Study Skills - Time Management Skills

Think about it! You are a student; that is a full time job in itself. You may also have other roles such as employee or parent. Any one of these roles, not to mention all of them together, place huge demands on your time. Why not learn to manage your time so that you can get it all done? You can even find some time for yourself. Come see us at the Learning Lab, we have lots of study skill materials that you will find useful. Meanwhile, here are some tips that may help you right away.

Time Management:

1. Make a schedule of your week. Include time for yourself such as exercising as well as classes, family, and work. (Get free Weekly Schedules at the Learning Lab)
   
   
2. Study two hours for each hour you are in class.
   
   
3. Study during the day and reserve your nights and weekend for yourself. Of course, you may need to use some weekend time once in a while to prepare large projects.
   
   
4. Use small pieces of time, like the half hour before your ride comes or the ten minutes before class, for preparation, review, or planning.
   
   
5. Wake up and exercise at regularly scheduled times.
   
   
6. Avoid studying until very late at night. It could result in missing a class which will cost you more time later. Instead, go to sleep on time and get up early to study.
   
   
7. Plan the semester on a monthly calendar. Download free calendars from www.calendarhome.com.
   
   
8. Break projects and exams into small tasks. Write them in to your monthly calendar one to two weeks ahead of their due date.
   
   
9. Read your text before you attend class.
   
   
10. Concentrate on one task at a time.

Time Management Links:

1. Student Study Guides and Strategies
   A comprehensive commercial site includes a time management exercise using a pie graph to demonstrate just how time is consumed by daily activities. Links take you to an e-mail assignment reminder as well as further information about time management. The site contains a wide variety of study skills.
   
   
2. Time Management Tips
   An extensive site including time management information with personal time survey and a study time formula as highlight
   
   
3. How do You Find Time to Study?
   Straight forward time management information including a weekly time planner.
   
   
4. AAC Study Tips
   Don’t miss the Time Management Pretest, 168-Hour Exercise or the Time Wasters parts of this site.