ASSIGNMENT / TUGASAN

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OUMH1103
LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNERS
MAY 2017 SEMESTER
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INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS / ARAHAN KEPADA PELAJAR

1. This assignment contains only ONE (1) question that are set in both Malay and English. / Tugasan ini
mengandungi SATU (1) soalan sahaja yang disediakan dalam bahasa Melayu dan bahasa Inggeris.

2. Answer in Malay or English. / Jawab dalam bahasa Melayu atau bahasa Inggeris.

3. Learners are to submit assignment only in MS-WORD format unless specified otherwise. Please refrain
from converting text/phrases into picture format such as .gif / .jpeg / print screen / etc. / Anda dikehendaki
menyerahkan tugasan dalam format MS-WORD melainkan dinyatakan sebaliknya. Anda tidak dibenarkan
untuk menukar teks/frasa tugasan tersebut kepada format grafik seperti .jpeg / .gif / print screen / dan
lain-lain format berkaitan.

4. Download the language version of the assignment template concerned from the myINSPIRE for
preparation and submission of your assignment. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point Times
New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing. / Muat turunkan templat tugasan versi bahasa yang berkenaan
daripada myINSPIRE untuk penyediaan dan penyerahan tugasan anda. Tugasan anda hendaklah ditaip
dengan menggunakan saiz fon 12 Times New Roman dan langkau baris 1.5.

5. Your assignment should be between 500 to 750 words excluding references. Do not copy the assignment
question and instructions to your answer. Only assignment answer developed within the approximate
word limit will be assessed. The number of words should be shown at the end of your assignment. /
Tugasan anda hendaklah mengandungi 500 hingga 750 patah perkataan tidak termasuk rujukan.
Bilangan perkataan hendaklah ditunjukkan di hujung tugasan anda. Jangan menyalin soalan dan arahan
tugasan dalam jawapan anda. Pemeriksa tidak akan membaca jawapan tugasan yang melebihi had patah
perkataan yang dibenarkan. Jumlah perkataan hendaklah dinyatakan di penghujung tugasan anda.

6. You must submit your assignment ONLINE via the myINSPIRE. Refer to the portal for instructions on
the procedures to submit your assignment online. You are advised to keep a copy of your submitted
assignment and proof of the submission for personal reference. / Anda dikehendaki menghantar tugasan
SECARA ONLINE melalui myINSPIRE. Sila rujuk kepada portal untuk arahan mengenai prosedur
penghantaran tugasan secara online. Anda dinasihatkan menyimpan salinan tugasan yang dihantar dan
bukti penghantaran untuk rujukan sendiri.

7. You can submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file. / Anda hanya boleh menghantar tugasan
SEKALI sahaja dalam SATU fail.

8. Your assignment must be submitted between 31 July 2017 until 6 August 2017. Submission after 6th
August 2017 will NOT be accepted. / Tugasan anda hendaklah diserahkan antara 31 Julai 2017 hingga
6 Ogos 2017. Serahan selepas 6 Ogos 2017 TIDAK akan diterima.

9. Your assignment should be prepared individually. You should not copy another person’s assignment. You
should also not plagiarise another person’s work as your own. / Tugasan hendaklah disiapkan secara
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 individu. Anda dilarang meniru tugasan orang lain. Anda juga dilarang sama sekali memplagiat kerja
orang lain sebagai kerja sendiri.

10. Please take note that PENALTY will be imposed on late submission of assignment as specified in the
Registrar’s Office circular 6/2012 (Refer to Registrar’s Announcement in myVLE). / Sila ambil maklum
tentang PENALTI yang akan dikenakan ke atas penghantaran lewat tugasan seperti yang tertera di
pekeliling pejabat Pendaftar 6/2012 (Rujuk Registrar’s Announcement di myVLE).

11. Please ensure that you keep the RECEIPT issued upon submisson of your assignment as proof of
submission. Your assignment is considered as NOT submitted if you fail to produce the submission receipt
in any dispute arises concerning assignment submission. / Anda perlu memastikan RESIT yang
dikeluarkan bagi penghantaran tugasan disimpan sebagai bukti penghantaran. Kegagalan
mengemukakan resit dalam sebarang isu yang timbul berkaitan penghantaran tugasan akan
mengakibatkan tugasan dianggap TIDAK dihantar.

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EVALUATION / PENILAIAN

This assignment accounts for 100% of the total marks for the course and shall be assessed
based on the Rubrics or Answer Scheme attached. You would be given feedback on the
assignment before the Final Semester Examination commences. /
Tugasan ini menyumbang sehingga 100% daripada jumlah markah kursus berkenaan dan
akan dinilai berdasarkan kepada Rubrik atau Skema Jawapan yang dilampirkan. Anda
akan diberikan maklum balas tentang tugasan ini sebelum Peperiksaan Akhir Semester
bermula.

