Time Management and Study Skills

Using Time Management to Improve Study Skills from Education Corner

Step 3. Prepare a Daily Schedule

You'd think a term calendar and weekly schedule would be sufficient to effectively manage your time, but they aren't. You also need to prepare a daily schedule. Each evening, prepare a daily schedule for the next school day. Place a check mark next to each item to be completed as it is completed. To prepare your daily schedule do the following:

• Jot down everything from your weekly schedule that you need to do for the coming day.

• Write down everything from your previous daily schedule that wasn't completed and needs to be completed the next day.

• Check your daily schedule for the current day to see if there are any other school activities that you need to include for the following day.

• Include any other activities from your weekly schedule that need to be included in your next day's schedule

You'll notice that one of the keys to effectively managing your study time is to start with the big picture and then work down to the detail. Your term calendar provides direction and instruction for accomplishing the big picture. Your weekly and daily schedules provide the detail required to accomplishing everything in your term calendar, whereby enabling you to accomplish your term goals one day and week at a time.

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