E-PORTFOLIO of UED102

 

About me

Assalamualaikum and hello to the person who is reading my first ever blog. My name is Ahmad Faris Bin Mohd Azlan. I am from Ketereh, Kelantan. I went to SJK(C) Poey Sit, Pulai Chondong and continued my high school education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Hamzah, Machang. Now, I am called as an UiTM Machang Campus student.

What is UED 102?

Basically, UED 102 is like a course where it opens up a student’s mind towards basic academic skills like setting the right goals, memory strategies, how to take lecture notes, etc. After taking this course, students should begin their personal study skills portfolio like mine.

Content

1. Learning Style Inventory
2. Goal Statements - The Five Step Approach
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

1.Learning Style Inventory

TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER

Answer the questions to the best of your ability. Mark a YES or NO response.

No.	Ability	Yes	No
1.	I prefer watching a video to reading.	/
2.	When I sing along with my CD’s or the radio, I know the words to the songs.		/
3.	I have athletic ability.	/
4.	I can picture the setting of a story I am reading.		/
5.	I study better with music in the background.	/
6.	I enjoy hands-on learning.	/
7.	I’d rather play sports than watch someone play them.	/
8.	Reading aloud helps me remember.	/
9.	I prefer watching someone perform a skill or a task before I actually try it.	/
10.	I color-coordinate my clothes.		/
11.	I’m good at rhyming and rapping.		/
12.	Use phrases like: “I’ve got a handle on it,” “I’m up against the wall.” Or “I have a feeling that…”		/
13.	I need to look at something several times before I understand it.	/
14.	I prefer having instructors give oral directions than written ones.	/
15.	I have difficulty being still for long periods of time.	/
16.	I use phrases like”I see what you’re saying, “That looks good”. Or “That’s clear to me”.	/
17.	I’m good at figuring out how something works.		/
18.	I can understand a taped lecture.		/
19.	It’s easy for me to replay scenes from movies in my head.	/
20.	I enjoy studying foreign languages.	/
21.	I would rather conduct my own science experiment than watch someone else do it.		/
22.	I would rather paint a house than a picture.	/
23.	I enjoy studying in groups.	/
24.	I prefer to have written directions to someone’s home	/
25.	I can look at an object and remember it when I close my eyes.		/
26.	I have musical ability.		/
27.	When I study new vocabulary, writing the words several times helps me learn	/
28.	I can imagine myself doing something before I actually do it.		/
29.	I use phrases like “That rings a bell,” “I hear you,” or “That sounds good.”	/
30.	I enjoy building things and working with tools.	/

 

Scoring Your Inventory

Tally your responses by adding up only the YES answers. Put the number of the question in the appropriate box. For example, if you answered questions number 9 with a yes, write 9 in the VISUAL box. If you answeres number 11 with a yes, write number 11 in the AUDITORY box. If you answered number 7 with a yes, write 7 in the KINSTETIC box. Add up the number of questions in each box and write a total for each one. This will determine your preferred learning style. Don’t worry if a dominant mode doesn’t emerge. You’re versatile learner! Use the knowledge you gain to create excellent study tools, the ones that right for you. Chart your answer below.

Visual Style: Questions 1,4,9,10,13,16,19,24,25,28

Auditory Style: Questions 2,5,8,11,18,20,23,26,29

Kinesthetic Questions 2,6,12,15,17,21,22,27,30

Visual	Auditory	Kinesthetic
1,9.13,14,16,19,24	5,8,14,20,23,29	3,6,15,22,27,30
Total: 6	Total: 6	Total: 6

 

The highest score indicates your preferred learning style. If you have a high score in more than one area, you’re using additional modalities. Remember that there are no no wrong answers to this inventory. Everyone is an individuals and has her own style of learning.

