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Time Management is setting and following a schedule of
study
in order to organize and prioritize your studies
in the context of competing activities of work, family, etc.
Guidelines:
- Monitor your time
- Reflect on how you spend your time
- Be aware of when you are wasting your time
- Know when you are productive
Knowing how you spend your time should aid you in planning and
predicting project completion:
- Have a "To Do" list. Write down things you have to do,
then decide what to do at the moment, what to schedule for later, what
to get someone else to do, and what to put off for a later time period
- Have a daily/weekly planner. Write down appointments, classes, and
meetings on a chronological log book or chart. Always know what's
ahead for the day, always go to sleep knowing you're prepared for
tomorrow
- Have a long term planner. Use a monthly chart so that you can always
plan ahead. Long term planners also serve to remind you to plan your
free time constructively
Planning for an effective study
schedule:
- Allow sufficient time for sleep, a well-balanced diet, and leisure
activities
- Prioritize assignments
- Prepare for discussion/recitation courses before class
- Schedule time to go over lecture material immediately after class;
Remember: Forgetting is greatest within 24 hours without review
- Schedule fifty minute blocks of study
- Choose a place free from distractions to study
- Plan to use "dead time"
- Schedule as much study time as possible during daylight hours
- Schedule a weekly review
- Be careful not to become a slave to your schedule
The satisfaction of "crossing off" the
completed task can yield a sense of accomplishment, and even a little
sense of reward!
Go to Setting
goals/Making a schedule
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