{"id":1416,"date":"2016-11-09T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T05:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2016-11-11T09:59:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T01:59:33","slug":"study-tips-tackling-assignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/2016\/11\/study-tips-tackling-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Study tips: Tackling Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Assignments are part of the assessment in all courses in university. You cannot go through a course without doing an assignment, hence the name course work. Assignments come in different sizes: little ones known as homework<\/span>; medium ones called assignments<\/span>; and the bigger ones called projects<\/span>.<\/p>\n

It is the\u00a0norm for your lecturers to give you an assignment handout or document. When you are given an assignment, the first thing is to give the handout or document\u00a0a once-over. Some lecturers go through the handout and explain the assignments. Make sure you listen carefully and ask if something is unclear. In fact, you can also make a suggestion or comment on length of assignment, due dates or anything that may, in any way, not help you give 100% to the assignment. Lecturers are often open to negotiation. After all they are running a class, not a regime.<\/p>\n

Make sure you understand the basic info on the assignment: individual or group, what to submit, how to submit, when to submit and what are the criteria for assessment.<\/p>\n

The next thing to do is to read the handout carefully. Understand the objectives or purpose of the assignment. Say you received the assignment like this one.<\/p>\n

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Assignment example<\/p><\/div>\n

First, the basics. This is a group assignment, 2 per group, you need to submit a poster (a\u00a0hardcopy to the lecturers room) which will need to be presented, it is due before 2pm on December 15 (if today is 1 December 2016, it means you have less than 2 weeks to complete the assignment<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Read it carefully and try to get the objectives. Simple enough: showcase 5 of the most serious issues to health\u00a0from excessive digital device usage. Now you start your planning. Here is a to do list you can adopt.<\/p>\n

\"Assignment<\/a><\/p>\n

A to-do list can help you plan what you need to do and how you as an individual or as a group can handle the tasks required for the assignment. Discuss and plan within the group on how best to tackle this task. List the possible questions that you have and that are pertinent to the assignment objectives<\/span>. For example, for Assignment 1 above, some of the questions may be:<\/p>\n