 2.Goal Statements - The Five Step Approach

GOAL STATEMENT: THE-FIVE STEP APPROACH
Use the Five-Step Approach to Writing Goals discussed. Choose any One of the courses that you register for this semester.         Complete the given template by writing your goal statements for the next year. Identify places you wanted to go, ways to help others, new things you want to try, things you are looking forward to, and thing you want to get better at.
PLEASE COMPLETE THE GOALS STATEMENT – YOUR TARGET GRADE FOR THE COURSE
COURSE
DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
STEP 1: WRITE DOWN THE GOAL YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISHED – STATE YOUR TARGET GRADE
I WOULD LIKE TO GET A GOOD RESULT IN THE FINAL EXAM
STEP 2: LIST OF OBSTACLES	STEP 3: LIST OF RESOURCES
1.Difficulty in time management	1.Make timetable
2.Negative friends	2.Find positive friends
3.Financial issues	3.Save money
4.Laziness	4.Seek motivation
5.Sickness	5.Eat healthy and doing workout
STEP 4: REVISED THE TARGET GRADE – PROVIDE JUSTFICATION, MOTIVATION,ETC.
I WILL DOING MY BEST AND GET A GOOD RESULT IN THE FINAL EXAM FOR THIS SEMESTER
STEP 5: POLISH YOUR GOALS STATEMENT – STATE THE FINAL TARGET GRADE
I  WILL GET A GOOD RESULT IN THE FINAL EXAM FOR THIS SEMESTER

3.Fixed-Commitment Calendar

Days Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
6:00 A.M	B  A  T  H  & P  R  A  Y
7:00 A.M	B   R   E   A   K   F   A   S   T
8:00 A.M	CLASS	CLASS	CLASS	CLASS	CLASS	REST & STUDY
9:00 A.M
10:00 A.M
11:00 A.M
12:00 A.M
1:00 P.M		FINISH TASK
2:00 P.M
3:00 P.M				FINISH TASK
4:00 P.M						PLAYING GAMES
5:00 P.M					REST
6:00 P.M
7:00 P.M		B  A  T  H  & P  R  A  Y
8:00 P.M	R  E  S   T   &  P  R  A  Y
9:00 P.M
10:00 P.M
11:00 P.M	S   L   E   E   P
00:00 A.M
1:00 A.M
2:00 A.M
3:00 A.M
Hours available to study:  16                                                                    Hours needed to study: 30

 

 4.JOB TASK ANALYSIS

IMPORTANT SCALE	FREQUENCY SCALE
0 – NOT PERFORMED	0 – NOT PERFORMED
1 – NOT IMPORTANT	1 – EVERY FEW MONTHS TO YEARLY
2 – SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT	2 – EVERY FEW WEEKS TO MONTHLY
3 – IMPORTANT	3 – EVERY FEW DAYS TO WEEKLY
4 – VERY IMPORTANT	4 – EVERY FEW HOURS TO DAILY
5 – EXTREMELY IMPORTANT	5 – HOURLY TO MANY TIMES EACH HOUR

 

TASK DESCRIPTION	IMPORTANT	FREQUENCY
PLAYING GAMES	1	1
WORKOUT	3	3
DOING ASSIGNMENT	4	4
HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS	2	2
STUDY	3	3
ATTENDING CLASSES	5	5
WATCHING MOVIES	2	2

 

 5.PRIORITIZED TASK LIST

HIGH PRIORITY TASKS	DATE/DUE
E-PORTFOLIO	20/1
PAD 102 REPORT	14/1
PAD 102 REPORT VIDEO	14/1
CSC PROJECT	21/1

 

MEDIUM PRIORITY TASKS	DATE/DUE
WORKOUT	ANYTIME
REST

 

LOW PRIORITY TASKS	DATE/DUE
HANG OUT	ANYTIME
WATCHING MOVIES
PLAYING GAMES

 

ADDITIONAL TASKS	DATE/DUE

 

6.MEMORY STRATEGIES

ACTIVITY 4-1

Where Are You Now?

Take a few minutes to answer yes or no to the following questions.

	YES	NO
1. Do you often know the answer to a question but find that you can’t think of it?	/
2. Do you organize or group information to help you remember it?		/
3. After you study, do you go back and test yourself to monitor your learning?		/
4. Do you make up rhymes or words to help you remember some information?	/
5. Do you space your practice when reviewing information?		/
6. Do you try to memorize all the information that you need to know for an exam?	/
7. Do you often find that you get confused by closely related information?	/
8. Do you often forget a lot of the information that you studied by the time you take the test?	/
9. Do you ever remember exam answers after the exam is over?	/
10. Do you try to remember information just by making up a rhyme, word, or other memory aid?		/
Total points:	1

 

Give yourself 1 point for each yes answer to questions 2, 3, 4, and 5, and 1 point for each no answer to questions 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Now total up your points. A low score indicates that you need to improve your memory strategies. A high score indicates that you are already using many good memory strategies.

