Time Mastery Now

Time management for students is something which is rarely, if ever, taught in school by teachers.

Yet is one of the most beneficial tools that students can develop during their study years, and which will continue to be an excellent and worthwhile life skill for the future. Students are required, and expected, to be capable of balancing all of the various demands on their time. This includes studying, researching, writing, sporting activities and of course socializing, and yet all too often students procrastinate those activities which they feel unsure of. this is because of their inability to effectively manage their time. Their efficiency is poor, and as a result, their self-belief is eroded, meaning that many students feel unhappy, lacking in confidence about their abilities. The end product is work which is below the standard to which they could have aspired.

Essentially, time management for students is about striking a balance between all the various demands on their time, without sacrificing those aspects of their lives which are not purely academic. It is also about providing them with the ability to see exactly how they can achieve a high level of achievement. At the same time though, ensuring that it is realistic.

Indeed, only realistic strategies of time management for students are likely to ever be successful. What is the most common reason given by students for why they have abandoned a plan that had been drawn up? It is that once the plan has been created, that is considered to be the end of the process, and that problems will miraculously resolve themselves. For students especially, realising that getting things done and effectively using time management techniques is not simply about drawing up a grand plan. It is a process which must be on-going, frequently monitored and adhered to honestly if it is to achieve the positive outcomes necessary.

Another issue where time management for students can become an issue is where the plans, graphic organizers and other systems become a task in themselves. They can easily start to form a distraction. This only adds to the already problematic procrastination for which students are so renowned.

Teachers can assist with helping students to understand the management of their time by developing and maintaining a class calendar. This draws attention to the amount of time available, and showing how larger tasks can be broken into smaller, more easily manageable ones. Most students also find that it is more beneficial to have three tiers of organization – short term, medium term and long term. Goal setting is important for long term understanding of “what it’s all for”. This aids focus and general direction, whereas the short term planning needs to be much more immediate and detailed.

Any system of time management for students must be simple to develop and maintain, simple to understand and realistically achievable. The main key must be in eliminating the tendency to procrastinate, which is the student’s worst enemy. Ultimately, schools would benefit from introducing time management as a taught discipline. This would empower students to take more control over their studies and lives, and improve the overall performance of the establishment.

Time Management and its Relationship to Academic Performance

Maintaining a good academic performance takes a lot of work to do. You have to juggle different requirements – the quizzes, exams, projects, etc. There are also extra-curricular activities and out-of-school activities plus your personal life and social life. So how will you maintain that excellent academic performance? It is said that it takes a lot of skills to have a better academic performance. These are note-taking skills, listening skills, studying skills and time management skills.

Time management skill is one of the predictors of better academic performance and some study supported it. A study shows that effective time management strategies increase academic performance and achievement especially for college students. Furthermore, another study is conducted to determine which of the two – time management or leisure activities- is effective in lowering the academic stress. The result shows that time management had a greater effect in lowering academic stress than leisure activities. Because of this, students are encouraged to attend seminars about time management and to be provided with a lot of information and training on time management.

Time management can also be applied to all areas of your academic life, in studying, in planning, in making your requirements and in your everyday life as a student.

So how you will manage your time in studying for an examination?
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CONTROL YOUR TIME - CONTROL YOUR LIFE!

Considering our high-stress schedules today, it is only natural that we are spaced out and feel like we are constantly waging a war against time. This feeling creates immense stress in us and at the end of the day, we feel like we have accomplished nothing!

You can control your life a lot better, if only you take a few steps towards improving the way you function with your time in your hands. Efficiently managing your time will help you organize things around you, thereby generating more time than you ever thought was possible!

Here are a few useful tips to help you get in the driver’s seat and take control of your time and your life:

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