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Time Management
Time Management
Skills and Revision Tips
Skills and Revision Tips

Time Management
Time Management
Time management
Time management is
is
straightforwardly defined as
straightforwardly defined as
the
the management of
of time in
in
order to make the most out of
order to make the most out of
it.
it.

Time Management
Time Management
Questions?
Questions?
? How much time do you have?
How much time do you have?
? What are your goals?
What are your goals?
? Does free time really mean free
Does free time really mean free
time?
time?
? Do you have a schedule?
Do you have a schedule?
? Do you use a planner?
Do you use a planner?
? Do you procrastinate?
Do you procrastinate?
? Are you equipped with Time
Are you equipped with Time
Management Tips?
Management Tips?

? There are 24 hours in a day.
There are 24 hours in a day.
? 7 days in a week ( 168 hours).
7 days in a week ( 168 hours).
? 365 days in a year.
365 days in a year.
? An extra day during leap year.
An extra day during leap year.
? Make a list of everything you have to do.
Make a list of everything you have to do.
? Figure out how much time you can devote to each
Figure out how much time you can devote to each
task.
task.
? By analyzing your time, you will know what time of the
By analyzing your time, you will know what time of the
day you do your best work.
day you do your best work.
? You will discover how much time your wasting with
You will discover how much time your wasting with
telephone calls, interruptions, or just hanging out with
telephone calls, interruptions, or just hanging out with
friends.
friends.
? Make sure you include class and study time.
Make sure you include class and study time.

? Make your goals specific and
Make your goals specific and
concrete.
concrete.
? Set long-term and short-term
Set long-term and short-term
goals
goals
? Set a deadline for your goals.
Set a deadline for your goals.
? Monitor your goals.
Monitor your goals.
? Change goals if needed.
Change goals if needed.

? Set up your term calendar
Set up your term calendar.
.
? Review Syllabus
Review Syllabus
? Highlight exams and project due dates.
Highlight exams and project due dates.
? Identify routine homework.
Identify routine homework.
? Incorporate break time.
Incorporate break time.
? Divide study time into 50-minute blocks.
Divide study time into 50-minute blocks.
? Use spare time to revise.
Use spare time to revise.

Revision Tips
Revision Tips
? SUMMARISE
– A good starting point is to summarise the
notes you have on each topic:
? Try to reduce your notes to key words and phrases.
? This will form the basis of your revision notes.
? Reduce your notes further so that information fits
on one side of A4 or an index card (portable).

? FLASH CARDS
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–
–
–
–
Get a bunch of index cards (different colours)
Write down one key idea per card
On one side write down the TITLE
On the other write down the points associated
with it
Revision Tips
Revision Tips

? SONGS, RHYMES
- Use songs, rhymes, mnemonics & acronyms.
- Making up catch phrases or rhymes can help
you with crucial bits of information
Revision Tips
Revision Tips

? RHYMES
– A rhyme is a saying that has similar
distinctive sounds at the end of each line.
– Studies have shown that rhyming makes
things easier to remember because it can be
stored with acoustic encoding.
? Example:
– In fourteen hundred and ninety-two,
Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue
Revision Tips
Revision Tips

? ACRONYM
– Acronym is a word formed from the first letters
or groups of letters in a name or phrase.
Example:
? ROY G. BIV =
? The colors of the rainbow, in order: Red,
Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
Revision Tips
Revision Tips

? ACROSTIC
– Acrostic is a series of lines from which particular
letters (such as the first letters of all lines) from a
word or phrase.
- Example :
Richard of York gave battle in Vain
=
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo,
Violet
Revision Tips
Revision Tips

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas
=
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune, Pluto
Revision Tips
Revision Tips
? ACROSTIC
– Acrostic is a series of lines from which particular
letters (such as the first letters of all lines) from a
word or phrase.
- Example :

? DIAGRAMS
–Use diagrammatical notes if you memorise
material more easily in a visual form.
-Use colours, highlighting and/ or different
coloured paper to make the notes
distinctive.
Revision Tips
Revision Tips

Revision Tips
? MINDMAPS
? The main idea, subject or focus is crystallized in a
The main idea, subject or focus is crystallized in a
central image
central image
? The main themes radiate from the central image as
The main themes radiate from the central image as
'branches'
'branches'
? The branches comprise a key image or key word
The branches comprise a key image or key word
drawn or printed on its associated line
drawn or printed on its associated line
? Topics of lesser importance are represented as
Topics of lesser importance are represented as
'twigs' of the relevant branch
'twigs' of the relevant branch
? The branches form a connected nodal structure
The branches form a connected nodal structure

