TIME MANAGEMENT 1

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TIME MANAGEMENT 1

• Choosing a study place, dealing with
• distractions

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Why Manage Time

• Most people do what they want whenever they can
  and what they have to do when they must
• This type of person responds to rather than
  controls their time demands

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Why Manage Time

• College students spend approx. 11 hours a week
  studying
• Because school is such a large part of your life
  it makes sense to try to budget the available
  time in order to maximize it

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Factors to Consider - Physical

• You all know from health science that after
  eating the stomach requires a large part of our
  available blood supply to process the food.
• Thinking can also require a large part
• of your blood supply. Because of this, studying
  should not follow eating.

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Factors to Consider - Physical

• Another constraint is sleep. If you are sleepy it
  may be difficult to concentrate. Studying
  requires a great deal of concentration
• Research has shown the best memory retention
  comes from studying just before you sleep
• The last items looked at seem to stay in the
  consciousness longer and therefore are more
  readily remembered later

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Factors to Consider - Physical

• Another factor is energy level. Most of you
  probably are aware that certain parts of the day
  seem to be your strongest mentally and physically
  
• Some people say they are morning workers. Others
  like early
• afternoon. Still others are
• night people. Which are you?

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Factors to Consider - Physical

• If you dont know, try to find out by examining
  how you feel during the day. On your daily
  calendar, write notes as to when you feel the
  most energetic
• Keep this up at least six weeks, perhaps with
  notes about how well and how long you slept

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Factors to Consider - Physical

• Another factor may be exercise. Most people do
  better at mental tasks when they exercise
  regularly
• Some even do better right after exercising even
  though their energy level has been lowered. Part
  of the reason may be relaxation. After
  exercising, it is often easier to relax

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Factors to Consider - Physical

• When you are relaxed, you concentrate better.
  There are many techniques that will help you to
  relax when studying (see the presentation on test
  anxiety).

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Choosing a Study Place

• One of the first things that will help you relax
  is having a comfortable study place.

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Choosing a Study Place

• What distractions are around you
• A study place should be chosen with the knowledge
  that it will make a difference in how well you
  study

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Choosing a Study Place

• It is important to select a comfortable place to
  study
• Your study place should remind you that
• what you are doing is studying
• Once selected, stock it with study materials
• a dictionary
• note paper
• pens and pencils

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Choosing a Study Place

• Do you study in your bedroom
• turn off the TV
• unplug the telephone
• tell others in the house to let you concentrate

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Choosing a Study Place

• Some people like to study at a desk, others on
  their bed, and still others on the floor. It
  depends on you.

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Distractions

• Your study area and your study time need to be
  planned to allow you to concentrate
• To develop good study habits,
• your studying should be at a
• regular time and place

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Distractions

• For some people, music is a study aid. Unlike
  music, television is a proven distraction
• The telephone is an unplanned interruption and
  therefore a distraction
• turn off your cell phone
• Family or friends interrupting would also be a
  distraction

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How to Use Your Study Time

• Now that you have chosen your time and place
• remind yourself that you truly do want to study
• start removing distractions, both physical and
  mental
• put aside thoughts about anything else
• then start with routine tasks first
• it is similar to a stretching or warm up routine
  in a physical task
• you should build your concentration
• also accomplish the easier homework

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How to Use Your Study Time

• Next, examine your schedule and choose harder
  assignments. Often students like what they
  consider easy subjects. But this isnt always a
  reflection of how hard the subject is. It may be
  more because of a great or poor teacher, or even
  which classes you share with friends.

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How to Use Your Study Time

• Once you have identified your harder subjects,
  they should be broken up into parts that can be
  accomplished in the amount of time that you know
  you can concentrate.

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