Exam 3: Managing Your Time

Maria is taking a full load of eighteen credits this term, so she will spend eighteen hours a week in class. How many hours should Maria reserve for study time each week?

Identify your top priorities for this semester. Rank them based on their importance and then create a plan for how you will schedule time for each of these priorities.

In addition to going to college, Jerry works thirty hours a week at a warehouse and takes care of his young daughter. He gets financial aid to help pay for college, and his mother and sister babysit his daughter when he's at work or school. Unfortunately, Jerry has difficulty finding time to complete all his assignments, hold down his job, and tend to his family commitments. Most nights he only gets a few hours of sleep, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't do everything he needs to do. Which strategy will BEST help Jerry deal with being overextended?

What is one way that skilled time managers establish priorities?

Describe three strategies for minimizing distractions while studying.

Which is NOT a strategy for beating common time-management pitfalls?

Develop a plan to avoid overextending yourself.

What is one way to stay focused?

You should take your attention span into consideration when planning out your class schedule.

Which is a virtue in American academic culture?

What is the greatest challenge in prioritizing for many students?

What is a lifelong skill that will continue to be essential to your success in school and your professional life?

Disliking an assignment is a valid reason to put off working on it.

Describe and plan how a daily and weekly planner can help you to organize your days, weeks, tasks, and more.

You should not let others get involved with your studying in any way because doing so will likely get you off track.

The more time and thought you devote to setting your long-term goals, the easier it becomes to know how to spend your time in the short term.

If you tend to have more energy on weekends, how should you take advantage of that time?

What causes highly motivated people to procrastinate?

A good time manager plans to finish assignments on the day that they are due.

Ryan has a lot to accomplish tonight when he studies. He needs to revise his Sociology paper, complete a long set of problems for his Calculus class, study for an upcoming Political Science class, and read a few chapters of a novel for his Literature class. He finds his Calculus class difficult, and it will take him a while to complete the assignment, but he needs to get it done. Which strategy will BEST help ensure that Ryan completes his Calculus assignment?