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Kahu did research on learning motivation among older students studying off campus and found Course design and content were critical influences on interest. For instance, courses that students chose to do, or that offered opportunities for choice of sub‐topics or assessments, enabled them to follow their interests and therefore experience that positive spiral. On the other hand, compulsory courses and topics that did not interest the students often led to boredom and frustration. Boredom was consistently linked with lower behavioural and cognitive engagement. Bored students procrastinate more, studied less, and, importantly, found the learning more difficult.

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Introduction

In your assignments you will be expected to draw on the writing of experts in your field of study to demonstrate your understanding of key concepts, ideas and debates. You will also use this material as evidence to support your arguments and justify your claims.

Care is needed when incorporating the work of others into your assignments to avoid plagiarism. The techniques that will assist you to achieve this are: paraphrasing, summarising and quoting combined with correct referencing.

The tutorial will cover:

1. Making notes for assignments
2. Paraphrasing
3. Summarising
4. Quoting
5. Information-prominent or Author-prominent citation
6. Putting it all together
7. Making notes for assignments

Although it can be tempting to copy chunks word-for-word from a text when making notes for an assignment, you should avoid this for three reasons:

• it can increase the risk of accidental plagiarism

• it can mask the fact that you do not fully understand what you have read
• it is a passive technique and does not help you to learn.

paragraphing:

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Paraphrasing means expressing information or ideas from other sources in your own words in a similar number of words as the source text. Paraphrasing is NOT simply replacing words with synonyms or rearranging the structure of sentences. It involves rephrasing a text substantially while retaining the original meaning. Paraphrasing involves acknowledging the original source with proper referencing.

Here is how to paraphrase:

• The first step in paraphrasing is to read the original text and get a full grasp of it. You may need to read the original text a few times and check the meaning of key words to fully understand it.

• The first step in paraphrasing is to read the original text and get a full grasp of it. You may need to read the original text a few times and check the meaning of key words to fully understand it.While you are reading, think about the overall meaning of each paragraph or section - don’t just focus on the individual words and sentences.

• The first step in paraphrasing is to read the original text and get a full grasp of it. You may need to read the original text a few times and check the meaning of key words to fully understand it.While you are reading, think about the overall meaning of each paragraph or section - don’t just focus on the individual words and sentences.After each paragraph or section, put the reading aside and state it in your own words.

• The first step in paraphrasing is to read the original text and get a full grasp of it. You may need to read the original text a few times and check the meaning of key words to fully understand it.While you are reading, think about the overall meaning of each paragraph or section - don’t just focus on the individual words and sentences.After each paragraph or section, put the reading aside and state it in your own words.When you can do this, you are ready to write your paraphrase.

• The first step in paraphrasing is to read the original text and get a full grasp of it. You may need to read the original text a few times and check the meaning of key words to fully understand it.While you are reading, think about the overall meaning of each paragraph or section - don’t just focus on the individual words and sentences.After each paragraph or section, put the reading aside and state it in your own words.When you can do this, you are ready to write your paraphrase.Finally, proofread, revise and edit your paraphrase as necessary.

Summarising:

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Summarising means briefly outlining the main points of a reading in your own words without adding your own ideas or changing the author’s meaning. Summarised information must be accompanied by a citation.