MANAGING YOUR TIMESETTING GOALS AND

HOW DO YOU LEARN BEST?

STUDENT LEARNING SERVICES

PROCRASTINATION

GETTING MY STUFF DONE TM

HTTP://PROJECT TIME MANAGEMENT

AIMS

TO LEARN HOW TO MANAGE YOUR TIME

TO IDENTIFY YOUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR

TO IDENTIFY YOUR LEARNING STYLE

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SO, WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT MANAGING TIME?

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Q. CAN WE REALLY MANAGE TIME?

Q. WHAT SUCCESSFUL TIME MANAGEMENT HABITS OR ROUTINES DO YOU ALREADY USE?

Q. SO, HOW SHOULD YOU VIEW FULL TIME STUDY?

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BIG ROCKS

IS YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT DRIVEN BY URGENCY ?

• RECOGNISE IF YOU ARE DOING THE URGENT STUFF, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE IMPORTANT.

TIME MATRIX

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TIME MATRIX – ACTIVITIES FROM WEBSITE: CROOKED-STICK.CO.UK

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• Crisis

• Pressing problems

• Deadline driven projects, meetings

• Immediately productive activities

STRESSED

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• Interruptions some phone calls, texts

• Some meetings, some reports

• Many popular activities

FRUSTRATED

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• Preparation 2

• Prevention

• Planning

• Building relationships

• True creation

• Empowerment

IN CONTROL

• Trivia, busywork 4

• Some phone calls

• Time wasters

• Junk mail

• “Escape” activities,

BORED

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TIME MATRIX – ACTIVITIES FROM WEBSITE: CROOKED-STICK.CO.UK

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• Crisis/Personal emergency

• Dead-line assignments, projects due

• Often late for class – miss bus

• All night study cramming

• Tests/exams due

STRESSED

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• Interruptions some phone calls, texts, and personal social media

• Visitors/mates who want to hang out

• Always being asked to help friends with their work, fix things , child mind …..

FRUSTRATED

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• Planning assignments 2

• Attending class

• Preparing for tests, practising examples

• Building relationships

• Having time out -social, family, recreation)

• Preventing crisis

IN CONTROL• Trivia, busywork eg housework 4

• Some Texting

• Time wasters

• Partying

• “Escape” activities, shopping etc

BORED

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SO WHERE DOES ‘FACEBOOK’ ‘TWITTER’

AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA FIT IN?

THE 5 P’S…PROPER

PLANNING

PREVENTS

POOR

PERFORMANCEIF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL.

TRY THIS…• REWARDS

FOR ACHIEVING STUDY GOALS

AND / OR

• CONSEQUENCES

FOR NOT ACHIEVING STUDY GOALS

ASSIGNMENT & TEST PLANNERDates 11-

17 Feb

18-24 Feb

25-2 Mar

3-9 Mar

etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Topic A ..

Test 15%

Essay 35%

Exam 50%

Topic B …

Essay 20%

Report 30%

Essay 50%

Topic C …

Seminar 25%

Essay 25%

Essay 25%

Report 25%

Topic …

Topic E …

Topic F …

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PERSONAL TIMETABLING

HOURS MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

5.00-6.00am

6.00-7.00am

7.00-8.00am

8.00-9.00am

9.00-10.00am

10.00-11.00am

11.00-12.00pm

12.00-1.00pm

1.00-2.00apm

2.00-3.00apm

3.00-4.00pm

4.00-5.00pm

5.00-6.00pm

6.00-7.00pm

7.00-8.00pm

8.00-9.00pm

9.00-10.00pm

10.00-11.00pm

11.00-12.00pm

NO. OF HRS FOR STUDY EACH WEEK = 19

1. CLASS TIMETABLE ∆ 4. COMMITMENTS (FAMILY, SHOPPING ∆ 2. MEALS/TRAVEL ∆ 5. STUDY (HMWK, LIBRARY , ASSIGNMENTS ∆

3. EMPLOYMENT (IF ANY) ∆ 6. REVISION (MAJOR TESTS AND EXAMS

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HOURSMONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

5.00 – 6.00am

6.00 – 7.00am

7.00 – 8.00am

8.00 – 9.00am

Lab Lab 9.00 – 10.00am Physics lecture

10.00 – 11.00am Physics tutorial 11.00 – 12pm

Work

12.00 – 1.00pm

Group Project

workElectronics

Group Project

work

1.00 – 2.00pm

2.00 – 3.00pm

3.00 – 4.00pm

Technology4.00 – 5.00pm

5.00 – 6.00pm

Work Work6.00 – 7.00pm

7.00 –8.00pm

8.00 – 9.00pm

9.00 – 10.00pm

10.00 – 11.00pm

11.00 – 12.00am

PERSONAL TIMETABLE Diploma Engineering

GOAL SETTING

• WRITE 1 OR 2 SHORT TERM TIME MANAGEMENT GOAL(S) TO ACHIEVE BY THE END OF THIS COURSE.

• MAKE SURE YOUR GOALS ARE SMART.

• SPECIFIC

• MEASUREABLE

• ACHIEVEABLE

• REALISTIC

• TIME FRAMED16

WHAT IS YOUR LEARNING STYLE?

VISUAL

AUDITORY

READ/WRITE

KINAESTHETIC

KNOWING YOUR LEARNING PREFERENCES HELPS TO KNOW HOW BEST YOU LEARN.

STUDY TIPS FOR DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES

VISUALUSE GRAPHICS, PICTURES TO REINFORCE LEARNING

COLOUR CODE TO ORGANISE NOTES

MAKE COLOURFUL POSTERS

USE FLOW CHARTS FOR

NOTE-TAKING

WRITE OUT INSTRUCTIONS

VISUALIZE SPELLING OF WORDS OF FACTS TO BE MEMORIZED

AUDITORY

USE TAPES FOR READING, LECTURE NOTES – PLAY WHEN DOING DISHES, JOGGING …

LEARN THROUGH DISCUSSION

HAVE TEST QUESTIONS/ANSWERS READ ALOUD OR TAPED

LEARN FACTS BY SAYING THEM ALOUD OR TALK TO SELF

KINESTHETIC MAKE MODELS

DO LAB WORK

ROLE PLAY

HAVE FREQUENT STUDY BREAKS

MEMORISE WHILE WALKING /EXERCISING

WRITE DOWN FACTS TO LEARN

USE FLASH CARDS

ANY QUESTIONS ?

MANAGING YOUR TIME

BIG ROCKS

VS

SMALL ROCKS

GOALS

SMART

LEARNING PREFERENCES

VISUAL

AUDITORY

READ/WRITE

KINAESTHETIC