PLAGIARISM: MARKS DEDUCTION / PLAGIARISME: POTONGAN MARKAH

Warning: The submitted assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If

plagiarism is detected, marks would be deducted as follows: /
Amaran: Tugasan yang diserahkan, secara automatik, akan disemak untuk menentukan
kadar pertindihan. Jika plagiarisme dikesan, markah akan dipotong seperti berikut:

No. / Similarity Percentage (%) / Marks Deduction (%) /

Bil. Kadar Pertindihan (%) Potongan Markah (%)
1. 0 – 30 0
2. 30.01 – 50 5
3. 50.01 – 70 10
4. 70.01 - 100 100

Assignments found to have similarities under any of the categories above; will not be entitled
to apply for appeal. For learners who fall into the 70.01-100 similarities group, the access for
online appeal for assignment remarking of the subject will be disabled from the appeal
options. /
Tugasan yang dikenal pasti mempunyai pertindihan tugasan bagi mana-mana kumpulan
pertindihan di atas tidak dibenarkan untuk rayuan. Bagi pelajar dalam kategori pertindihan
tugasan kumpulan 70.01-100, akses online rayuan semakan semula tugasan bagi subjek
berkaitan dilupuskan dari pilihan rayuan.

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 PART C (50%)
ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

The objective of this assignment is to assess your ability to:

 search for information,
 write an essay type of assignment,
 demonstrate logical arguments/discussions with supporting facts and evidences, and
 cite other author’s work according to APA citation style (as discussed in Topic 5 & Lesson
Plan for Tutorial 2 (available in myInspire)).

Instructions: Write an essay on the following topic.

Health issues among Malaysian adults have been on the rise. Do you agree? Support
your arguments.

Links to articles/website:
1. 5 Ways to Healthy Lifestyle (https://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/parents-carers/5-
ways-to-a-healthy-lifestyle.aspx)
2. Healthy Lifestyle (https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/healthy-lifestyle)
3. Gaya Hidup Yang Sihat, Berat Badan Ideal
(http://pendidikanpesakit.myhealth.gov.my/gaya-hidup-sihat-berat-badan-ideal/)

Your essay should include:

1. Discuss three challenges of managing healthy lifestyle.
2. How might these problems be reduced?
3. Provide references to support your arguments.

The essay should contain:

a) Introduction
i. Begin with writing the sub-heading “Introduction.”
ii. Give a brief overview on what you understand of ‘healthy lifestyle.’
iii. Provide the purpose of the essay.
iv. Write down the scope of the essay.

b) The body of content

i. Provide at least 3 challenges of managing healthy lifestyle.
ii. Include 3 ways on how to reduce the challenges of managing healthy lifestyle.

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iii. Write each challenge and the way of reducing it in a separate paragraph with a sub-
heading.
iv. The challenges and the way to reduce it should be discussed in logical flow.
v. Support your arguments with supporting facts from other authors by doing in-text
citation.
vi. Search for e-books and e-journals in the OUM Digital Library and/or the Internet
database.
vii. Learn how to do in-text citation:
https://www.roanestate.edu/owl/UsingSources_APA.html

c) Conclusion
i. Begin with writing the sub-heading “Conclusion.”
ii. Summarise the essay by briefly describing key points that you have written for the
introduction and body of content.
iii. Conclude your views on the challenges of managing healthy lifestyle and the ways of
reducing it.

d) References
i. Begin with writing the sub-heading “References.”
ii. Every in-text citation reference should be listed under the References.
iii. List the references according to APA citation style.
iv. Learn how to cite references based on APA Citation Style:
http://www.library.kent.edu/files/APACheatSheet.pdf
http://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/apa-format/

[Total: 50 marks]

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 BAHAGIAN C (50%)
SOALAN TUGASAN

Objektif tugasan ini adalah untuk menilai kebolehan anda untuk:

• mencari maklumat,
• menulis tugasan esei,
• membincang dengan hujah yang logik / menyokong dengan fakta dan bukti, dan
• membuat rujukan kepada kerja penulis lain mengikut gaya rujukan APA (seperti yang
dibincangkan di dalam Topik 5 & ‘Lesson Plan for Tutorial 2’ (terdapat di dalam myInspire).

Arahan: Tuliskan sebuah esei berdasarkan tajuk berikut.

Isu kesihatan di kalangan orang dewasa di Malaysia telah meningkat. Adakah anda
bersetuju? Sokong hujahan anda.

Link artikel / laman web:

1. 5 Ways to Healthy Lifestyle (https://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/parents-carers/5-
ways-to-a-healthy-lifestyle.aspx)
2. Healthy Lifestyle (https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/healthy-lifestyle)
3. Gaya Hidup Yang Sihat, Berat Badan Ideal
(http://pendidikanpesakit.myhealth.gov.my/gaya-hidup-sihat-berat-badan-ideal/)

Esei anda harus meliputi:

1. Bincangkan tiga cabaran dalam menguruskan gaya hidup yang sihat.
2. Bagaimanakah masalah-masalah ini boleh dikurangkan?
3. Buat rujukan untuk menyokong hujah anda.

