CHAPTER 7 ; CALCULATING GRADE POINT AVERAGE

 

 CALCULATING GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)

The final examination results and assessments at the end of every semester are assigned a Grade Point Average (GPA) and a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) which represent a student’s academic achievement .

A Grade Point Average (GPA) refers to the calculated average of the letter grades a student earns in each semester following 0 to 4.0 scale .

• GPA CALCULATION 

• FORMULA USED FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) 

• HOW TO CALCULATE GPA

GPA   = WG / CH 

        = 44.36/15

=2.96

• FORMULA USED FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (CGPA) 

• HOW TO CALCULATE CGPA 

CGPA   = WCCGPA / CH 

= 198 / 57 

=3.47 

• FAILURE & DISMISSAL 

ACTIVITY 1

1. Calculate the GPA for Amelia Ameer for her first semester:

2. Calculate what would have happened if Amelia had earned a B in Chemistry.

3. What is the difference in GPA?

4. Now calculate Amelia GPA for the next semester:

5. What would happen if Amelia had received a D in Cell Bio instead of the B+?

6. What is the difference in GPA?

7. What is the difference in CGPA?

8. What does Amelia have to do in order to achieve a GPA of 3.00 in the 2nd semester if her CGPA falls below 2.50 in the 1st semester?

•   In order to earn a GPA of 3.00 in the second semester, Amelia must score at least B in all subjects. Amelia also has to battle more and get at least A-in every topic.

CHAPTER 6 ; ACADEMIC INTERGRITY & PERFOMANCE

 

What is Academic Intergrity ? 

• Honesty and responsibility in scholarship
• Academic assignment exist to help student learn
• Grades represent student performance
• Student must understand own effort

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism: 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.

REFERENCING EXERCISE

Try these exercises to help familiarize yourself with the APA citation style:

• http://library.georgiancollege.ca/citing/exercises

         Use this link to understand the concept:

• https://apastyle.apa.org/

              - Choose any book/ journal article

              - Rephrase 1 sentence from the book/journal article.

              - Cited the reference using APA style format

CHAPTER 5 ; TAKING LECTURE NOTES

 

WHAT IS TAKING NOTES?

Taking notes is writing down ideas and read it with our own word.

   

HOW TO TAKE LECTURE NOTES 

CHAPTER 3 & 4 ; GETTING TO KNOW CAMPUS & MEMORY , IMPROVING CONCENTRITION AND READING SYSTEM

LET KNOW OUR CAMPUS!

MARA University of  Technology Pahang Campus , Jengka , Pahang 

I will share about the facilities , the resources , the buildings and so on . In my campus UiTM Jengka , section has been divided by 3 resources .

3 TYPE OF RESOURCES 

AL-BUKHARI LIBRARY :

 In 1985, Pahang Darul Makmur was based in Teluk Sisek, Kuantan, and relocated to its permanent campus in Bandar Jengka, Pahang, in 1993. In that year, as Al-Bukhari Library, the name of the library began to shape. At the opening of the library in 1985, the compilation of the UITM Pahang library only needed 4 staff and was led by En. Wan Shuib Wan Bain | In addition to the establishment of UiTM, now the Al-Bukhari Library, the UiTM Pahang Branch has a total of 27 employees headed by Mrs. Rosnita Ja'afar, Deputy Chief Librarian. 

• Al Bukhari 1 is next to the HEA building.
• The second one behind Al Bukhari 1 is 'Al Bukhari 2.'The Al-Bukhari library is open from Monday to Friday (8.30 am to 6.30 pm) and from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm on Saturday. 
• The public holiday is Sunday.
• The UiTM library uses the LCC system (Library Of Congress).
• To find the books that they like, students can search the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC).

HEA BUILDING : 

Hal Ehwal Akademik (HEA) it for all student to ask about their academic . To help student solve the problem of study plan package 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & COMPUTING :

Computer Lab for all .

INFRASCIENCE TECH :

CAFE & FOOD COURT : 

BUSES & VAN SERVICE :

HEP BUILDING : 

SPORT COURTS : 

DATARAN INTEGRITI: 

MEMORY , IMPROVING CONCENTRITION & READING SYSTEM 

MEMORY LEARNING & IMPROVING !

As a student we need to improve our concentration and memory we need a strategy. So here is the strategy . 

What is memory?

• The accumulation of knowledge over time (Santrock, 2011) or the mind stores and recall information (mental processes/cognition), like computer software.

What is brain ? 

• The brain is the organ , like computer hardware 

MEMORY STRATEGIES 

• Memory strategies will help students in their encoding, storing, and retrieving the information(helps to remember and recall).

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 term time, the information will be lost.

WAY TO IMPROVE MEMORY STRATEGIES.

• Massed practice vs spaced practice
• Break reading material down
• Rehearsal
• Elaboration strategies

THE REASON 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 ( having 2 exams on the same day especially if the subject if the subjects are closely related for example psychology & counselling ) 
• Test anxiety ( negative thoughts about oneself , did not prepare well for the test ) 

STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE CONCENTRATION 

• CONCENTRATION – focusing your attention on what you are doing.

