Time Management Flashcards
4 Elements of Time Management
- Find time
- Prioritise
- Reduce work
- Doing the work
Finding Time - Step 2
Create a Weekly Planner:
1. Fun stuff first
2. Study in the gaps
3. Guide, not a rule
4. Focus on tasks, not time
Zone of Demand
Kind of work:
* Set by a teacher
* Work with a deadline
Result:
* You get a foundation
* However, same information
Zone of Marks
Kind of work:
* Non required work
* Making notes during term
* Practice papers
* Extra reading
Result:
* You stand out
* You get top marks
Prioritise the __________ tasks and fit the __________ around them
Non required
Homework
Your goal is to do ___________
A non required task should take __________
1 non required task per subject per week
15 - 30 mins max
Reducing Work - Rule 1
- Select a subject
- Pick 4 group members
- Set a time to meet
- Split up tasks
- Do the work
- Meet and teach
- Repeat
4 Reasons for Procrastination
No motivation
Solution: Get a written goal
Overwhelmed
Solutions:
* Break work down
*Write a list
Dislike the work
Solutions:
* Bribery
* Work with friends
Social media
Solutions:
* Self control
* Focus me
PSBI 1
P: Students formulate study timetables by clogging it up with study and removing all of the fun activities from their life, which is unsustainable in the long-run and often leads to students ditching their study timetables.
S: Prioritise activities that are fun and enjoyable into the weekly planner first, before adding study into the planner.
B: Students are still able to do things that keep them healthy and sane – and rather than devising a study timetable that is full of study and often boring, a weekly planner balances both their school life and their personal life.
I: Determine specific priorities and then create a weekly planner.
PSBI 2
P: Students often try to stick to a timetable 100% of the time, which isn’t feasible and often results in students ditching the planner as they don’t see it as effective. This makes it hard for students to find time to get work done, as they cannot plan ahead due to a lack of structure.
S: A weekly planner! Also, accentuate that weekly planners are not designed to be stuck to 100% of the time, and that using the timetable half of the time is more beneficial than not using one at all.
B: Having a weekly planner provides students with a rigid outline of their week, in which they can easily identify when they can get study done ahead of time. It may also help to alleviate stress in the long-run.
I: Create a weekly planner.
PSBI 3
P: Students often only complete tasks that are mandatory – such as work set by teachers or work with deadlines. If students go through the year only doing tasks such as these, there is no point of difference between the students throughout the year, leading everyone to get average marks.
S: In order to stand out from the cohort, students should do non-required work.
B: Learning a snippet of information from an external source that nobody else has touched on, can allow for students to stand out from their peers – often resulting in higher marks. Extra reading provides a greater breadth and depth of knowledge.
I: Making notes during term, practice papers and extra reading.
PSBI 4
P: Some students work through school independently rather than collaboratively, making it very hard to complete all of the required work in a finite amount of time. Students may also form study groups but due to a lack of structure, they fall apart, and they don’t end up being productive.
S: Work collaboratively to distribute the workload around evenly by establishing structured study groups following a 7-step process.
B: It will significantly reduce the amount of work you have to do – as you get through work 4x faster, and it saves time. Also, working with friends is often more enjoyable than working independently and it is an efficient way to cover extra reading (as discussed in the ‘prioritise’ section).
I: Follow the 7-step process.
PSBI 5
P: Students often procrastinate rather than getting work down due to a multitude of underlying reasons, such as; no motivation, feeling overwhelmed, a dislike of the work itself and social media addictions. This results in work either not being completed or being completed to a lower standard.
S: Address the four underlying causes of procrastinating by setting written goals, breaking work down, working with friends/bribery and downloading applications to prevent the use of social media accounts.
B: By addressing the root cause of the problem, students are able to overcome what is causing them to procrastinate, allowing for them to get work done efficiently and effectively when it comes time to study.
I: Writing down goals, writing checklists, working with friends and downloading Self Control/Focus Me.
