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Time Management

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WHEN

WHAT

HOW

• Identify how much study time you have and when it is.

• Identify what you need to study. Which skill or which task?

• Plan how you intend to study. Which materials? Alone or in a group?

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‘You have the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein.’

(H. Jackson Brown)http://www.courseworks.unimelb.edu.au/gettingorganised/

timemanagement.php

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On the blank timetable handout:

List all academic commitments: lectures, tutorials, workshops, classes, etc.

Add any other fixed commitments, e.g. paid work, house duties, sport, and other areas of responsibility.

Look for larger blocks of available time that can be used for study groups, library research, background reading and writing up notes.

The Virginia Tech time calculator shows just how much time you really have each week. http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/TMInteractive.html

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Undergraduate Student Handbook 2011-2012

Student responsibilities:

•The teaching staff will expect you to be well-prepared and to take an active role in seminars and classes.

•You will be expected to do a significant amount of self-study … as working autonomously is crucial to the experience of studying at a British university.

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Module recommendation IB, Economics of Innovation, UG Y3, 2009-2010

•Lectures 10 •Tutorials 3 •Tutorial preparation 12 •Reading and reflection 43 •Writing assignments 20 •Revision 10½ •Exam 1½

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1.Plan your weekly schedule – when will you study each week and for how long each session?

2.Plan your semester schedule – when is the task/exam and how much time do you have to prepare?

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Think about your whole semester and plan ahead.

*When are the written exams?

*What other assessments do you have e.g. presentations?

*When are the important coursework dates e.g. submission, drafts, plans?

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What do you think about this schedule?

Look carefully at your priorities. Identify what is important to you. Rank them in order from 1-10.

This will help you prioritize the things you most value and achieve your goals.

Allocate a realistic amount of time to each.

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The time management matrix gets you to question what is

in your life.

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URGENT NOT URGENT

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Stress Zone

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Time Wasting

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1.Plan your study activities – what resources will you use and what activities will you do? Set a goal for each self-study session.

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1. Plan your study activities – what resources will you use and what activities will you do? Set a goal for each self-study session.

2. Monitor your progress – use the self-study log to record your study and reward yourself when you meet your goal.

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Procrastination becomes a problem when:

you are putting off important activities.

you are not achieving your goals.

you are causing yourself more stress. you are increasing negative consequences in your career or personal life.

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Procrastinating does not necessarily mean you are lazy or inefficient.

It is a habit that you can overcome.

Recognize WHY you procrastinate:

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Fear of failure. You are scared your writing won’t be good

enough so you avoid working on it.

Fear of success. You fear that if you work at full capacity, you

will turn into a workaholic.

Because you are a perfectionist. You are scared of failing to

meet your own high standards.

Because you're too busy. Practical concerns: jobs, other

classes.

Because it works? Procrastination can reinforce itself. If you

write a paper at the last minute and still get a good grade, you

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1) What do red, yellow and orange represent?

3) This student needs 30 study hours this week to finish the essay. What should s/he do?

2) Which task here is most urgent?

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