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CLASS: SR113D1
My Biodata 1
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Getting Ready to Learn
Answer the questions to the best of your ability. Mark a YES or NO response.
1.I prefer watching a video to reading. YES NO
2. When I sing along with my CDs or the radio, I know the words to the songs. YES NO
3. I have athletic ability. YES NO
4. I can picture the setting of a story I am reading. YES NO
5.I study better with music in the background. YES NO
6. I enjoy hands-on learning. YES NO
7. I’d rather play sports than watch someone play them. YES NO
8.Reading aloud helps me remember. YES NO
9. I prefer watching someone perform a skill or a task before I actually try it. YES NO
10. I color-coordinate my clothes. YES NO
11. I’m good at rhyming and rapping. YES NO
12. Use phrases like: “I’ve got a handle on it,” “I’m up against the wall,” or “I have a YES NO
feeling that . . .”
13. I need to look at something several times before I understand it. YES NO
14. I prefer having instructors give oral directions than written ones. YES NO
15. I have difficulty being still for long periods of time. YES NO
16. I use phrases like “I see what you’re saying,” “That looks good,” or “That’s clear YES NO
to me.”
17. I’m good at figuring out how something works. YES NO
18. I can understand a taped lecture. YES NO
19. It’s easy for me to replay scenes from movies in my head. YES NO
20. I enjoy studying foreign languages. YES NO
21. I would rather conduct my own science experiment than watch someone else do it. YES NO
22. I would rather paint a house than a picture. YES NO
23. I enjoy studying in groups. YES NO
24. I prefer to have written directions to someone’s home. YES NO
25. I can look at an object and remember it when I close my eyes. YES NO
26. I have musical ability. YES NO
27. When I study new vocabulary, writing the words several times helps me learn. YES NO
28. I can imagine myself doing something before I actually do it. YES NO
29. I use phrases like “That rings a bell,” “I hear you,” or “That sounds good.” YES NO
30. I enjoy building things and working with tools. YES NO
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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 answered number 11 with a yes, write number 11 in the
AUDITORY box. If you answered number 7 with a yes, write 7 in the KINESTHETIC 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 a versatile learner! Use the knowledge you gain to create excellent study tools, the
ones that are right for you. Chart your answers below.
Visual Style: Questions 1, 4, 9, 10, 13, 16, 19, 24, 25, 28 Auditory
Style: Questions 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 18, 20, 23, 26, 29
Kinesthetic Style: Questions 3, 6, 7, 12, 15, 17, 21, 22, 27, 30
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 wrong
answers to this inventory. Everyone is an individual and has her own style of learning.
• Auditory learners need to hear information. If your preferred style is auditory, you
have a “good ear” and can hear differences in tones and rhythm. Reading out loud
will be beneficial. You can remember what you hear in a lecture.
• Kinesthetic learners need to be physically active and doing things. If your preferred
style is kinesthetic, you are a hands-on learner. You have good coordination and learn
by doing. You generally have an active approach to learning.
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Using Multi-Sensory Learning
Now that you know your learning style(s), you have an idea of the important role your senses
play in the learning process. The best strategy is to combine modalities whenever possible.
Incorporate visual, kinesthetic, and auditory learning into your study plan. Using
combinations will strengthen your ability to retain information. Be creative. Add your own
ideas. Here are some strategies:
Visual learners:
• Create mind maps, flow charts, and diagrams using bright colors. Put them
where you can view them frequently.
• Practice building your visual memory.
• Rewrite your notes using different colors.
Auditory learners:
• After you read a page in your textbook, summarize the information out loud in
your own words.
• Tape your instructor’s lecture, and if you are a commuter, listen to the tape on
the way home, either in your car, or on the bus or subway.
• Discuss the material that you have been learning with a friend or study group.
Kinesthetic learners:
• Use your hands. Cut up charts and diagrams. Create flash cards and move
them around with large, sweeping movements.
• Walk and talk the information. Recite as you move.
• Type on a computer keyboard. You are using your muscle memory.
