MPU 2263 STUDY SKILLS
TERM I (JAN - APR) 2024
[CASE STUDY (20%), ASSIGNMENT (20%), PRESENTATION (30%) TEST (10%)]
INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS:
1. There are TWO (2) tasks; Reflection Case Study (20%) and Assignment (20%).
Complete ALL tasks within group members. Each group member needs to indicate the
work that he or she had done by putting initial at the right top corner edge of the work.
ALL assignment needs to be submitted in hardcopy to respective lecturer. If you submit
a handwritten assignment, please make sure it’s clearly readable.
2. Submit your assignment on time -
Due date for ;
- Reflection Case Study : Week 4 (22 – 26 January 2024)
- Submission Assignment : Week 7 (12 – 16 February 2024)
Late submissions are not accepted.
3. Each submission is considered as final, no resubmission will be allowed.
4. Marks will be allocated for spelling and grammar, as well as the overall neatness and
layout of the assignment.
5. Assignment must have an assignment cover, include students’ details; Full name,
Matric Number, Class, Group name and programme enrolled.
6. The assignment questions with the rubric must be attached to your assignment.
TASK 1.0 : REFLECTION CASE STUDY – NOTE-TAKING AND SUMMARY (20%)
Based on the article given, you are required TO TAKE IMPORTANT NOTES and make a
SUMMARY on ALL sources below by applying any note-taking method learnt; Cornell /
Outlining / Charting / Mapping or Sentence Method.
RUBRICS
Criteria Exemplary (5) Proficient (4) Basic (3) Limited (2) Inadequate (1)
Demonstrates a
No
deep Shows a good Demonstrates Limited
understanding
Note-Taking understanding of understanding of basic knowledge understanding of
or mention of
Techniques various note- note-taking of note-taking note-taking
note-taking
taking techniques techniques techniques
techniques
techniques
Describes a
Describes an Describes a basic Describes a No mention of
Note-Taking systematic and
effective note- note-taking limited note- note-taking
Process effective note-
taking process process taking process process
taking process
Presents well- Presents basic Missing or
Provides Presents limited
Quality of organized and and somewhat extremely
organized and and disorganized
Notes comprehensive disorganized disorganized
detailed notes notes
notes notes notes
Free of Few grammatical Several Numerous Excessive
Grammar and
grammatical and and spelling grammatical and grammatical and grammatical and
Spelling
spelling errors errors spelling errors spelling errors spelling errors
TOTAL
TASK 2.0 : ASSIGNMENT – TIME MANAGEMENT (20%)
Design a proper schedule and construct Eisenhower Matrix based on the Case Study:
Valuable Time Management in the article given.
RUBRICS
Criteria Exemplary (5) Proficient (4) Competent (3) Limited (2) Inadequate (1)
Demonstrates
Displays Shows
excellent time Demonstrates
proficient time competent time Lacks basic time
management limited time
management management management
Time skills, with a management
skills, with a skills, but the skills, with a
Management well-organized skills, with
schedule that schedule may disorganized or
Skills schedule that noticeable gaps
effectively have some non-existent
optimally or inefficiencies
allocates time room for schedule.
allocates time in the schedule.
for tasks. improvement.
for each task.
Demonstrates
Clearly
basic Prioritization is
prioritizes tasks Fails to prioritize
Effectively prioritization somewhat
based on tasks effectively,
prioritizes tasks, skills, but some unclear, with
importance and resulting in a lack
Prioritization considering both tasks may be noticeable
urgency, of focus on
importance and misjudged in misjudgments in
addressing important and
urgency. terms of importance or
critical items urgent matters.
importance or urgency.
first.
urgency.
Adapts the
Adapts the
schedule easily Demonstrates
schedule Struggles to
to unexpected limited Shows complete
reasonably well adapt the
changes, flexibility, with inflexibility in
to changes, schedule to
demonstrating some difficulty adjusting the
Flexibility showing some unexpected
flexibility in adjusting the schedule to
flexibility in changes,
response to schedule to unforeseen
response to resulting in
new unexpected circumstances.
unexpected disruptions.
information or changes.
events.
circumstances.
Clearly
communicates Fails to
Effectively Communicates
the schedule to Communication communicate the
communicates the schedule,
relevant of the schedule schedule
the schedule to but with some
stakeholders, is unclear, effectively,
Communication relevant gaps or lack of
ensuring leading to resulting in
of Schedule stakeholders, clarity, causing
transparency confusion widespread
maintaining potential
and alignment among confusion and
transparency misunderstandi
with team stakeholders. lack of
and alignment. ngs.
members or coordination.
collaborators.
TASK 3.0 : PRESENTATION – (30%)
Topic:
1. Learning Styles and Approach to Learning
2. Time Management Styles
3. Presentation Styles (Good & Bad Presenter) and how to improve.
4. How to be an effective reader?
5. Why Malaysian English is not the same as Manglish?
6. The Benefits of Studying with Music.
7. What are the advantages of further study?
8. How to overcome procrastination?
9. Stages of writing process.
10. How to work effectively in a team?
Instruction:
Create (Minimum 4 or Maximum 6) of students for each group and choose one of the topics.
Make sure the topic selected are not clash between another group. Please make a copy of
your slides and printed to be as a report.
Criteria Exemplary (5) Proficient (4) Competent (3) Limited (2) Inadequate (1)
Presents
Demonstrates an Shows a strong Displays limited Lacks basic
information with
exceptional grasp of the understanding understanding of
some degree of
understanding of subject matter, of the topic, the topic,
Content competence, but
the topic, with presenting with notable presenting
Knowledge there may be
thorough and information inaccuracies or information that is
minor
accurate with clarity and lack of crucial largely incorrect or
inaccuracies or
information. accuracy. information. irrelevant.
gaps.
Structure is The organization The structure is
Information is
exceptionally clear, is acceptable but somewhat Poor organization,
well-organized,
logical, and well- may have some unclear, making leading to a
with a clear
Organization organized, guiding minor issues it challenging for confusing and
structure that
the audience affecting the the audience to disjointed
aids audience
effortlessly through flow of the follow the presentation.
comprehension.
the presentation. presentation. presentation.
Delivery is Presents with Delivery lacks Extremely poor
Delivery is
dynamic, engaging, some degree of confidence and delivery, with
Delivery confident and
and confident, with confidence, but engagement, minimal
engaging, with
excellent use of there may be with frequent confidence, poor
effective use of
voice modulation, moments of hesitations or articulation, and
Criteria Exemplary (5) Proficient (4) Competent (3) Limited (2) Inadequate (1)
gestures, and eye voice and body hesitation or monotone lack of
contact. language. monotony. delivery. engagement.
Keeps the
Actively engages Engages the Struggles to
audience
the audience, audience keep the Fails to engage the
engaged with
encouraging sporadically, audience audience, resulting
effective
Engagement interaction and with moments engaged, with in a passive and
communication
participation of disconnection minimal disinterested
and occasional
throughout the or lack of attempts to audience.
attempts to
presentation. involvement. involve them.
involve them.
Responds to Responds to Struggles to
Handles Unable to respond
questions with questions address
questions to questions
exceptional clarity, adequately, but questions
Q&A confidently, coherently,
demonstrating a there may be effectively, with
Handling providing clear displaying a lack of
deep occasional notable
and accurate understanding or
understanding of lapses in clarity inaccuracies or
responses. preparation.
the topic. or accuracy. lack of clarity.
