study skills - 2006 time management aims: to reduce stress levels and put you in control of your...
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Study Skills - 2006
Time Management
Aims:
To reduce stress levels and put you in control of your revision.
Study Skills - 2006
Time Management
Time with my family
Looking after my appearance
Watching TV
Finding (or spending time with) a partner
Where does all my time go?
Keeping fit / playing sport
Listening to music.
Revising for exams
Socialising with friends
Earning some extra cash
Planning my summer holiday
Study Skills - 2006
Study Skills - 2006
Study Skills - 2006
Time Management
Where does all my time go?
Socialising with friends
Earning some extra cash
Looking after my appearance
Keeping fit / playing sport
Finding (or spending time with) a partner
Time with my family
Watching TV
Revising for exams
Listening to music.
Put these in order of 1 (most important) to 10 (least important)
Planning my summer holiday
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That exercise was about prioritising:
when we say we haven’t enough time to do something we often mean that we don’t see it as a priority.
Do you currently view your revision as being a high enough priority?
Or are you being too strict on yourself?
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Good time managers assert their priorities:
e.g. you’re asked to the cinema but had planned on revising-
“Not today because I need to work. How about at the weekend?”
Don’t have revision as your only priority:
at times you’ll need to assert that you’ve done enough revision.
You also need to rest, play sport or relax with friends.
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Good time managers organise their time.
To do this successfully, create a revision timetable.
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Time Management
Creating a revision timetable.
Some initial questions:
What dates are your exams on?
If they haven’t been published yet….
….use last year’s dates as a rough guide.
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Time Management
Creating a revision timetable.
Some initial questions:
How many days until my first exam?
At the moment you have about 20 weeks….
Study Skills - 2006
Time Management
Creating a revision timetable.
Some initial questions:
What is the maximum amount of time that I am realistically going to revise for on a typical…
….weekday?
….Saturday?
….Sunday?
….2 hours?
….3 hours?
….3hours?
Study Skills - 2006
Time Management
Creating a revision timetable.
Some initial questions:
Are there any dates between now and my first exam when it will be very difficult or impossible for me to revise?
Christmas Day
Hogmanay
New Year’s DayBirthday
Holidays
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Time Management
Creating a revision timetable.
Some initial questions:
How many subjects am I studying?
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Time Management
Creating a revision timetable.
Some initial questions:
How many topics need revising for each subject?
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Time Management
Creating a revision timetable.
NOW DO THE SUMS !!!!
Hours per weekday x number of weekdays left
Hours per Saturday x number of Saturdays left
Hours per Sunday x number of Sundays left
Add up the three totals = number of hours left for revision
Make sure you haven’t counted the days you can’t revise
Divide this by the number of weeks left = hours revision per week
2 x 90 = 180
3 x 20 = 60
3 x 20 = 60
300 ÷ 20 = 15
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Time Management
Creating a revision timetable.
NOW ALLOCATE HOURS PER SUBJECT !!!!
You don’t have to give the same amount of time to each subject
You might spend more time on the subjects you find hardest
You don’t have to give the same amount of time to each topic
You might spend more time on the hardest or largest units
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Subject Total hours to revise
Hours to revise per week
English 40 2
Maths 40 2
French 60 3
Physics 80 4
Geography 80 4
TOTAL 300 15
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Creating a revision timetable – time allocation
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Time Management
Creating a revision timetable – time allocation
They use them in Hong Kong too !!!!
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TOTAL
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
TOTAL
Creating a WEEKLY revision timetable (15 hours)
English 2hours
Maths 2hours
French 3hours
Physics 4hours
Geog 4hours
Poem (1hr)
Macbeth (1hr)
2
Equations (1hr)
Vectors (1hr)
2
Holidays (1hr)
Grammar (1hr)
Transport (1hr)
Sound (1hr)
Waves (1hr)
Magnetism (2hrs)
3 4
Tourism (1hr)
Industry (1hr)
Weather (2hrs)
4
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• You can even give a copy to your parents to show you ARE thinking about your revision!
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Remember:
• Timetables reduce stress levels by putting you in control of your revision.
• They should reduce the problem of late night revision the day before the exam.
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• Stay calm if you get behind schedule.
• By having planned to complete your revision by the date of your first exam, you can use the time between exam days to catch up.
Study Skills - 2006
Time Management
Creating a revision timetable.
These resources can be downloaded from :
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