• Use background music (no lyrics to distract you) when you study. Choose a
piece of music for a particular subject. Every time you study that subject, play the
music. You are creating an association for your subconscious mind. You may be
surprised to discover how much of the information you remember when you play the
music by itself. You are combining Visual and Auditory modes.
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• If you are athletically inclined, dribble a basketball while you recite
information. You are combining Auditory and Kinesthetic modes.
• Study with a partner or in a group. Discuss the information. Hold up flash
cards diagrams, hierarchies, and mind maps to test each other. This combines Visual
and Auditory modes.
• Put yourself in the picture. You can do this with a subject like history;
participate in a battle or a significant meeting such as the signing of the Declaration of
Independence. Ask yourself how you feel. This combines Visual and Kinesthetic
modes.
• Make up your own strategies. Incorporate multi-sensory learning into your
studies.
Additional Strategies:
• If you are learning a new vocabulary word or math formula, write it in the air
using large, sweeping movements. Close your eyes and see it in your mind’s eye.
Say the words out loud. You are combining V, A, and K modes.
• Use the sense of smell. One student created olfactory (smell) associations by
using scented pencils for studying. He used a grape pencil for one subject and a
chocolate one for another. When taking an exam, he used the appropriate pencil to
help him recall information. He combined V and K and added an additional sensory
mode.
• Use 5- by 7-inch flash cards to self-quiz. Use different and bright colors for
each side. Lay them on a desk or table. Move them around and put them in different
places as you study, or create a game with them. Place them into different categories
in a hierarchical fashion such as “don’t know,” “review,” and “need to study more.”
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My Personal Learning Style Plan:
Choose for the suggestions listed above 4-5 techniques you will try this quarter as you study
for classes. List them here as an action plan detailing how you will incorporate multi-sensory
learning into your study time.
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Goal Setting
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The Five Steps Approach
Goals Obstacles
- Always take an easy way when doing
an assignment.
- To improve my performance
in lesson. - Easy to give up when something didn’t
work.
- Didn’t confident to try something new.
Publish
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Goal Getter
Your Goal
Your Reward
Milestones
Motivational Quote
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My Goals for the month of: December
THINGS I NEED:
1. TRAINING
2. HIGH SPIRIT
3. MENTALITY
4. GYMNASIUM
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The Best Year
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Fixed-Commitment Calendar
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
7 am Recite al- Recite al- Recite al- Recite al- Recite al- Recite al- Recite al-
Quran Quran Quran and Quran Quran Quran Quran
take a bath
Playing Sport
video Wake up Rest and management IT essential Swimming Playing
11 am games and and take a relax class class class video games
social bath (SMG103) (SPS105) (SPS106) and social
media media
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Perform Perform Zohor Perform Perform Perform Go to Perform
Zohor prayer Zohor Zohor prayer Zohor masjid and Zohor
1 pm prayer prayer prayer perform prayer
Jumaat
prayer
8 pm Take a bath Take a bath Take a bath Take a bath Take a bath Take a bath Take a bath
and perform and perform and perform and perform and perform and perform and perform
Isyak prayer Isyak prayer Isyak prayer Isyak prayer Isyak prayer Isyak prayer Isyak prayer
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Having a Having a Having a Having a Having a Having a Having a
9 pm dinner with dinner with my dinner with dinner with dinner with dinner with dinner with
my roommate my my my my my
roommate roommate roommate roommate roommate roommate
10 pm Hang out Study and Study and Study and Study and Study and Hang out
with my completing my completing completing completing completing with my
roommate assignment my my my my roommate
assignment assignment assignment assignment
11 pm Study and Study and Study and Study and Study and Study and Study and
completing completing my completing completing completing completing completing
my assignment my my my my my
assignment assignment assignment assignment assignment assignment
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Job Task Analysis
Perform a prayer 5 5
Exercise 3 3
Playing football 5 5
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Prioritized Task List
Homework Everyday
Perform a prayer Everyday
Study 2 hours per day
Playing football Everyday
Recite al-Quran Everyday
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Designating Priorities
INSTRUCTIONS: Designate priorities for the following activities. Write Routine if the
activity is routine, ASAP if the activity should be done as soon as possible, and Rush if the
activity should be completed immediately.
