

⌛ Pay attention – You cannot take in information unless you are paying attention, and you cannot memorize information unless you are taking it in. Get enough food and sleep and avoid distractions such as a background radio or television.

⌛ Understand information – Try to understand more complex material before you try to remember it. If possible, summarize the material in your own words and write or type out your summary. Reorganize the material or your summary of the material so that it is easier to remember. By manipulating the information in this way, you are forcing yourself to think about it actively.

⌛ Exercise your mind – Mental challenge can help to create new wire connections in the brain, which makes it more effective and more resistant to memory disorders. So, find new hobbies such as read novels, listen to musics, dancing or yoga! In my opinion, by going to the beach can help cutting off all the stress & bring up my positive vibes back. Surely the beach sound and the scenery really picture a big impact to myself.

CONCENTRATION CHART

READING TEXT

Reading text is the ability to process text, understand its meaning, and to integrate it with what the reader already knows. 

Reading can help us to gain knowledge and more information that u cant experience in real life. Everything you read fills your head with new bits of information, and you never know when it might come in handy. The more knowledge you have, the better-equipped you are to tackle any challenge you’ll ever face.

Futhermore, the more you read, the more words you gain exposure to, and they’ll inevitably make their way into your everyday vocabulary. Being articulate and well-spoken is of great help in any profession, and knowing that you can speak to higher-ups with self-confidence can be an enormous boost to your self-esteem. It could even aid in your career, as those who are well-read, well-spoken, and knowledgeable on a variety of topics tend to get promotions more quickly (and more often) than those with smaller vocabularies and lack of awareness of literature, scientific breakthroughs, and global events.

Reading can lead to a better writing skills. This goes hand-in-hand with the expansion of your vocabulary: exposure to published, well-written work has a noted effect on one’s own writing, as observing the cadence, fluidity, and writing styles of other authors will invariably influence your own work. In the same way that musicians influence one another, and painters use techniques established by previous masters, so do writers learn how to craft prose by reading the works of others.

TOPIC 6 ; TAKING LECTURE NOTE

Note Taking Strategies 

The notes you take in class are your primary tool for learning class material yet most university students take notes on a daily basis but fail to utilize them until a week before a scheduled exam. In order to be an effective learner, you must learn note-taking techniques that enhance the material presented to you both in your text and in class. Effective note taking is an essential component to improving your study habits and enhancing your ability to remember thus truly learning course material.

Organization

Use a three ring binder and binder paper rather than a spiral notebook. This allows you to put your syllabus in the front, add all handouts by date, and add additional notes as needed. It also allows you to remove sections of notes and place them side by side to create a “big picture” view of a main point, chapter, or section.

Use one binder per class so that notes stay organized and do not get blended with other class notes.Always read the chapter assigned before attending the lecture. This allows for better recall and familiarity of material so that you recognize important points and main ideas and record appropriately.

Get to class early so that you can quickly review your notes from the previous lecture to better connect the new information about to be presented.

           

Record

Either create your own abbreviation system or use standard ones. If you create your own, make sure you are consistent in its use and that the symbols and abbreviations only have one meaning. Make sure you create a legend so that you remember what each abbreviation means:

Highlight important main points when they slow down and/or changes pitch of voice to emphasize an important point.

Give examples, numbers or list points.

Emphasize information by stating it then writing it on the board.

Use phrases that show relationships, summarizes, concludes, connects, compares and contrasts.

  

Review of Notes

Review your notes as soon after the lecture as possible for optimum memory for filling in and revision.

Review your notes daily for maximum recall of material.

Schedule weekly review sessions that encompasses looking at both lecture and textbook notes and reciting information by synthesizing materials.

When using the dual or multicolumn system, cover the main body and recite the answers to the questions in the cue or recall column. Use your own words when reciting then uncover the main body and ensure you covered all points and details. This process shifts the recall of information in your short term memory to true learning and stores it in your long term memory.

Note Taking Exercise (Cornell Method).

STEP 1 : 

STEP 2 :

STEP 3 :

1. Record: During the lecture, use the note-taking column to record the

lecture using telegraphic sentences.

2. Questions: As soon after class as possible, formulate questions based on

the notes in the right-hand column. Writing questions helps to clarify

meanings, reveal relationships, establish continuity, and strengthen

memory. Also, the writing of questions sets up a perfect stage for exam-studying

later.

3. Recite: Cover the note-taking column with a sheet of paper. Then, looking

at the questions or cue-words in the question and cue column only, say

aloud, in your own words, the answers to the questions, facts, or ideas

indicated by the cue-words.

4. Reflect: Reflect on the material by asking yourself questions, for example:

“What’s the significance of these facts? What principle are they based on?

How can I apply them? How do they fit in with what I already know?

What’s beyond them?

5. Review: Spend at least ten minutes every week reviewing all your previous

notes. If you do, you’ll retain a great deal for current use, as well as, for the

exam.