ACADEMIC INTEGRITY & PERFORMANCE

Today I'm having my third class of UED102 which was conducted by Madam Nurul Afzan. So, today's topic was 'Academic Integrity and Performance (Topic 7)'. In my point of view, this topic is really important to us as a student. It is because it tell you how to avoid plagiarism and how to calculate your grade point average.

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM  

Nowadays, we often hear about the issue of plagiarism. It's so prevalent among the student and I'm sure this action is still being done until today whether intentionally or not. Oh wait, do you know what is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is an act of using the language of thought of another person without authorization and work as one's own and not crediting the original one. I think this is totally wrong! Try to imagine if your work is plagiarized by others. Can you imagine that? You yourself  work hard to get the work done, but suddenly other people plagiarized it without hesitation. Is it fair? In other words, plagiarism are;-

• turning someone's else work as your own
• copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
• Giving incorrect information about the source of quotation

HOW TO PREVENT?

                                               

                                                     SAY NO TO PLAGIARISM! 

So how to prevent it? First thing first you must plan your paper. Only then, you will know what to do, what to search and so on. So everything will be on track. Next step, write your paper. Make sure to make it clear.

Proceed to the next subtopic which is Academic Performance. It is how to calculate your grade point average (GPA). 

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The final examination results and assessments at the end of every semester are assigned a grade point average and cumulative grade point average (CGPA) which represent a student's academic achievement. This is very important guys, for us to know how to calculate. Only then, you will know how to manage your studies well. If you can keep on getting 3.0 and above, at the end of every semester you will get a special award from university. So what are you waiting for? Let's grab it!

So, that's the end of today class. I personally think that today was so chill and relax. Plus, Madam, spent around 10-15 minutes to share her university life. It was really interesting and I really can't wait to go through this university life. I hope that i will get good grades and make my parents proud.

  

MEMORY, LEARNING & CONCENTRATION

I felt so ecstatic attended to Miss Shamsinar Rahman's class on 16/6/2017 since it has been postponed since last week! All the while, students of RB2D only managed to liaise with her through Whats App Messenger.  I was really anxious to meet her in person. After the first meeting, I noticed that she is an easy-going person and beautiful. Trust me, she has flawless skin!

 The main topic of that day was about "Memory, Learning & Improving Concentration "- (Topic 4)

WHAT IS MEMORY LEARNING?

Learning and memory are closely related concepts. Learning is the acquisition of skill while memory is the expression of what you've acquired.  For your information, there are two type of student which are passive and participatory.

Passive students literally learn in four ways.

1. Lecture
2. Reading
3. Audio/Visual
4. Demonstration

For participatory there are 3 ways which are discussion group which affect 50%, practices by doing for 75% and the last one is teaching others which affect 90%! Okay, let me show you guys what is the difference between brain and memory. I guess some of you guys already know but yeah here it is;-

BRAIN	MEMORY
A physical place	Memory allows us to remember facts
	Consists of encoding, storing and retrieval
	Makes the information available for recall when we see or experience something
	Leaves a trace

LEARNING IS BEHAVIOR.

Learning is behavior which acquiring info, then memory is about storing it and learning is a process. COMPLETE! There are two types of memory. First, short term memory (STM) and the second one is Long term memory (LTM).

 

Guys, have you ever heard about massed practice and space practice? Well basically massed practice is defined as practice that occurs without rest between trials which is not good at all. Trust me you will not fully understand. This kind of practice make your memory get less information which is STM.

So, as a perfect student we must exercise the space practice. It is a learning strategy where practice is broken up into a number of short sessions and over a longer period of time. It will give us LTM. Or you can try another way such as elaboration. You can make it on your own creativity so that it will be more interesting. Examples;-

1. Associations
2. Acrostics or Acronyms 
3. Image (Mind mapping) 

In order to get a good result, we must set a goal, make a mind map, manage time properly and deal with any internal distraction.  We must remember, poor concentration can come from many aspects such as lack of interest, lack of motivation, personal problem and so on. So we must try our best to avoid it!

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I want to share with you guys a fun experience in Miss Shamsinar's class. We  played a few speed quizzes in her class but one that I really loved, was when we have to memorize 12 words in 20 seconds and we need to write it back. It was really chaotic since everyone wanted to get all right. Unfortunately, I only managed to get 8 out of 12. What a shame! But still okay rather than 0, isn't it?There are some words that I got right. Until today, I still can't recall what is the other 4. HAHA!

I thought it was really fun because we learnt in a fun way and comfortable environment!

10 minutes before the class ended, Miss Shamsinar asked all of us to sit together according to our assignment's group. She gave a briefing on how to do our assignment and yeah! She explained it really well. I love her so much!

GETTING READY TO LEARN

On 9th June 2017, I've attended my first class at Dewan Titiwangsa Uitm Raub, Pahang. To be honest, I was really excited to experience the class conducted by Dr Fauzi Azmi. The topic discussed was about 'Getting Ready to Learn(topic 1)'. What I've got on that day is the differences in school and univerity, the characteristics of successful students and how to use learning styles to enhance performance.

Here are some differences in school and university;-

• You spend less time in class
• More time for reading
• Fewer test
• You spend more time studying outside the class

Furthermore, in university you will be having a lot of group assignments. I personally think that each one of us have to choose the right person to work with. It will be a problem if one of them is actually a sleeping partner. I mean like, you have to do it all alone but at the end of the day, he or she will still get the name and mark. It's totally unfair though! Next, the lectures basically won't tell what's on the test. You have to struggle hardly in order to get flying colors, unless you're not a study person.

From Dr Fauzi Azmi's class also, I got to know the characteristics of successful students. Firstly, make a schedule or use a planner. From this, you can really fill up your ample time wisely. As a student, I'm pretty sure we are too busy with a lot of works. So by doing this, we can manage our time very well. Secondly, learn how to take good notes. So that it will be more interesting to read and memorize it. Thirdly, to attend every class and get to class early. Don't ever dare to skip class and please get enough sleep or else you'll be sleepy in class. Lastly make a master list of projects, assignments and exams. It will make us well prepared and everything will go smoothly.

Meanwhile, we also need to use our own learning styles to enhance performance and be on the race!

UED 102

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My name is Nur Syazlia bt Mohd Rosdi and I'm currently one of the student at Uitm Raub, Pahang. Now I am having my interim season prior the real semester in September. I have to do this e-portfolio under UED 102 subject as an individual work that provide 60% marks and that's the reason why this blog is created!

As I am writing this entry, I was thinking what's is the purpose of this assignment and I bet all of you also excited to know, isn't' it?

Now I've got the answer. The purpose of this assignment is to provide us with a platform to document our experience as university students. Throughout this, I hope that I can finish all my task and be able to score, as well as to pass this subject.

Wish me luck!