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In this section, you learnt about
goals and the characteristics of
effective goals such as challenging,
realistic, measurable, positive, etc.
We also discussed the differences
between STGs and LTGs. STGs,
which are referred to as objectives,
lead you to your LTGs.
Please answer the following questions and compare
your responses to the suggested answers at the
end of this unit.
1. Why are goals important ?
_____________________________________
2. Discuss the characteristics of an effective goal.
_____________________________________
3. According to Bili Lim, “The willingness to fail
breeds success.” What do you think this statement
means in relation to achieving the goals you set?
_______________________________________
Objectives:
1. Explain the meaning of motivation.
2. Apply motivaional strategies in your learning.
3. Apply techniques to enhance your memory skills
in learning.
4. Evaluate your stress level and allocate your time
for study, work and other daily tasks.
1. Success in your studies does not happen by itself
or by chance.
2. To succeed, you need to make effort.
3. You need to organise yourself so that your
efforts are focused towards earning your degree.
4. Rearrange your daily schedule
5. Make certain sacrifices.
6. Making new arrangements for family,work or
even social life. e.g. pick up children from school,
cut down overtime etc.
1. Tools or ways to motivate yourself to
understand, learn and integrate new material or
skills.
2. ‘Learn how to learn’
1. an encouragement.
2. Extrinsic motivation = encouragement from
outside or external force.
3. Is the driving power behind all our actions.
4. Intrinsic motivation = motivation from within
5. If you are intrinsically motivated you do not
need external encouragement or rewards to
study hard.
6. Motivation is a goal-directed behaviour.
7. Our motivation depends on our own individual
values and beliefs.
What is your motivation ?
Take a look at the reasons you listed in Activity 3.1 on
why you signed up for this degree course at WOU.
Among all the reasons you gave, write down your most
important reason. This could be the motivation for you
to work towards your degree!
1. how you do your work
2. when you do your work
3. how long you concentrate on your work
4. what study strategies you use
1. Have a conducive environment to study
e.g. library
Activity 3.5
Identifying a conducive study environment
1. By now you should have a better idea of a conducive study
environment. In column A of the table below, list down the
conditions in an environment which will make it ideal for you to
study. Write them down in order of importance, from the most
important to the least important.
2. Look around your environment. How many of the conditions you
listed are present in your environment. In Column B, put a tick (/)
for those that are present and a cross (X) for those that are not.
Column A Column B
My ideal condition Put a “/” in this column if the
condition is present in your
study environment
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
3. List down the changes that you think you have to make
to your study environment.
_______________________________________________
2. Break down the bigger tasks
break down the big tasks into smaller tasks so that they are
more manageable-e.g. for working person, break down task
into revising one section of the unit at a time.
4. Have incentives
• give yourself a reward when you have achieved an objective
and this will motivate you greatly.
5. Be positive
Be positive when faced with unpleasant incidents and
disappointments.
When faced with problems seek solutions by taking
advantage of the support of your friends, colleagues, family
members and tutors.
6. Learn actively
take initiative to look for additonal references in the library or
Internet.
Ask your tutor or friends for assistance
Form discussion groups with your course mates to discuss topics you
do not understand or problems you cannot solve.
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1. Go through the checklist below on motivational strategies to see
how many of the strategies you have used so far. Put a tick (/) in
the boxes concerned.
____ Do I have a conducive environment to study?
____ Do I normally break down the big tasks into smaller pieces ?
____ Do I have realistic goals ?
____ Do I give incentives to myself from time to time when I have
achieved something ?
____ Do I have positive attitudes most of the time ?
____ Do I learn actively ?
____ Do I discuss my difficulties or problems with my friends?
2. What are the strategies I have not tried so far. How can I use them
in future ?
________________________________________________
Web Reference: To read up about the principles of motivation, refer to this website:
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/m
otivate.htm
Memory is the retention of, and ability to recall
information, personal experiences, and procedures
(skills and habits) .
Memory may be divided into :-
i. short-term memory or recent memory (STM)
ii. long-term memory (LTM)
1. STM or working memory = last for a few seconds to
a minute. e.g recall a telephone no.
2. LTM = lasts from a minute or so to weeks or even
years. e.g memory of past experiences etc
3. ix. Mnemonic devices
1. Think of the days when you were in school. How did you remember what
you learnt in History or Science? List down the methods you used.
_________________________________________________________
2. Which of the methods you used was the most effective for you ?
Does your list match any of the methods mentioned above ?
________________________________________________________
3. Choose two 500-word articles from a magazine or newspaper.
Read each article twice. Select one method which you think will help
you remember the concepts or facts contained in the article. Using one
article at a time, try to recall the concepts or facts 24 hours later. Can
you remember better?
