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Students Study skills Time management
Time management
Make the best use of the time available.
Time Management is setting and following a schedule of study. This will help you organise and prioritise your studies around the competing activities of work, family etc.
Guidelines:
- Monitor your time.
- Reflect on how you spend your time.
- Be aware of when you are wasting time.
- Know when you are most productive.
Planning Your Study Time:
Have a 'To Do' list. Write down things that you have to do, then decide what to do now, what to schedule for later, and what can be put off until a later time period. Tick things off as you complete them!
Have a Daily/Weekly Planner (get a student diary). Write down appointments, classes, meetings on a chart or in a diary. Always know what’s ahead for the day. Always go to sleep knowing you are prepared for tomorrow!
Have a Long-term Planner. Use a monthly chart so that you can always plan ahead. Long-term planners also help to remind you to plan your free time constructively.
To Make Your Study Time More Effective:
1) Allow sufficient time for sleep, a well-balanced diet and leisure activities.
2) Prioritise assignments.
3) Prepare for discussion sessions before class.
4) Schedule time to go over lecture material immediately after class. Remember: forgetting is greatest within 24 hours without review.
5) Schedule 50 minute blocks of study.
6) Choose a place free from distractions to study.
7) Plan to use ‘dead time’.
8) Schedule as much study time as possible during daylight hours.
9) Schedule a weekly review.
10) Be careful not to become a slave to your schedule. (You need to be prepared to rearrange things to cope with emergencies or changed plans etc.)
The satisfaction of ‘crossing off’ the completed task can give you a great sense of achievement, and even a sense of reward!
Guidelines:
- Monitor your time.
- Reflect on how you spend your time.
- Be aware of when you are wasting time.
- Know when you are most productive.
Planning Your Study Time:
Have a 'To Do' list. Write down things that you have to do, then decide what to do now, what to schedule for later, and what can be put off until a later time period. Tick things off as you complete them!
Have a Daily/Weekly Planner (get a student diary). Write down appointments, classes, meetings on a chart or in a diary. Always know what’s ahead for the day. Always go to sleep knowing you are prepared for tomorrow!
Have a Long-term Planner. Use a monthly chart so that you can always plan ahead. Long-term planners also help to remind you to plan your free time constructively.
To Make Your Study Time More Effective:
1) Allow sufficient time for sleep, a well-balanced diet and leisure activities.
2) Prioritise assignments.
3) Prepare for discussion sessions before class.
4) Schedule time to go over lecture material immediately after class. Remember: forgetting is greatest within 24 hours without review.
5) Schedule 50 minute blocks of study.
6) Choose a place free from distractions to study.
7) Plan to use ‘dead time’.
8) Schedule as much study time as possible during daylight hours.
9) Schedule a weekly review.
10) Be careful not to become a slave to your schedule. (You need to be prepared to rearrange things to cope with emergencies or changed plans etc.)
The satisfaction of ‘crossing off’ the completed task can give you a great sense of achievement, and even a sense of reward!
