TAKING LECTURE NOTE ACEDEMIC

INTEGRITY & PERFORMANCE

ACTIVITY 1 : NOTE TAKING STRATEGIES

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LECTURE NOTES

WHY TAKE LECTURE NOTES

  • Taking lecture helps to keep a record of what you learned in class.

  • Taking notes will help you study for upcoming exam

  • Uses active listening skills

HOW TO TAKE LECTURE NOTES

  1. Prepare before taking notes.

  2. Become an active listener.

PREARE BEFORE TAKING NOTES

The best way to prepare note taking activity is to read class material before class.

This will allow you to :

  • Build some background about the topic.

  • Have some idea what the lecture is about and make organizing notes easier.

  • Get familiarized with the key terms and names related to the topic.

What to do in the classroom

  • Be ready to take notes

  • Be smart when picking seats for the lecture

  • Review the last notes you took while waiting in class.

BECOME AN ACTIVE LISTENER

Strategies for improving listening skills

  • Read through the text assignment before the lecture.

  • Review the last sets of notes taken.

  • Sit in the lecturers line of sight

  • Focus you attention both physically (Sitting up and making eye contact) and mentally (avoiding distraction)

  • Listen with an open mind

  • Listen to the main points and related details

  • Ask and answer question

EFFECTIVE NOTE TAKING SYSTEM

THE CORNELL NOTE-TAKING SYSTEM

The cornell note taking system is a great way to write your notes. To use the note taking system use a 8.5 by 11 inch notebook.

WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR NOTES

HEADING

Always include heading in note, the main point that are made during the lecture

DETAILS

Listen for all details, some of the details to focus on are -

  • Any facts or explanation that expand upon the main point that are mention

  • Anything that is repeated again and again.

  • Enumerations or lists of things that are discussed

  • Anything that is written on the whiteboard or on a PowerPoint slide

DISCUSSION CLASSES

  • Write down the question that's posed. Then write down the various points that are made during the discussion during lecture.

ACTIVITY 2: NOTE TAKING EXERCISE USING THE CORNELL METHOD

REVIEWING NOTES

RECITE FROM THE HEADINGS

  • Review notes by using the heading or topics to prompt your memory

  • Cover the information under each heading to try and recall the points related to the topics and check your notes to see whether you missed anything.

RECITE FROM THE RECALL QUESTIONS

  • Utilize the recall questions to test your memory of the main points and supporting details.

TALK ABOUT THE INFORMATION WITH OTHERS

  • Get together with your note taking friends or a study group to review the notes you wrote.

  • You can take turns discussing the information, predictiong test question and quzzing each other on the information.

ACEDEMIC INTEGRITY & PERFORMANCE

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is an act of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of an another author without authorization and the representation of that authors work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author.

What is considered plagiarism?

  • Turning in someone else's work as ones own

  • Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit.

  • Failing to put a quotation in quotations marks

  • Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation changing

  • Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit

  • Copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether credit is given or not.

PREVENTING PLAGIARISM

PLANNING YOUR PAPER

  1. Consult with your lecturer or instructor

Ask for any doubts or question.

  1. Plan your paper

Plan for sources of information to be included in the paper.

  1. Take effective notes

Organize information by taking notes.

WRITTING YOUR PAPER

  1. Cite sources

Citing is one of the best effective ways to avoid plagiarism

  1. Make it clear who said what

Give credit to the right person

  1. Know how to paraphrase

Change words and structure without meaning or content

  1. Evaluate your sources

Know who, where they got the info and when they wrote it.

  1. Include a reference page

or a page of words cited at the end of your work

CALCULATING GRADE POINT AVERAGE

A Grade Point Average (GPA) refers to the calculated average of the letters a student earn each semester following a 0 to 4.0 scale.

Every semester student receive a GPA based on the grade they earned in all their courses during that semester. The formula used to calculated GPA :

To find GPA weight by credit hours :

  1. Multiply each numeric grade value by the number of credits the course was worth.

  2. Add the numbers together.

  3. Divide by the total numbers of credits you took.

CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (CGPA)

CGPA is overall GPA, which includes dividing the number of quality points earned in all courses attempted by the total credit hours in all attempted courses.

FAILURE AND DISMISSAL

Student with extremely unsatisfactory academic performance will and can be dismissed from her or her study, the status of Dismissed (D) that can be given to the students includes :

ACTIVITY 1 : GPA WORKSHEET

  1. Calculate the GPA for Amelia Ameer for her first semester : 2.75

  2. Calculate what would have happened if amelia had earned a B in Chemistry : 3*4 = 12

  3. What's the difference in GPA : 3.06 (new gpa) - 2.75 (old gpa) = 0.31

4. Now calculate Amelia GPA for the next semester : 2.80

5. What would happen if Amelia had received a D in Cell Bio instead of the B+ ? : 1*4 = 4

6. What's the difference in GPA ? : 2.80 (old GPA) - 2.28 (new gpa) = 0.52

7. What is the CGPA ? : 2.78

8. 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 has to has to do better in her first semester and get better grades to make sure she gets a GPA of a 3.00 in her second semester.