3. TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS
I. What is time management?
II. Why is time management important?
III. How to manage time effectively?
IV. Time management Applications for students
5. WHY IS TIME MANAGEMENT
IMPORTANT?
1. Work faster
2. Reduce stress
3. Have more energy
4. Create discipline
5. Be more successful
6. Learn more
6. HOW TO MANAGE TIME EFFECTIVELY?
1. Current use of time
Consider Your Use of Time: Take a few minutes to answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to the
following questions.
1. Have you estimated how many hours you need to study this semester?
2. Do you tend to complete your assignments on time?
3. Have you estimated how long it takes you to read ten pages in each of your
textbooks?
4. Do you begin working on long-term assignments early in the semester?
5. Do you make lists of things to do in your head rather than on paper?
6. Do you find that you go out even when you know you should be studying?
7. Do you schedule time to study for exams?
8. Are you working at a job more than twenty hours a week?
9. Do you know exactly what you are going to work on when you sit down to study?
10. Do you do the assignments from your favorite class first?
7. Consider Your Use of Time: Take a few minutes to answer ‘Yes’
or ‘No’ to the following questions.
1. Have you estimated how many hours you need to study this
semester?
2. Do you tend to complete your assignments on time?
3. Have you estimated how long it takes you to read ten pages in
each of your textbooks?
4. Do you begin working on long-term assignments early in the
semester?
5. Do you make lists of things to do in your head rather than on
paper?
6. Do you find that you go out even when you know you should be
studying?
7. Do you schedule time to study for exams?
8. Are you working at a job more than twenty hours a week?
9. Do you know exactly what you are going to work on when you
sit down to study?
10. Do you do the assignments from your favorite class first?
8. HOW TO MANAGE TIME
EFFECTIVELY?
1. Current use of time (Quiz)
• Give 1 point for each yes answer to all questions except 5, 6, 8
and 10
• Give 1 point for each no answer to questions 5, 6, 8 and 10.
A low score indicates that you need some help in managing
your time now.
A high score indicates that you are already using many good
time-management techniques.
9. TIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
2. Taking control of your time
“Don’t let time manage you; you must learn, instead, to
manage your time.”
10. TIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
3. Setting priorities to achieve your goals
• Decide which goals and objectives are most important or
urgent to you
• Find an appropriate way to balance between an academic
schedule and your personal time
▪Make lists
▪Decide on the best order to do things
11. TIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
4. Staying focused
▪Stick with your goals
▪Begin with your priorities
▪Learn to say no
▪Find out how long things take
12. TIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
5. Overcoming procrastination
▪Say to yourself, “I need to do this now. I will pay a price if I do not
do this now.”
▪Remind yourself of the possible consequences if you do not get down
to work
▪Create a to-do list
▪Break down big jobs into smaller steps
▪Combine several activities
▪Take control of your study environment
▪Do not make or take phone calls during planned study sessions.
13. TIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
6. Maintaining a “To-Do” list
▪Use it to keep track of all the tasks you need to remember
▪Develop a system for prioritizing the items on your lists
▪Cross each completed task
17. TIME MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
▪Create reminders, to-do lists, notes and events
▪Can switch from your phone to your laptop without missing anything on
your schedule.
18. TIME MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
▪Gather all your notes, thoughts and ideas in one place
▪Locate all your different university assignments, plans and
inspirations
▪Save articles, video clips or general webpage 🡪 can come back to
it another time and on any device
20. TIME MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
▪Allow users to split up the revision sessions with a number of little breaks 🡪
keep you as productive as possible
▪Can track exactly how much time you’ve spent on a certain topic
21. TIME MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
▪When finishing a task, simply swipe over it and gain a checkmark
along with a nice rewarding sound.
▪All your completed tasks are automatically archived.
24. ACTIVITIES (TIME MANAGEMENT
CROSSWORD PUZZLE)
• 10 groups
• 10 minutes
• 19 questions
• Find the word listed below in each crossword based on the given
clues. Circle them with a pencil or use a marker to highlight the
letters.
25. ACTIVITIES
Activity 1: Look at the table below and check the items below
that apply to you. This list will help you to investigate your
current use of time. How many items are unchecked? Work in
groups to discuss possible solutions to those unchecked items.
26. ◻ It is important to feel that I am in control of my time.
◻ I am aware of how my background (family, culture, lifestyle, commitments, gender,
age, and other factors) influences my approach to time management.
◻ I set academic and personal goals every term to guide how I prioritize my time.
◻ I am able to focus on the task at hand instead of getting distracted or
procrastinating.
◻ I know my most productive times of the day.
◻ I use a daily or weekly planner or some other type of planning device (a PDA, for
example) to keep track of my commitments.
◻ I maintain a “to-do” list to keep track of the tasks I must complete.
◻ I am able to balance my social life and my need for personal time with my
academic requirements.
◻ I am able to say “no” to requests so that I do not become overextended.
◻ I am punctual and almost never turn in an assignment late, skip class, or miss an
appointment.
27. ACTIVITIES
Activity 2: Look at the normal-day-timetable of a student. Make
your own timetable and add notes to the time slots that needed
to be adjusted.
