ASSIGNMENT / TUGASAN

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OUMH1103
LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNERS
SEPTEMBER 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 20 November 2017 until 26 November 2017.
Submission after 26 November 2017 will NOT be accepted. / Tugasan anda hendaklah

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 diserahkan antara 20 November 2017 hingga 26 November 2017. Serahan selepas 26
November 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 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 50% of the total marks for the course and shall be assessed
based on the Rubrics attached. You would be given feedback on the assignment before the
Final Semester Examination commences. /
Tugasan ini menyumbang sehingga 50% daripada jumlah markah kursus berkenaan dan
akan dinilai berdasarkan kepada Rubrik 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 objectives of this assignment are 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:

More mothers are currently in the workforce than ever before, which means fewer
children are being raised by stay-at-home mothers. This may have implications on
children’s development. Should mothers be at home and raise their children? Support
your arguments.

Below are the links to articles/website that will be useful for your essay writing:
1. I Surveyed More Than 1,000 People to Find Out How Having a Working Mom Really
Affects Kids (http://motto.time.com/4241071/working-mom-impact-kids/ )
2. Working Mothers (https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/work-
play/Pages/Working-Mothers.aspx )
3. Sample essay: Should mothers stay at home to raise their chidren?
(http://www.markedbyteachers.com/as-and-a-level/psychology/should-mothers-stay-
at-home-to-raise-their-children.html )

Your essay should:

1. discuss at least two positive implications on children due to working mothers.
2. discuss at least two negative implications on children due to working mothers.
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 current trends related to working
women in the society.
iii. Provide the purpose of the essay.

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 iv. Write down the scope of the essay (state the content that will be covered in your
essay).

b) The body of content

i. Discuss at least 2 positive implications on children due to working mothers.
ii. Discuss at least 2 negative implications on children due to working mothers.
(Write each implication in a separate paragraph with a sub-heading.)
iii. The challenges and the ways to reduce the negative implications should be discussed
in logical flow.
iv. Support your arguments with supporting facts from other authors by doing in-text
citation.
v. Search for e-books and e-journals in the OUM Digital Library and/or the Internet
database.
vi. 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 both positive and negative implications on children due to
working mothers.

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 berbentuk esei,
• membincang dengan hujah yang logik / menyokong dengan fakta dan bukti, dan
• membuat rujukan hasil 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:

Ramai ibu kini menyumbang dalam tenaga kerja berbanding sebelum ini. Ini
bermakna kurang kanak-kanak akan diasuh oleh ibu yang berada di rumah. Perkara
ini boleh memberi implikasi terhadap perkembangan kanak-kanak. Patutkah ibu
berada di rumah dan membesarkan anak-anak mereka? Sokong hujahan anda.

Berikut adalah pautan kepada artikel / laman web yang berguna untuk penulisan esei anda:
1. I Surveyed More Than 1,000 People to Find Out How Having a Working Mom Really
Affects Kids (http://motto.time.com/4241071/working-mom-impact-kids/ )
2. Working Mothers (https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/work-
play/Pages/Working-Mothers.aspx )
3. Sample essay: Should mothers stay at home to raise their chidren?
(http://www.markedbyteachers.com/as-and-a-level/psychology/should-mothers-stay-
at-home-to-raise-their-children.html )

Esei anda perlu:

1. membincangkan sekurang-kurangnya dua implikasi positif ke atas kanak-kanak
akibat ibu bekerja.
2. membincangkan sekurang-kurangnya dua implikasi negatif ke atas kanak-kanak
akibat ibu bekerja.
3. memberikan rujukan untuk menyokong hujah anda.

Esei anda perlu mengandungi:

a) Pengenalan
i. Mulakan dengan menulis sub-tajuk “Pengenalan”.
ii. Berikan gambaran ringkas tentang apa yang anda faham mengenai trend semasa
yang berkaitan dengan golongan wanita yang bekerja di dalam masyarakat.

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 iii. Tuliskan tujuan esei.
iv. Tuliskan skop esei (nyatakan kandungan yang akan ditulis di dalam esei).

b) Isi kandungan
i. Membincangkan sekurang-kurangnya dua implikasi positif terhadap kanak-kanak
disebabkan oleh ibu yang bekerja
ii. Membincangkan sekurang-kurangnya dua implikasi negatif terhadap kanak-kanak
disebabkan oleh ibu yang bekerja
(Jelaskan setiap implikasi dalam perenggan yang berasingan dengan memberikan
sub-tajuk)
iii. Cabaran dan cara-cara untuk mengurangkan implikasi negatif perlu dibincangkan
dalam aliran yang logik.
iv. Sokong hujah anda dengan fakta daripada pengarang lain dengan melakukan
rujukan dalam teks (in-text citation).
v. Cari e-buku dan e-jurnal di Perpustakaan Digital OUM dan / atau di pangkalan data
Internet.
vi. Belajar cara melakukan rujukan dalam teks melalui:
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 implikasi positif dan negatif terhadap
kanak-kanak yang disebabkan oleh ibu bekerja.

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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 ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
OUMH1103 LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNERS / SEPT 2017
Excellent Above average Fair Low Missing item Max
Mark
Weight 4 3 2 1 0
Criteria s
1. Introduction 2 The write-up was The write-up was clear The write-up was Poorly written Did not meet the 8
- A brief overview of detail and and good fairly clear requirement at all
trends of working excellent OR
women in the society Out of topic
- Aim/Purpose of
essay
-Scope of essay
2. Discussion on 2 4 The write-up was The write-up was clear The write-up was Poorly written. Did not meet the 16
positive implications detail and and good fairly clear most of requirement at all
on the children due to excellent the times
working mothers
AND AND/OR AND/OR AND/OR OR

Able to identify & Able to identify & Able to identify & Able to identify & Out of topic
describe 2 describe at least 2 describe at least 1 describe at least 1
positive positive implications positive implication positive implication
implications
3. Discussion on 2 4 The write-up was The write-up was clear The write-up was Poorly written Did not meet the 16
negative implications detail and and good fairly clear most of requirement at all
on the children due to excellent the times
working mothers
AND AND/OR AND/OR AND/OR OR

Able to identify & Able to identify & Able to identify & Able to identify & Out of topic
describe 2 describe at least 2 describe at least 1 describe at least 1
negative negative implications negative implication negative implication
implications
4.Conclusion 1.5 The write-up was The write-up was clear The write-up was Poorly written. Did not meet the 6
- Summary of essay. detail and and good. fairly clear most of requirement at all
- Conclusion of your excellent. the times. OR
view on the positive Out of topic
and negative AND AND/OR AND/OR AND/OR
implications on OR
children due to Able to Able to summarise the Able to summarise Able to summarise
working mothers summarise the introduction and body the introduction and only some parts of No summary of
introduction and of content (with 3 of body of content (with the essay; challenges and
body of content the implications on 2 of the implications ways to reduce the
(with 4 (2 children); on children); challenges;
positive and 2
negative) AND AND/OR AND/OR AND
implications on
children); Conclude your view No conclusion of your No conclusion of No conclusion of
view your view your view
AND
Conclude your
view
5. Reference 1 In-text citation for In-text citation for at In-text citation for at No in-text citation No references and 4
- Reference according all 3 references least 2 references least 1 reference was no in-text citation
to APA citation style were written were written according written according to
- In-text citation according to APA to APA citation style APA citation style
according to APA citation style
citation style AND/OR AND/OR AND/OR AND/OR

3 references 2 references were 1 reference was ALL references were

were written written according to written according to wrongly written
according to APA APA citation style APA citation style
citation style
Total 12.5 50