BY: DR SITI NOORBAINI SARMIN
When student make transition from school to university, a lot of changes that students will face to adapt with university environment. Students attitude also need to change because in university, every person need their own commitment in order to achieve diploma,degree,master or PhD. Style of learner also important because every students must know their own style of learning to more easier understand every subject that they learn
Difference between school and university life
*Manage your time on your own by making timetable every week
*Must balance your responsibilities and set your own priorities
*Less class hours per week than school because more focusing on own study
*Make own time to study and use freetime wisely
*Always find lecturer to improve your learning and ask more to be smarter
*Not require a lot of books for a class but must always to alert for taking notes
*Attire more comfortable and smart than school that require to wear school uniform
*Attend to class on your own
*Higher difficulty of exams because of higher level of education
Learning styles that can use in university
Visual
-Graphs
-Illustrations
-Pictures
-Videos
-Powerpoints
-Articles
Auditory
-One-on-one conversations
-Podcasts
-Group Discussions
-Videos
-Oral presentations
Kinesthetic
-Hands-on activity
-Role-playing
-Note-taking
-Walking Meetings
8 steps and tips to university
#Attend all class to learn and enrich knowledge for success in every exams
#Become an active learner by always ask lecturer to improvise knowledge in every subject
#Participate in class
#Get to know your lecturer because they the person that help you a lot to achieve what your target
#Forms study groups with friends to share your opinion and idea also can get input from other friends idea
#Stay up to date with your work to finish your task on time or earlier
#Be receptive to change
#Work hard every semester to score every exams and receive the reward at the end of all semester
From that form, i prefer more visual style of learning because i like to watch an expert person show something demotration before i actually did it and make me more understand with what i'm doing
