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Your examination date for each of your courses
Any assignment or essay due dates
Any lab or research commitments
In addition to your academic schedule, you will also want to include
information about your personal life:
Any holidays scheduled during the academic year
Birthdays, parties or week-end trips planned
Extra-curricular activities, such as sports or leagues
Part-time or full-time work commitments
Any family obligations during the academic year
Now that you know all the elements of your schedule, you can start
the process of entering this information into it. When you begin
entering in all the information you have gathered, the time units that
should be used in the schedule is hours.
Mentioned earlier, managing your time should be an easy and simple
process. That is why there is no need to get into a great level of detail
or account for your activities every hour of the day.
Why Use Study Hours
The use of study hours is a very important aspect of effective time
management. The two main reasons for this are:
1. A student is less inclined to rush through the study material. If you
were to read only two chapters as homework, chances are you would
read through them very quickly. If you were short on time, you would
rush through the chapter even quicker. However, by using study hours,
it doesn’t matter how fast or slow the student reads as the clock can’t
be rushed. This results in the student actually spending more time
effectively studying.
2. Students end up studying more with the study hours approach.
Since a student is studying by study hours and not by a certain
amount of work that needs to be completed, the process of study
hours encourages only completing the amount of work for the number
of hours allocated. This generally results in more time spent studying
and more material actually being covered.
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