10 Time Management Tips for Students

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Tip 5. Review Your –Notes Every Day.

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eviewing helps you reinforce what you’ve learned, so you need less time to study before a test. You’ll also be ready if you get called on in class or have to take a pop quiz.

Tip 6. Get a Good Night’s Sleep.

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our brain needs to rest to perform at its peak. Lack of sleep makes the day seem longer and your tasks seem more difficult.

Tip 7. Communicate Your Schedule to Others.

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f phone calls and text messages are proving to be a distraction, tell your friends that you are only available at certain times of the day and not to expect a response at other times.

Tip 8. Become a Taskmaster.

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ive yourself a time budget and plan your activities accordingly. Figure out how much free time you have each week before you add any commitments.

Tip 9. Don’t Waste Time Agonizing.

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nstead of agonizing and procrastinating just do it. Wasting an entire evening worrying about something that you’re supposed to be doing is not productive and can increase your stress.

Tip 10. Determine Your Priorities.

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ou can’t do everything at once. Establish the importance of each item. Then set realistic goals that are attainable.

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Successful Students

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5.      Don’t sit in the back of the room. Successful students minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning.

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tudents want the best seat available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat for their educational dollars. Students who sit in the back cannot possibly be their professor’s teammate (see no. 4). Why do they expose themselves to the temptations of inactive classroom experiences and distractions of all the people between them and their instructor? Of course, we know they chose the back of the classroom because they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying to not be part of the class, why, then, are you wasting your time? Push your hot buttons, is there something else you should be doing with your time?

6.      . . . take good notes. Successful students take notes that are understandable and organized, and review them often.

Why put something in your notes you don’t understand? Ask the questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some later time. A short review of your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps you to learn more. The more you learn then, the less you will have to learn later and the less time it will take because you won’t have to include some deciphering time, also. The whole purpose of taking notes is to use them, and use them often. The more you use them, the more they improve.

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Study for Multiple Exams

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nglish, math, foreign language tips: Practice – especially foreign language. It is hard to succeed in a foreign language class if you are just showing and doing the work. But if you are in your room and look at objects and try to say them in the language you are learning it actually helps. Or if you send a simple text to a friend think about it, can you translate that to German or Spanish? These are the little things that can help.

Here are my final words of wisdom for my students who want to get better grades in college. Time management and organization are critical key factors to success in college. And never be afraid to ask your teacher for help. They have office hours for a reason-use them!

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