? IMAGERY
–
– Imagery is used to memorize pairs of
words. An image is formed as a result of
each word given, and then two images are
joined through mental visualization.
Example:
? Piggy bank =
+ =
Revision Tips
Revision Tips

? CHUNKING
CHUNKING
? Breaks down information into smaller bits
Breaks down information into smaller bits
so that it is easier to remember
? Can you remember this number?
Can you remember this number?
1066007200601642
1066007200601642
Revision Tips
Revision Tips

? CHUNKING
CHUNKING
? Breaks down information into smaller bits
Breaks down information into smaller bits
? Can you remember this number?
Can you remember this number?
1066007200601642
1066007200601642
? What about now?
10660072006 01642
Revision Tips
Revision Tips

Set Priorities
Set Priorities
? Which goals are important to you?
Which goals are important to you?
? Which goals are urgent?
Which goals are urgent?
? It is important to work on one task at a time.
It is important to work on one task at a time.
? Set time to begin the process
Set time to begin the process
? Try to plan at least two hours of study time to
Try to plan at least two hours of study time to
per day to review class notes everyday and to
per day to review class notes everyday and to
work on assignments/homework that are due.
work on assignments/homework that are due.
? Faithfully using your student planner/calendar
Faithfully using your student planner/calendar
will help you to prioritize your work.
will help you to prioritize your work.
? How can you establish priorities?
How can you establish priorities?
? “
“to-do list” – Cross off each task as you
to-do list” – Cross off each task as you
complete them.
complete them.

Procrastination
Procrastination
? Procrastination is a major
Procrastination is a major
obstacle that can prevent you
obstacle that can prevent you
from practicing good time
from practicing good time
management skills.
management skills.
? It is the constant pushing aside
It is the constant pushing aside
of tasks that need to be
of tasks that need to be
completed and is the archenemy
completed and is the archenemy
of all students.
of all students.

Ways of overcoming
Ways of overcoming
Procrastination
Procrastination
? 1.
1. Make the Task Meaningful
Make the Task Meaningful
? Ask yourself why the task is important to you and what it has to
Ask yourself why the task is important to you and what it has to
do with your long-term goal.
do with your long-term goal.
? 2.
2. Take the task apart
Take the task apart
? Sometime an assignment can appear to be overwhelming.
Sometime an assignment can appear to be overwhelming.
Breaking large assignments into manageable parts will help.
Breaking large assignments into manageable parts will help.
Set dates to work on each of the pieces.
Set dates to work on each of the pieces.
? 3.
3. Keep yourself organized
Keep yourself organized
? Having everything you need right at your fingertips will save a
Having everything you need right at your fingertips will save a
lot of time when starting a project.
lot of time when starting a project.
? 4.
4. Be positive
Be positive
? Avoid speaking negatively about the task and your ability to
Avoid speaking negatively about the task and your ability to
move toward completion. Instead, by positive. Tell yourself, “I
move toward completion. Instead, by positive. Tell yourself, “I
know that I can finish this work.”
know that I can finish this work.”
? 5.
5. Plan a reward
Plan a reward
? Do something for yourself that you would not normally no, but
Do something for yourself that you would not normally no, but
withhold the reward if the task remains incomplete.
withhold the reward if the task remains incomplete.
? 6.
6. Just do it
Just do it – Complete the task
– Complete the task
? The moment you find yourself procrastinating, complete the
The moment you find yourself procrastinating, complete the
task; then, you won’t have to think about it anymore.
task; then, you won’t have to think about it anymore.

Time Management Tips
Time Management Tips
? Write things down.
Write things down.
? Don’t rely on memory
Don’t rely on memory
? Prioritize your list
Prioritize your list
? Plan your week.
Plan your week.
? Spend some time at the beginning of
Spend some time at the beginning of
each week to plan your schedule.
each week to plan your schedule.
? Carry a notebook.
Carry a notebook.
? Write down those great ideas and
Write down those great ideas and
brilliant insights (capture your thoughts).
brilliant insights (capture your thoughts).
? Learn to say no.
Learn to say no.
? Say no to low priority requests.
Say no to low priority requests.

STUDY HARD,
STUDY HARD,
DO GOOD,
DO GOOD,
AND GOOD LIFE
AND GOOD LIFE
WILL
WILL
FOLLOW !!
FOLLOW !!

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