________________________________________________________
Have you ever wished that you had 48 hours
instead of 24 hours ?
How many times have you said: “ I don’t have time
to do my
assignments.” Why are you always short of time?
Perhaps, it is due to your inability to manage your
time well.
As a result you you not seem to have time for your
studies or work.
Let’s find your management score.
Do this simple time management quiz at the following
website to find out your time management score:
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/TMQuiz.htm
Date
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
A
Assign. Assignments
10% 20 %
B
Test-
20%
C
D
Others
In the planner above, write down the dates for a particular week in the “Date” column, for
e.g., for Week 1, you may write: 2nd – 8th Oct. Four separate rows in the planner, namely
A,B,C and D have been drawn for the 4 courses you are taking for the semester. Increase
the no. of rows if you take more courses. The last row, labelled “Other” has been included
for your work, family and social events. In this case, you may write, for e.g. “meeting” or
“wedding”.
A weekly schedule should be used , which should be made once a week preferably on a
Sunday night before the week begins. This includes:
a. all classes
b. exercise routine
c. work
d. extracurricular activities
e. housekeeping duties
f. sleeping
g. eating
Make sure to leave blank spaces to fit in necessary activities as they come up. These blanks
should be utilised for studying and the completion of assignments. Study time should be
scheduled for at least two hours a day. Do you still remember the total number of hours
you need which was mentioned in Unit 2?
Make a list of what you have to complete during the coming weeks, including assignments
and office work. Include also your family and personal activites. In other words, identify
and take note of deadlines. It is important to estimate how long each task will take.
Prioritise your activities. List down the activites in order of importance. Give priority to those
activities which are important and must be done during the week. The less important
acitvites can be done in another week or when you have less load. Remember, as part
time student, it is advisable to set aside at least an hour everyday for your studies! Then
identify the day on which you will accomplish each task, keeping in mind the amount of
time the task will take and other things you must also do that day.
Based on your semester planner which you have
completed in Activity 3.11, create one weekly
schedule for the first month of your semester.
When you prepare the weekly schedule, bear in
mind the tips you have just learnt in the previous
section. You must remember to include two hours
study time for each day!
After you have completed it, you can compare
your weekly schedule with your course mate. You
will ntice how different their weekly schedules are
compared to yours. Again, you may use the
sample below. Remember, you can modify it to
suit your needs, especially the time slots.
Day/Time 8- 10- 11- 1- 3- 5- 7- 9-
10am 11am 1pm 3pm 5pm 7pm 9pm 11pm
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
After you have prepared the schedule, go through it to see how you can re-schedule
it to make it more effective. You may also keep your schedule in a visible place, for
e.g. next to your desk/pin it on a board. Look at it everyday to remind yourself of
your proposed schedule.
Before you start your day every morning, write out a daily schedule .
Include uncompleted tasks from the previous day as well as new tasks.
The list of tasks to be done should be kept short, about 5 or 6 items,
both academic and personal. The items should be small specific goals
such as : ‘ Read 5 pages in Learning Skills.’
It should not be a whole unit of the course materials. As you write out
your daily schedule, arrange them in order of importance. Some
activities must be done on a particular day while others may be done on
another day. This can definitely reduce your stress level.
Then, you must use your schedules every day and learn to say “no” to
acivities which are not relevant.
In this way, you are more likely to keep to your schedule. For every
item which you have accomplished, draw a line across the item. The
more lines you see on the list, the more you feel satisfied you should
feel.
Take a break when you have finished all the tasks for the day. If you
often find you cannot finish all the tasks most of the days, you need to
review youe schedule.
• After you arrange your daily schedule, review it.
• Ask yourself whether the schedule for the day is realistic.
• If it is not, remove some of the less urgent items.
Use the sample above to create your own daily schedule list.
Look at the chart below. It gives you a summary of the TM you
should do so that you can manage your learning more effctive.
1. Good Stress = getting up on time and attending all your tutorial classes.
2. Stress challenges students to do their best and keeps learning and growing.
3. Final exams are an especially stressful time.
4. This stress prompts students to study harder, longer and learn more = +ve stress trigger =
functional stress.
5. Stress that lasts a short period of time can rapidly motivates us.
6. A stress that lasts too long, happens too often, or is too strong may bring us physical,
behavioural, and psychological problems = -ve stress = dysfunctional stress.
7. Examples of bad stress = going to class unprepared, your health, financial problems,or even
a hungry stomach.
