Week 1 - Getting Ready to Learn

   

 Attending university requires a certain amount of adjustment for most student. As a college student I will experience many changes in my life. In high school we wake up early in the morning for class, but in college you just have to wake up for your first class or whenever you want. Everyone knows that the learning method in university is quite different compared to high school. I have to learning sheduling my own time,and knowing strategies of problem solving.

On the other hand, I may have to take on many  responsibilitie and set my own quality. Every semester, I could be more independent and if I need assistance I should initiate contact my lecturer.

            

There's three ways learning styles ; auditory, visual, kinesthetic. I can identify my study style with ask questions and the result is I'm a visual learner! 

               Here are some things that visual learners like me can do to learn better;

             ❤ Write down key words,ideas                                          

             ❤ Use flashcards to learns new words

             ❤ Color code things

             ❤ Draw pictures to help explain new concepts

            

Most first year student do not know what it takes to be a succesful university student.They know the difference between good and bad grades,but there is so much more to being a successful university student which is ;

              ❤ Stay in control of your life, never miss classes

              ❤ Become an active learner. Don't be afraid to ask questions

              ❤ Participate in class and get to know your lecturer

              ❤ Form study groups with friends

              ❤ Stay up to date with your work

              ❤ Has initiative to change

                               

             

Week 2 - Goal Setting

  

A goal is something that we want to achieve in life and it motivate us to do something.As smart goal must be specific, measurable, achieveable. Also, a goal must be realistic and has atime limit. Your goal should be clear and spesific. Otherwise more be able to focus to achieve it.

            WHAT IS MY GOAL STATEMENT ?

     ❤ What I want approach ;

        In my life, I hope to complete three goals that I set myself with and they are to take challenging courses, choose a type of engineers I want to be, and to have five-figure salary a month.

     ❤ Achieving goals obstacles ;

        I have a routine that does not match my goal's requirement. I wake up late, spend more time on social media than studying and lack of time management.

     ❤ Resources to help me achieve my goals ;

        Family and friends

        Online communities and forums

     ❤  Review and revise my goals ;

        I know that I have the potential and what it takes to accomplish this. In order to graduate with honors I will have to study and prioritize, taking my education seriously

     ❤ Polish goal statement ;

       -Score 3.6 gpa and above in every semester

       -Graduate with a bachelor's degree from college (2025)

       -Become a professional engineer at the age of 30 (2032)

       -Own a home outright (2034)

       -Take time off to travel the world (2036)

       

       

                               BE A GIRL WITH A MIND A WOMAN WITH ATTITUDE AND

                                                                        A LADY WITH CLASS                         

  

Week 3 - Time Management

                                           

 Why should I manage my time?

     The simple answer is that time management help you stay on top of your tasks and get more done.

                   Advantage of being organized

              ։ Reduce stress- We all try to kill two birds with one stone but odds are multitasking will actually just stress you out.When you don't have control of your time, it's easy to end up feeling rushed.

              ։ Self-discipline is valueble. When you practice good time management, you have no room for procrastination.

              ։ Less wasted time-   When you already list down what you need to do, time wasted with useless things diminished. Instead of thinking about what you should do next, you can already take any action to complete a task.

              ։ Build your confidence. For me, when I have done my task before the  due date, I got more confidence in study.

                  How to manage my time better

              ։ Recording

Keep track of the time in your day planner as the day progresses. Write down everything that you do. Carry it out from you waking up until you go back to sleep.

              ։ Analyze

At the end of the day go trough the schedule and highlight any chunks of time that you don't feel where used productively. Identify your 5 biggest time wasters in a day.

              ։ Change

                i. Prioritize- to do list

               ii. Declutter- won't waste time digging around piles of stuff to find that one piece of paper that you really need

              iii. Shedule- set aside blocks of your time for individual activities. Set  stop points for each activity

                              

         

 

Week 4 - Getting to Know the Campus

 

        

UiTM Pahang Campus located in Jengka has quite complete and good facilities. UiTM Pahang Campus has a systematic wifi system, library, student portal and also if students or the public want to contact UiTM can do so via UiTM Pahang official email. Applied Science, Faculty of Plantation & Agrotechnology, Faculty of Business Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Faculty of Sports & Recreation Science.

AL- BUKHARI LIBRARY

Libraries are an important source of knowledge for young minds at university.It develops the salient habit of reading among the students.University libraries help to impact positively on the academic achievement of the students.

1- Borrowing and returning book

    For degree and diploma students, we can borrow about 20 books at the same time. Due date for borrowing book is just 2 weeks.

2- How to borrow a book?

    We can also borrow and return the books by using OPAC SYSTEM (Online Public Access Catalog) and BOOK RETURN KIOSK.

3- The library will charge you the original retail price of the item only if you lost or damage the book or other library item. You will not be charged on overdue fine. Please inform to the main counter about the missing book.

4- Rules to enter the library

Appearance - Student must wear the formal attires. They also must wear the students card and wearing the shoe not sandal or etc.      

