ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PERFORMANCE

Lecture : Dr. Shaari bin Daud

What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is basically copying someone else works without giving any credit to them. It was unlegally and you can be fined by doing this. Passing off someone else works by intentionally or unintentionally for your own benefit also was called a plagiarism.

Avoid Plagiarism

How to preventing plagiarism?

Step 1 :

✨ Consult your lecturer/tutor

✨ Plan your paper.

✨ Take effective notes.

Step 2 :

✨ Cite your sources

✨ Make it clear who own the sources

✨ Know how to pharaphrase

✨ Evaluate your sources

✨ Attach your references page

References using "APA" system 

 Citations and References: 

References should be listed in alphabetical order and appear at the end of the manuscript using APA Style. Citations in the text should be denoted with the author's surname and the year of publication. 

Example :

 Srinivasan, 1996; Pravitra & Verma, 2009

Article in a Journal:

One author:

▪ Doughari, J. H. (2006). Antimicrobial activity of Tamarindus indica Linn. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 5(2), 597-603.

Two authors (a journal article with do):

▪ Li, S., & Seale, C. (2007). Learning to do qualitative data analysis: An observational study of doctoral work. Qualitative Health Research, 17(10), 1442-1452. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732307306924  

One author (a book chapter

 ▪    Zarina Othman, (2009).  “Human Security Concepts, Debates and Approaches in Southeast Asia”. In G. Brauch, U.O. Spring, J. Grin, C. Mesjaz, P.K. Mbote, N.C. Behera, B. Chourou and H. Krummenacher (eds.), Facing Global Environmental Change: Environmental, Human, Energy, Food, Health and Water Security Concepts (Vol. 4),  Germany:  AFES-Springer Press, pp.1037-1048.

Calculating grade point average ( gpa )

THIS IS HOW I COUNT THE GPA

TAKING LECTURE NOTES

Lecture : Dr. Shaari Bin Daud

Taking Effective Notes

What is taking note?

👉 Taking note is writing down the keywords and read it again with our own words that we can easily understand.

Do you know why do we have to take notes?

👉 Helps us to pay attention to the class

👉 Helps us to improve our memory

👉 Helps  us to study effectively

👉 Helps us to take ownership of an ideas

👉 Helps us engage our senses

👉 Helps us organize ourself

👉 Helps us process data and information

Why do we review notes after class?

▪ We lose 80% of what we hear if it is not reviewed within a few hours. 

▪ Identify any question for peers so that in the next class, you can easily ask your lecturer. 

▪ You doesn't have enough time to absorb all the information given in the class.

How do we take notes efficiently?

▪ Put the date and label to your notes.

▪ Give yourself some space to write.

▪ Use abbreviations and symbols.

▪ Use an outline to show the main ideas, support and examples.

▪ Use your own word that you can uderstand easily.

While taking notes:

–Ask questions and discuss if its permitted

•If not, jot questions in your notes

•Seek out meaning

HOW DO WE REVIEW OUR NOTES AFTER THE CLASS:

▪ Review notes along with the book

▪ Create our own examples

▪ Discuss and compare notes with others

▪ Re-write notes

▪ Practise those skills you wish to develop

▪ Ask profesor for clarification 

MOOD OF LECTURE

🌹 Observe your lecturer mood everytime they enter the class

🌹 You have to be prepare for the  topic that you will learn with your lecturer by review and read the topic before the class start.

🌹 Make sure you have already finish up your outside assignment before the class started.

🌹 Brings the right materials to the lecturer.

KEY ACTION TO NOTES AS YOU OBSERVE YOUR INSTRUCTOR/LECTURER

•Be alert to repetition

 - When an instructor repeats a specific point, make a note of it.

•Watch the board or overhead projector

•If an instructor writes something down, the material is important

•Notice the instructor's interest level

• If the instructor is excited about something, it is likely to be on a exam

•Let go of judgements about lecture styles

• Don't let your attitude about an instructor's style get in the way of your education

Cornell notes taking

Two column method:

OUTLINING

MAPPING METHODS

SENTENCE METHOD

MEMORY LEARNING ( IMPROVING CONCENTRATION )

Lecture : Madam Rohana Johan



Improving Concentration

Do you know why we oftenly forgot things?

  

▪ Lot of distraction 📣

▪ Lack of attention 😴

▪ Bad time management 🕐

How forgetting could occur?

👉 Interference

👉 Last minute study ( cramming )

👉 Retrieval injury

👉 Anxiety

Memory strategies ( how to improve our memory )

HERE'S MORE ABOUT THE MEMORY STRATEGIES THAT WE NEED 

👉 Allows a time for the information to consolidate in the long-term memory .

👉 Taking break between learning session allow you to think and organize the information.

👉 Break reading material down to avoid cramming . As example, 2 chapters per day and not all chapter per day before the examination.

👉 Rehearsal - Repeat the information many times.

👉 Associate in any event with a person, place, things, picture, feelings or situation.

👉 Make an acronym for every information that you had so that you will do revision easily.

👉 Visualize the image of the information needed. 

Understanding concentration

▪ Consentration is focusing your attention on what you are doing.

▪ It is important during studying, listening and reading.

Reason of the poor concentration occur

▪ Lack of attention 

▪ Lack of interest 

▪ Lack of motivation 

▪ Distraction from others

▪ Uncomfortable environment 

▪ Illness 

▪ Tiredness 

▪ Personal problem 

▪ Anxieties 

▪ Worries

Strategies to improve concentration

▪  Deal with internal distraction

▪  Match your learning styles to the task

▪  Monitor your concentration

▪  Create interest in work

▪  Develop a positive attitude toward your work

▪  Use goal setting strategies

▪  Get enough sleep  before you start doing your work.

▪  Fresh up your mind before going to a class by doing a warm up to avoid  a sleepy time in the class.

▪   Bring some candy or a drink to the class so when you start feeling tired, you can freshen up by having some candies or drink a water.

▪  Always write an important notes that lecture always said so that you wouldn't miss a keyword from the lecturer.

Sq3r

Do you know what is SQ3R?

SQ3R is a reading  effective strategy that was combine or being formed as an acronym from Survey, Question, Read, Recite and Review. Everyone can use SQ3R when they want to study or doing revision. I'll explain down below about how to use SQ3R  when you want to study.

HERE'S A LITTLE EXPLANATION ABOUT SQ3R 

SURVEY

Make a survey to get an overview of the chapters to read. As example, topic summary, the chart, the graph, the title and the introductory chapter.

question

❤  Build a question while you were reading so that your mind will always looking for the answer.






READ

❤ Read the paragraph for the information.

❤  Find an answer for the question that have been builded. It's help student to stay focus while reading.

Recite

❤  Summarize all the things that you have and rephrase it.

❤  Make a short note or try to remember.

❤  Remember and memorize all the keywords.

 ❤  Efficiency in a topic will increase if thinking is reinforced with training and review.

REVIEW

❤  Do a lot of revision

❤  Review your notes daily to make sure you remember the important keywords.

❤  Try to remember all the question that you have build before this and try to answer it again.

❤  Brief notes are kept in a long-term memory.