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The document provides information on time management techniques for studying for exams. It discusses detecting difficulties managing time, strategies to prevent procrastination, and planning time. Key points covered include using the R-A-C method to analyze where time is wasted, breaking large tasks into smaller pieces using the "salami technique", making commitments to stay on track, and rewarding yourself for completing tasks to stay motivated. Planning involves creating a yearly timetable to prioritize work, a weekly timetable to schedule study periods, and setting SMART goals for study sessions.

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Time Management Powerpoint

The document provides information on time management techniques for studying for exams. It discusses detecting difficulties managing time, strategies to prevent procrastination, and planning time. Key points covered include using the R-A-C method to analyze where time is wasted, breaking large tasks into smaller pieces using the "salami technique", making commitments to stay on track, and rewarding yourself for completing tasks to stay motivated. Planning involves creating a yearly timetable to prioritize work, a weekly timetable to schedule study periods, and setting SMART goals for study sessions.

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WHAT WE WILL COVER

• Introduction to Time Management


• Detecting Difficulties in Managing your time
• Procrastination & Strategies to prevent it
• Planning Your Time
• Goal Setting/ To Do Lists
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS TIME
MANAGEMENT?

Time Management is using the time available to you


effectively in order to get the task done
TIME MANAGEMENT
• The leaving cert is a long & difficult task

• To achieve your potential in the exam it is important to manage your time effectively by

• Analyzing your time

• Keeping focus

• Setting goals

• Scheduling your time


DIAGNOSE YOUR DIFFICULTIES

• In order to manage your time more effectively it is important to


analyze where you are wasting time.
• To do this we can utilize the R-A-C method:
• Record
• Analyze
• Change
WHAT IS PROCRASTINATION?

‘Procrastination’ is the action of delaying or postponing something.


Ex. You need to get your homework done, but instead you make a cup
of tea, then go on your phone, then have a chat with someone in the
kitchen… 40 minutes later you haven’t even begun doing your
homework.
WHY DO WE PROCRASTINATE?

A task may be too unpleasant to face, or too difficult, or very tedious,


or boring, or there simply may be so many other more interesting
things to pull your attention away that you struggle to keep on track.
This is certainly an issue in the digital age, when we all have
smartphones in our pocket and a world of distractions at our finger
tips.
STRATEGIES TO PREVENT
PROCRASTINATION
There are many strategies to prevent procrastination. Here is a list of effective
methods:
• 1. Take action.
• 2. Salami technique.
• 3. Five minutes.
• 4.Work on related tasks.
• 5. Do the hardest bits first.
• 6. Set goals.
• 7. Make commitments.
• 8. Reward yourself for achievement.
• 9. Change subjects regularly
3 STRATEGIES IN DETAIL

Now we will take a closer look at three of the strategies to help prevent
procrastination.
1. The Salami Technique
2. Making Commitments
3. Rewarding Yourself
THE SALAMI TECHNIQUE

• The salami technique involves breaking down the task to its smallest parts and
then working through each of them in order until the task is complete.
• This is really effective if you have a big piece of work to do and you’re
finding it hard to get started.
THE SALAMI TECHNIQUE EXAMPLE
1. If you have a comparative essay from your English exam paper 2014 to complete. You can break
this down to

1. First analysing the question,

2. Then brainstorming your response.

3. From here you can make an outline of your answer,

4. Then write it section by section; for example intro, section 1, section 2, section 3, conclusion.

5. Lastly you can review and edit your answer.

2. So what was a large task has become a much simpler sequence of small tasks that you work
through one by one.
2. MAKING COMMITMENTS
• Research has found that students work best when they are given tight
deadlines for projects and assignments; they achieve higher grades and
experience less stress.
• If you are working on a large piece, such as studying towards the leaving
certificate, you can give yourself deadlines to have different topics covered
within a subject by specific dates.
• This will help keep you on track and make sure you cover ALL of the
material for a subject in time for the exams.
REWARD YOURSELF
• Study doesn’t have to be all pain no gain! When you get a piece of
work done effectively without wasting time you should reward
yourself with a cup of tea, a chocolate biscuit, a quick break from
the books.
• Having this reward at the end of the task will keep you motivated
towards completing it.
PLANNING YOUR TIME

• In order to use your time effectively, it is necessary to plan it out.


• By knowing what you have on in a given week, you can plan around
your commitments to make space for homework and study.
YEAR TIMETABLE
• The first step is to know what you have on for the year. This will help you
plan what pieces of work to concentrate on at different periods of the year.

• If you are doing a practical subject such as music you will need to prioritise
your practice before the practical exam which takes place before the
written exam.

• Similarly, you’ll have to put time towards your aural language exams at that
time of year.

• You can use the worksheet for this topic to write in all the pieces of work
and exams etc you have over the course of the year.
WEEKLY TIMETABLE
• The final step is planning out your individual week. Planning your
week by marking off the times when you are busy is a vital step to
using your available time as effectively as possible.
• Use the weekly timetable worksheet for this topic to mark off the
hours you are busy this week.
• Include school, part-time work, sports and socializing.
• BE REALISTIC. Highlight the hours you are free to get some study
done.
WEEKLY TIMETABLE

When you have found your available study time you can plan out what
you are going to do during these times by creating a SMART goal to-
do list and then putting the goals from the list into the available study
period.
GOAL SETTING

• When you’re studying, the temptation can be to maybe retreat to


your bedroom for hours on end and state generally that you’re
‘studying’.
• What exactly does ‘studying’ mean though?
• Studying needs to be broken down into specific goals and targets.
• Chunks of work that you want to achieve within a given time frame.
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