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Getting To Know the Campus
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CAMPUS RESOURCES DETAILS
Food court
Perindu College
Housing, Dining, and Bus Depot
Transportation Resources Student Kiosks
UiTM Hotel
Nescafe Hub
Food Truck
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Memory, Learning and Improving Concentration
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Activity 4-1: Where are you now?
Take a few minutes to answer yes or no to the following questions.
1. Do you often know the answer to a question but find that you can’t think of it Yes No
2. Do you organize or group information to help you remember it? Yes No
3. After you study, do you go back and test yourself to monitor your learning? Yes No
4. Do you make up rhymes or words to help you remember some information? Yes No
5. Do you space your practice when reviewing your information? Yes No
6. Do you try to memorize all the information that you need to know for an exam? Yes No
7. Do you often find that you get confused by closely related information? Yes No
8. Do you often forget a lot of information that you studied by the time you Yes No
take the test?
9. Do you ever remember exam answer when the exam is over? Yes No
10. Do you try remember information just making by rhymes, words or another Yes No
memory aid?
Total points: 5
Newspaper, book, magazine, comic book, pencil, pen, chalk, crayon, bus, boat
Total: 10/12
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Activity 6-1: Where are you now?
Take a few minutes to answer yes or no to the following questions.
1. Do you have trouble getting back into your work after you’ve been interrupted? Yes No
2. Do you read and study in a noisy, cluttered room? Yes No
3. Do you find that even though you schedule study time, you don’t actually
accomplish very much? Yes No
4. Do you use any strategies to help increase your ability to concentration? Yes No
5. Can you concentrate on your work even if the subject doesn’t interest you? Yes No
6. Do you use your preferred learning style when completing assignments? Yes No
7. Do you lend to think about personal plans or problems when you are reading Yes No
and studying?
8. Do you find that when you finish reading your textbook assignment, you don’t
really remembered what you read? Yes No
9. Do you get totally engrossed in the material when you read and study? Yes No
10. Do you daydream a lot when you are listening to lectures? Yes No
Total points: 7
• My conclusion about my concentration strategies is 7 and it’s higher than 5 and I think I already good
in concentration strategies.
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Figure 6.4: Monitor your concentration chart
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Figure 12.3: Read and apply the SQ3R method
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Taking Lecture Notes
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✅ NOTE-TAKING STRATEGIES ✅
Activity 5.1 - Van Blerkom
Take a few minutes to answer yes or no to the following questions.
1. Do you edit your notes within twenty-four hours after each of your classes? NO
2. Do you try to write down exactly what your professor says in class? NO
3. Do you separate the main points from supporting information in your notes? YES
4. Are you able to read and understand your notes when you study for your exam? YES
5. Do you sometimes find that your notes don’t make sense when you review them NO
before an exam?
6. Do you tend to write down only key words when you take notes? YES
8. Do you tend to miss a lot of information when you take notes? YES
10. Do you read your textbook assignment before you go to your lecture class? NO
Total
points:6
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.
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Effective Notes Taking System: The Cornell Method
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Sample Cornell Notes
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Academic Integrity and Performance
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Calculating Grade Point Average
A+ 90-100 4.00
A 80-89 4.00
A- 75-79 3.67
B+ 70-74 3.33
B 65-69 3.00
B- 60-64 2.67
C+ 55-59 2.33
C 50-54 2.00
C- 47-49 1.67
D+ 44-46 1.33
D 40-43 1.00
E 30-39 0.67
F 0-29 0.00
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Activities for Students
GPA Worksheet
1. Calculate the GPA for Amelia Ameer for her first semester:
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COURSE AND GRADE (2ND SEMESTER) COURSE POINT AVERAGE
4. .What would happen if Amelia had received a D in Cell Bio instead of the B+?
= Course point will be and her total points will be 41.01.Her GPA will be 2.28
= 0.05
= 97.01/35= 2.77
7. 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?
= Amelia should focus on balancing her subject and also try to improve in subject
that she has weakness and get high marks in every subject.
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