5- Zone in our library

    Casual zone : Students can discuss with proper sound tone and must control their voice.                                                                                              

    Quiet zone : Students must lower their voice and make sure your phone in silent mode.                                                                                            

    Silent zone : Students must always be silent and not speak in silence zone even in a low voice. Mobile phones are not allowed.

                                                                   MEDAN SELERA TOK GAJAH

                                                               

                                                                    DEWAN INDERA SEGARA

                                                                           KOLEJ TOK GAJAH

                                                                                   FIELD                                                                                                                                                          

     

Week 5 - Memory, Learning & Improving Concentration

                                    

                                   

   

                 What is memory?

Human memory involves the ability to store and restore information that we have learned or experienced. When we learn and remember we will encode, store and retrieve the information like a computer software. Firstly, encoding is processing incoming information so it can be placed into the memory. Secondly, storage where's we maintaining the information in memory for a period of time. Lastly, retrieval which is we accessing and make recall the stored information from emory so that we can use it.

There's 6 memory strategies;

1- Focus your atttention on what you're doing

2- Avoid cramming, involves studying all the materials at one time.

Students who study regularly remember the material far better than those who studying in one marathon session

3- Structuring and organizing the materials you're studying. We can try this out with make an highlight of your notes and textbook readings to  related concepts.

4- Visualize concept. Looking at the photograps, charts and other graphics in your book to understand the concepts. If you don't have this visual cues, try to creat your own based on what you learned.

5- When you find unfamiliar words or material while study, take time to relate it with your information that you already know. At the same time we recalled the recently learned information.

6- Read out loud

How to increase your concentration during studies?

1- Create a good study environment. Make a tidy study space and proper to reducing distraction. This can helps us maintain our concentration.

2-  Make a study plan because when you have too many things to study, you will lost concentration what to study. Schedule your study with specific subject and time.

3-  Avoid distracting things like texting, instagram, twitter and etc that come from our mobile phone. I prefer to make silent mode or just turn off the phone to stay concentrate on studies.

4-  Regular rest is very advatageous because your brain can replenish with fresh oxygen so you can refocus on topics and attack concepts with new energy.

As a student we have to know how to study well and it's important to practice the strategies way of learning.Here is the learning pyramid that show us percentage what we get in learning with the certain way.

                   

Week 6 - Taking Lecture Notes

                                                                  

Taking good notes in class is an important step to get successful academic in college. Actively taking notes during class can help me to focus and  make me understand the main concepts. In several classes, we may be asked to watch an instructional video before any discussion and we can take notes while watch it. Note-making helps you concentrate on what you are watching, hearing and reading. It make us understand new information and new ideas easier. Noting things down in your own words helps to place them in your long-term memory. 

There’s a lot going on during class, so we may not be able to catch up and write down every main concept perfectly, and that’s okay.The good of note-taking is we can make revision to our notes after class to check for clarity and fill in any missing pieces. In the same time we memorize back what in mind and help us better organize our thoughts.Furthermore when we taking notes, it keeps us awake and forces us to pay attention and focus in class.

I wonder how should I takes lecture notes. Here's are some tips

❤Before class, identify unfamiliar terms, concept.

❤No need to write down everything the lecture says. 

❤Pay Attention. 

❤Underline, Highlight the important words.

❤Use Shortform to catch up what lecture teach .

❤Put distractions away. 

❤Be Comfortable with the surrounding.

❤Ask questions when confused.

❤After class, review the notes to decreasing forgetting,

summarize, outline and mapping

❤Share and compare notes with classmates.

Mostly of the students do not know how to identify the important information. Because they cannot determine what is important, they attempt to write everything the lecture says. To avoid this problem, the most important thing you can do is to skimming before class (read quickly to get the idea). We can try this out with read the title or read introduction and notice any picture/chart. This will enable you to get the general overview of main ideas, and important concepts prior to the lecture. During the lecture, you will then be able to listen with understanding and determine what is relevant and irrelevant to take serious for. If you know that the information is already in your book, you can listen to the lecture without write it down.

                          

                     

Week 7 - Academic Integrity & Performance

                    What is Plagiarism ??

Plagiarism is presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own, with or without their permission, by including it in your work without full acknowledgment. This usually happens when students do not understand what the lecturer is teaching.

How to prevent it ?

Do paraphrasing with the techniques as follow;

1- use synonym , find word with similar meaning.

2- convert active to passive (was written-wrote)

3- use opposites (until march 2020-beginning march 2020)

4- change the structure

5- categories (cook, clean, and vocum - to do house chores)

6- change parts of speech (she is a beautiful dancer - she dances beautifully)

Calculating Grade Point Avarage

At the final exam results and assessments of every semester, students will get a Grade Point Average (GPA) and a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) which as a student’s academic achievement.

The calculated average of the grades a student earns in each semester following a 0 to 4.0 scale is called as a Grade Point Average (GPA)