Esei perlu mengandungi:

a) Pengenalan
i. Mulakan dengan menulis sub-tajuk "Pengenalan."
ii. Berikan gambaran ringkas tentang apa yang anda faham mengenai ‘gaya hidup yang
sihat.'
iii. Tuliskan tujuan esei.
iv. Tuliskan skop esei.

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b) Isi kandungan
i. Menyediakan sekurang-kurangnya 3 cabaran menguruskan gaya hidup yang sihat.
ii. Merangkumi 3 cara untuk mengurangkan masalah disebabkan oleh cabaran yang
diberikan.
iii. Tulis setiap cabaran dalam perenggan yang berasingan dengan sub-tajuk.
iv. Cabaran dan cara untuk mengurangkannya perlu dibincangkan dengan aliran logik.
v. Sokong hujah anda dengan fakta daripada pengarang lain dengan melakukan rujukan
dalam teks (in-text citation).
vi. Cari e-buku dan e-jurnal di Perpustakaan Digital OUM dan / atau di pangkalan data
Internet.
vii. Belajar cara melakukannya rujukan dalam teks:
https://www.roanestate.edu/owl/UsingSources_APA.html

c) Kesimpulan
i. Mulakan dengan menulis sub-tajuk "Kesimpulan."
ii. Meringkaskan esei dengan menerangkan perkara utama yang anda telah tulis untuk
pengenalan dan isi kandungan.
iii. Menyimpulkan pandangan anda mengenai cabaran menguruskan gaya hidup yang sihat
dan cara-cara mengurangkannya.

d) Rujukan
i. Mulakan dengan menulis sub-tajuk "Rujukan."
ii. Setiap rujukan petikan dalam teks hendaklah disenaraikan di bawah Rujukan.
iii. Senaraikan rujukan mengikut gaya rujukan APA (APA Citation Style).
iv. Belajar cara membuat rujukan berdasarkan gaya rujukan APA (APA Citation Style):
http://www.library.kent.edu/files/APACheatSheet.pdf
http://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/apa-format/

[Jumlah: 50 markah]

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 Assignment Rubric

Criteria 0 1 2 3 4 Weight Score

Bad/Missing Low Fair Above Average Excellent
1. Introduction Did not meet the Poorly written The write-up was The write-up was The write-up was 2 8
- A brief overview of healthy lifestyle requirement at all fairly clear clear and good detail and
- Aim/Purpose of essay OR excellent
-Scope of essay Out of topic

2. Discussion on 3 challenges of Did not meet the Poorly written. The write-up was The write-up was The write-up was 4 16
managing healthy lifestyle with requirement at all fairly clear most of clear and good detail and
supporting references OR the times excellent
Out of topic
AND/OR AND/OR AND/OR AND

Able to identify Able to identify & Able to identify & Able to identify &
& describe at describe at least 1 describe at least 2 describe 3
least 1 challenges of challenges of challenges of
challenges of managing healthy managing healthy managing healthy
managing lifestyle lifestyle lifestyle
healthy lifestyle
3. Discussion on 3 ways to reduce the Did not meet the Poorly written The write-up was The write-up was The write-up was 4 16
problems due to the challenges requirement at all fairly clear most of clear and good detail and
OR the times excellent
Out of topic
AND/OR AND/OR AND/OR AND

Able to identify Able to identify & Able to identify & Able to identify &
& describe at describe at least 1 describe at least 2 describe 3 ways
least 1 way to way to reduce the ways to reduce the to reduce the
reduce the challenges challenges challenges
challenges
4.Conclusion Did not meet the Poorly written. The write-up was The write-up was The write-up was 1.5 6
- Summary of essay. requirement at all fairly clear most of clear and good. detail and
- Conclusion of your view on the OR AND/OR the times. excellent.
challenges of managing healthy Out of topic AND
lifestyle and how to reduce them Able to AND/OR AND/OR
OR summarise only Able to
some parts of Able to summarise Able to summarise summarise the
No summary of the essay; the introduction the introduction introduction and
challenges and and body of and body of content body of content
ways to reduce the AND/OR content (with at (with at least 2 (with 3
challenges; least 1 challenge challenges and 2 challenges and 3
No conclusion of and 1 way to ways to reduce the ways to reduce
AND your view reduce the challenges); the challenges);
challenges);
No conclusion of AND AND
your view AND/OR
Conclude your view Conclude your
No conclusion of view
your view

5. Reference No references and No in-text In-text citation for In-text citation for at In-text citation for 1 4
- Reference according to APA citation no in-text citation citation at least 1 least 2 references all 3 references
style references were were according to were according to
- In-text citation according to APA according to APA APA citation style APA citation style
citation style citation style AND/OR
AND/OR
AND/OR AND/OR 3 references were
2 references were according to APA
ALL references 1 reference was according to APA citation style
were wrongly according to APA citation style
written citation style
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