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, anxieties

1. Use motivational and organizational strategies – create interest in the work, develop a positive attitude toward you work, use goal setting strategies, use time-management strategies

2. Create a positive learning environment – find a better location, reduce multitasking,

minimize distractions

3. Deal with internal distractions – deal with personal problems, deal with competing

activities,

4. Use active learning strategies (as discussed in improving memory)

5. Match your learning style to the task

6. Monitor your concentration

CHAPTER 2 ; TIME MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION SKILLS

 

TIME IS GOLD ⏰

Time aspiring pupils to achive success in life , you must be wise in managing your time . Each student is encouraged to do effective time management & create a daily schedule. 

REDUCING PROCRASTINATION 

• avoiding & postponing what should be taken care of now
• can rob you of your time & detail your best intentions 

1. Know what you should accomplish 

-Know what is more significant between the two things

2.Determine deadlines 

-Always be mindful of the deadlines and aim to complete the job on time or a day early.

3. Use schedule / planners / calendars 

-Effectively and consistently control time .

4. Prioritize 

-It's about our future, so proceed first to do the essential one.

5. Break a task into a series of steps 

-The first task began with the simple one or the hard one, depending on our comfort and keep going for it.

6. Do the unpleasant task first 

-Set it in your mind to be a simple job so that you want to try to do it little by little.

7. Change how you think about the task 

-Enjoy the moment and don't press too hard, because our mind still sorts out new ideas and alternatives.

8.Have fun with the activity 

-Enjoy the moment and don't press too hard, because our mind still sorts out new ideas and alternatives. 

9. Established rewards as personal incentives for completion 

-To encourage ourselves, a simple reward such as food and sleep is enough.

CHAPTER 1 ; GETTING READY TO LEARN

 

Making the moves from being in school is not an easy task. Student needs to make new friends at the new place which is far from home and family. There also many new things every student needs to know and adapt to a new environment in university life. 

👉ICE BREAKING👈

Let me introduce one of my classmates from SR1131D 🙆

A few question for her ;

My conversation with Fatin through whatsapp

LEARNING STYLES & CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL 

8 STEPS TO COLLEGE SUCCESS

•       Attend All Classes.

 One of the best ways to be successful in college is to attend all classes. Although you will be tested on material from the course text, most of the test questions will come from lectures.

•        Become an Active Learner. 

  We cannot just read the book or notes couple of times but we must write and recite the information to get it into long term memory.

•        Participate in Class. 

   We must be an active person in class such as give the feedback about the subject that being thought and ask the question to the lecturer .

•        Get to Know Your Lecturers.

   As a student , we should know our lecture especially their names .  If you get to know your instructors, you may feel more comfortable asking for help when you need it.

•        Form Study Groups with Friends.

  This is one of the good strategies to success in college . Students can remember the points easier and can make the discussion with friends easily . But make sure , you choose your friends who serious and doing well in their studies because they will contribute us later . Study Groups of about 3-4 people are known to be very effective. 

•      Stay Up to Date with Your Work. 

  We should never procrastinated our work . So we can catch up other things and always stay up to date . Never procrastinate!

•      Be Receptive to Change.

   Do some change in our study strategies . It’s could be better to do some change if not we can’t never see how our performance being .

•        Work Hard This Semester.

 It’s important to us to always set in our mind to the our best and work hard to something that we want to archive . 

GOAL SETTING & LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

 GOAL SETTINGS

CHARACTERISTICS OF GOALS 

• SPECIFIC

  - Your goal has to be specific such as next year must be better than this year,want a great grades in exam or want to be a great student college.

• MEASURABLE

  - The goal has to be measurable. You have to be able to measure your progress with accessible numbers that are directly indicative and meaningful to your pursuit.

• ATTAINABLE 

  - Goals should push you , but it is important that there are achievable . Are your goals attainable ? 

• REALISTIC

  - Is your goal and timeframe realistic for the goal you have established?

• TIMELY

  - Do you have a timeframe listed in your SMART goal ? This helps you be accountable and helps in motivation . 

There are two term of goals short term goals which is mean to academic goals and long short term goals which is mean to personal goals.

MY PERSONAL GOALS ✌

• I want to make my family proud with me because I am the first child in the family, so I have to be good example to my younger sister .

• I want to be an active learner who is always join sports event , club & etc

• I want to graduate as a student diploma & degree .

• I wan to find a good job to get a good salary and I will treat my family with my own money!

• I want to buy a car and have my own house .

• I want to take care my parents for the rest of my life 

• I want to marry with someone who loves me sincerely and always with me .

MY ACADEMIC GOALS💪

• I want to do an assignment early and make sure all assignment submit before due date.

• I want to get 3.0 pointer above every semester .

• I want to be more confident when presentation class .

• I must attend every class unless there is an unavoidable reason .

• I need to do some revision by chapter before lecture teach .

STEP 1   : What I Want to Accomplish 

STEP 2   :  My Obstacle to Achieve the Goal

STEP 3     :  My Resourse    

STEP 4   : Review & Revise Goal Statement

STEP 5  :  Polish My Goal Statement