1. What do you consider to be good stress in your life since you started
studying at WOU ?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
2. Why are they good ?
__________________________________________________________
Behavioural Physical
• Crying • Tight muscles.
•Acting impulsively. • Cold or sweaty hands.
• Nervous laughter • Headache.
1._________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
This section introduced you to efforts which you can take
to succeed in your learning activities. In particular you
learnt strategies to enhance your motivation and memory
for learning. It taught you about good stress and bad
stress and how to deal with them. Finally, you were
introduced to tM and how to control your stress level so
that you can study more effectively.
Read the case given below and answer the questions as follow.
Rose is a thirty year old married woman. She has just signed up for a computing course at a local college. As she has been away from school for a long
time, she is concerned about how she can manage her many family and social responsibilities while attending college.She has two young children to take
care. In addition, she does not employ a maid to help out in her housework. While she aims to do well in her studies, she also wants to be a good wife to
her husband and a good mother to her two children. As she is experiencing a drastic change in her lifestyle now that she has enrolled as a student, she is
feeling rather stressed out.
1. If you were Rosie, what would you do to manage your time effectively so that you will be able to cope with
your hectic schedule and study well at the same time ?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. If you were Rosie, which two methods will you use to reduce your stress. Explain how you will do it.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Objectives
By the end of this section, learners should be able to :
1. Explain the meaning of learning style.
2. Differentiate the 3 types of learning style.
3. Apply appropriate strategies to your learning style.
The way you prefer to learn is your learning style.
It refers to how your brain works most efficiently to learn new
info.
Success comes with many different learning styles
There is no such thing as a “good” or “bad” learning style.
We have our own particular way of learning new info.
The most important thing is to be aware of the nature of your
learning style.
learn from texts.
learn by doing.
objects are presented in the form of pictures.
we may classify leaning styles into 4 broad
categories.
Case A _____________________________________________________
Rachel understands and remembers best what she studies by doing something active with it. She also likes to discuss with
others what she has learnt. She likes group discussions. And, when in a group , she often likes to lead the group by saying,
“Let’s try it out to see how it works.”
On the other hand, Rachel’s close friend, Samantha, is just the opposite. She prefers to think over what she has learnt quietly
first. Therefore, she usually does not join Rachel’s discussion group. She prefers to study alone. Both of them always argue
over whether to try find out some topics they have learnt first or to spend more time thinking over the topic first.
However, both of them have one thing in common, that is, they are not able to sit still throughout a lecture to take notes,
more so for Rachel.
Rajoo and Siva always study together though they have different
learning styles. Rajoo likes to memorise facts, and is very particular
about any single details in what he studies. He is a very practical and
careful person. Solving Mathematical problems using the same old
way is his favourite. He cannot tolerate even a slight difference in
learning style. As such, he likes courses which have connection to the
real world.
By using a search engine (Google or Yahoo) in the Internet, try to identify the different types of
learning styles. Find out the type of learner for each of the four groups mentioned above. Then,
write the types on the blank lines provided at the top of the description for each group.
Case A : Active and Reflective Learners
Case B : Sensing and Intuitive Learners
Case C : Sequential and Global Learners
Case D : Visual and Verbal Learners
1. Find out your particular learning style by answering the
questions at this website:
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html.
It is called Index of Learning Style Questionnaire and
contains 44 questions. It will only take a few minutes to
complete. It is fun because you get to know your learning
style immediately when you submit your answers online.
2. Ask your course mates about their learning style. Can you
find anyone who has the same learning style as you?
Perhaps, you can choose to be in the same group for
discussion or other group work later in your course.
The following table suggests the strategies you can use to help you get the most out of
your studies.
Sequential Learner • Copy every step to a solution carefully. Fill up any missing
ones by making additional references.
• Take time to outline the course material for yourself in logical
order.
• Relating each new topic you study to things you already know.
Global Learner You need the big picture of a subject before you can master
details.
Before you begin to study the first section of a chapter in a text,
skim through the entire chapter to get an overview.
Instead of spending a short time on every subject every night,
you might find it more productive to immerse yourself in
individual subjects for a longer period of time. Try to relate the
subject to things you already know, either by asking your tutor
to help you see connections or by looking up references
Choose one section of any of your course materials.
Based on your learning style, try out the strategies
suggested above and see if you can learn more
effectively. You may do your jottings in the space
provided.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
SUMMARY
In this section, you learnt what a learning style is. You
were also introduced to the 4 types of learning styles
and how you can make use them to study effectively.
You also had the opportunity to identify your
dominant learning style- the style that defines the
best way you learn new information.
Objectives:
By the end of this section, learners should be able to :
1. Explain the important of taking notes.
2. Apply the 5 methods of taking notes effecively.
3. Identify the 3 steps involved in taking notes for
tutorials.