 7.ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES

 ACTIVITY 4-7

Try Some Organizational Strategies Look at the following list of words for sixty seconds; then cover it with your hand or a piece of paper and try to write the words in the margin.   Newspaper, pencil, bus, automobile, book, pen, boat, magazine, comic book, chalk, crayon, train   You may have found that it was difficult to remember all twelve of the items. Do you know why? Earlier you learned about the capacity of short-term memory. If you recall, you can remember only about seven pieces of information at one time. You can, however, increase this capacity by chunking (grouping) the information. You probably will be able to remember all twelve items if you group them as follows: THINGS YOU READ            THINGS YOU WRITE WITH            THINGS YOU RIDE IN Newspaper                                         pencil                                                   bus Book                                                      pen                                                       automobile magazine                                              chalk                                                     boat comic book                                          crayon                                                 train   With this grouping, you have three pieces or chunks of information to remember instead of twelve. It’s easy to remember three things, right? You also can remember the four items in each category quite easily because the headings help trigger your memory. Now look at the three groups for sixty seconds and try to write down as many of the items as you can in the margin.

 

8.CONCENTRATION STRATEGIES

ACTIVITY 6-1

Where Are You Now?

Take a few minutes to answer yes or no to the following questions.

	YES	NO
1. Do you have trouble getting back into your work after you’ve been interrupted?	/
2. Do you read and study in a noisy, cluttered room?	/
3. Do you find that even though you schedule study time, you don’t actually accomplish very much?		/
4. Do you use any strategies to help increase your ability to concentrate?	/
5. Can you concentrate on your work even if the subject doesn’t interest you?	/
6. Do you use your preferred learning style when completing assignments?		/
7. Do you tend to think about personal plans or problems when you are reading and studying?	/
8. Do you find that when you finish reading your textbook assignment, you don’t really remember what you read?	/
9. Do you get totally engrossed in the material when you read and study?	/
10. Do you daydream a lot when you are listening to lectures?	/
Total:	3

 

Give yourself 1 point for each yes answer to questions 4, 5, 6, and 9, and 1 point for each no answer to questions 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, and 10. Now total up your points. A low score indicates that you need some help improving your concentration. A high score indicates that you are already using many good concentration strategies.

 9.CONCENTRATION CHART

Date	Study task	Concentration problem	Cause	Strategy
25/11	UED102 Class	Can’t focus during class session	Unstable network	Find a place with high speed internet coverage
16/12	Completing portfolio	Doesn’t know the specific requirement	Lack of knowledge	Lecturer provide materials

 

10.READING TEXT

 

11.NOTE-TAKING STRATEGIES

ACTIVITY 5-1

Where Are You Now?

Take a few minutes to answer yes or no to the following questions.

	YES	NO
1. Do you edit your notes within twenty-four hours after each of your classes?		/
2. Do you try to write down exactly what your professor says in class?	/
3. Do you separate the main points from supporting information in your notes?	/
4. Are you able to read and understand your notes when you study for your exam?	/
5. Do you sometimes find that your notes don’t make sense when you review them before an exam?	/
6. Do you tend to write down only key words when you take notes?	/
7. Do you review your notes by reciting them out loud?		/
8. Do you tend to miss a lot of information when you take notes?	/
9. Are you actively involved in the lecture?		/
10. Do you read your textbook assignment before you go to your lecture class?		/
TOTAL POINTS:	2

 

Give yourself 1 point for each yes answer to questions 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, and 10, and 1 point for each no answer to questions 2, 5, 6, and 8. Now total up your points. A low score indicates that you need some help in note taking. A high score indicates that you are already using many good note-taking strategies.

 

 

 

 

12.NOTE-TAKING EXERCISES USING THE CORNELL METHOD

 

13.GPA WORKSHEET

 

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

The total credit units acquired in the same semester

 

CGPA = The total credit values registered and attempted in the assessment of all semester

The total credit units acquired in all semester