1. When you were in primary/secondary school, you were not
required to take much notes.
2. But in a higher level of education, you have to do more note
taking.
3. Having good lecture notes to revise can determine how well you
are able to perform during exams.
4. As an ODL, one effective way to learn is to take notes from the
materials.
5. You may take down the important points or summaries the text.
6. Taking notes effectively is a skill which you have to develop to
help you improve your studies and remember important facts.
Make you concentrate on what you are learning.
Enable you to put ideas into your own words.
Help you remember things better.
Are excellent for revision.
Questions to be asked.
1. Go to tutorial with +ve mind.
2. Make a conscientious effort to pay attention.
3. “Without concentration there is no focus, and without focus there is
no learning?”
4. Follow closely what your tutor says.
5. Bring highlighters to highlight important points.
6. How tutors give clues to important points:-
a. Material written on blackboard.
b. Repetition
c. Emphasis – tone of voice & gesture, time spent on points
d. Word signals – “There are 2 pts. of view,”the 3rd reason is..”In
conclusion...”
e. List of things which are being discussed.
f. Summaries given at the end of class.
g. Reviews given at the beginning of class.
a. Start on a new page.-date/number on page
b. Write on one side of paper.
c. Leave blank spaces- to add comments/note questions later.
d. Make notes brief.
e. Develop a system of abbreviations and symbols.
f. Note all unfamiliar vocab or concepts you don’t understand –
look them up later.
By now you have probably noticed several terms and/or phrases that
each of your tutors uses regularly.
1.Take a moment to think about some of the terms and/or phrases
which you use regularly. Then list them in the left column below.
3. Compare your list with the lists generated by your classmates. Write
down some of the additional abbreviations they have come up with that
you find useful.
Look through the notes.
Edit words and phrases that are illegible or to do not make sense. Write out
abbreviated words that might be unclear later.
Rework your notes by adding extra points and spelling out unclear items.
This is important because we tend to forget fast. Allocate enough time for this
step.
Verify your notes by reading the recommended texts.
Edit with a different coloured pen to distinguished between what you wrote
in class and what you filled in later.
Note anything you don’t understand by underlining or highlighting to remind
you to ask the instructor.
Compare your notes with the textbook reading and fill in important details
in the blank spaces you left.
Consider rewriting or typing up your notes.
Revise your notes regularly. This is the only way achieve lasting memory.
1. Outline method
o dash (-) or indentation is commonly used.
o jot down points in an organised pattern based on space indentation.
o Write major points on the far left.
o Indent each of the more specific points to the right.
o Minor points will be placed further away from major points
Transport
Definition : means of carrying objects from one place to
another
- three modes
- air transport
- land transport
- sea transport
Big tasks may worry you. Break down the big tasks into smaller
ones so that they are more manageable. For example, as a
working person, it may be too demanding to revise one whole
chapter at one tme for your test. You may want to break down
the task into revising one section of the chapter at a time.
Suitable time
Strategies to enhance
learning motivation Set goals
Learn
Positive Have incentives actively
Summary
This section exposed you to the importance of taking notes. 5 methods of
note taking were discussed. You also learnt about the 3 steps involved in
taking notes for tutorials, namely: prepare for tutorials, listen during
tutorials and revise after tutorials.
Read the article and make notes of the important ideas.
Article 1. Regional haze – Health effects
Fine particle pollution, that contributes to regional haze, can affect people’s health. People most
at risk include those with:
heart disease
lung disease
respiratory conditions (include asthma)
diabetes, as well as
older adults and children.
Fine particles are deposited deep into lungs where they can accumulate on the surface or be absorbed by
underlying tissue and enter the bloodstream. People with heart or lung diseases and respiratory conditions, such
as coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are
at increased risk of serious effects, because particles can aggravate these diseases.
In people with heart disease, particles have been linked to heart attacks and cardiac arrhythmias (irregular
heart rhythms). Recent evidence suggests that some of these cardiac effects may result from very short-term
exposures, possibly as short as one hour.
People with diabetes may be at increased risk of serious effects from regional haze, possibly because of
underlying cardiovascular disease.
Older adults are at increased risk from regional haze possibly because they may have diagnosed heart or lung
disease or diabetes.
Children are likely to be at risk from regional haze for a number of reasons. For example, they may be more
vulnerable to fine particles because their lungs are still developing. Also, children’s breathing rates can be as
much as twice as rapid as adults under resting conditions, and children tend to have far higher activity levels
than adults on any given day, which will result in more particles being deposited in their developing lungs.
Long-term (years) exposure of healthy people to particles has been associated with reduced
lung function and the development of chronic bronchitis.
People’s chances of being affected by particles in increase the longer they are active outdoors
and the more strenuous their activity. This is because the harder we work or exercise, the more
rapidly we breathe and greater concentrations of particles reach the deepest and most sensitive
areas of the lungs.
People involved in an activity that requires heavy or prolonged exertion can reduce the time
they spend on the activity or substitute another activity that requires less exertion, especially
on days when particle pollution levels are elevated. For example, alking instead of jogging to
reduce the impact of fine particles on their health.
Symptoms of exposure to fine particles include:
Even healthy people may experience temporary symptoms from exposure to elevated levels of
particles. Symptoms may include: irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, coughing, phlegm,
chest tightness, and shortness of breath.
People with lung disease may not breathe as deeply or as vigorously as normal, and may
experience respiratory symtoms including: coughing,phlegm, chest discomfort, wheezing,
shortness of breath and unusual fatigue. These symptoms are an indication to reduce exposure
and to follow the advice of their doctor.
People with heart disease can have serious effects, such as heart attacks, with no waning
symptoms. If people with heart disease have symptoms of breath, or unsual fatigue, these may
indicate a serious problem and should follow the advise of their doctor.
Asthmatics should already have an asthma action plan that they routinely follow, but may need
to follow it more carefully when particles levels are high.
Source: http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/meteorology/regionalhaze/reghealth.htm(Apr 2006)
In this unit, you learnt many skills which will enable you to
manage your learning more effectively. It started by explaining
the meaning of a goal and more importantly, an effective goal. it
also suggested ways to enhance your motivation and memory
skills so that you can learn effectively. To help you cope with your
busy schedule, suggestions to enable you to manage your time and
stress level were provided.
For individuals with different ways of learning, strategies to
maximise your learning using your styles were explained. Finally,
this unit ended with an explanation on the importance of taking
notes as well as ways of taking notes. By mastering all these
strategies, you would be able to go through your long journey of
obtaining your degree much more smoothly. You will therefore be
able to achieve your goal faster and through a more enjoyable
process.
Instructions:
1. TMA 2 has two questions. Questions 1 and 2 are
based on Unit 3.
2. Both questions require you to produce essays of
about 500 words. Your answers must have double-
line spacing, using Times New Roman Font 12.
3. This is an individual assignment so ensure that you
do not plagiarise other people’s work. Any
plagiarism may result in disciplinary action. Your
tutor will explain more about this to you.
4. You are to submit your answers online using the
OAS system and it is your responsibility to submit
your TMA correctly and in a timely manner.
. Your TMA 2 deadline is
Saturday, 3rd November
2018 by 2400 hours.
6. TMA 2 will contribute 20% towards the total
course grade.
7. You DO NOT need to submit your Turnitin
Originality Report to OAS anymore. However, you are
highly encouraged to passage your TMAs to the
Turnitin system before submission, to encourage
honest academic writing but it is not mandatory
except for Project courses. Bear in mind that when
you submit your TMA in Turnitin the second time the
system will usually take at least 24 hours to send you
the report.
8. The TMA Declaration form and answers for both
questions 1 and 2 must be done on one Microsoft
Word document.
9. Finally zip the folder that contains your TMA file
before submitting it to the Online Assignment
Submission (OAS).
Question 1 (50%
In this essay you are required to discuss
the five (5) guidelines you can use to
help check the reliability of any
information that you can use as
references in your assignments for all
courses.
For each of the guidelines that you discuss,
provide one example of a reliable source and
include a short description of two (2) to
three (3) sentences to indicate why you say
it is deemed to be reliable.
Your answer must have an introduction and a
conclusion.
It is important for you to cite and quote
appropriately. Remember to list your sources on
the References Page at the end of your essay. You
must have at least 2 in-text citations and
references for this question.
Use the Chicago Style of referencing. For more
information on how to do proper referencing,
please refer to the WOU university citation guide
that has a detailed write up on how to do citations
and referencing.
Refer to:
http://woulibrary.wou.edu.my/help/citeguides_w
ou.asp
1. INTRODUCTION:to guidelines to check the reliability of
information to be used for references.
2. Five (5) guidelines you can use to help check the reliability
of any information that you can use as references in your
assignments for all courses.
4. Conclusion
Refer to:
http://woulibrary.wou.edu.my/help/citeguides_w
ou.asp
1. INTRODUCTION
3. Conclusion
November 2018 by
2400 hours.
STUDENTS CAN STILL ASK
FOR EXTENSION.
18 NOV 2018