This week’s topics
Studying independently: planning your week
- Timetables and to-do lists
- Setting realistic goals
What you will be able to do
- 3.2 Produce a simple project timeline/plan.
Activity
Make a weekly study plan for this semester.
Study materials
Further resources
- College Success, 3.4: How to Manage Time · PDF · OpenStax College Success (2020, updated 2023), 3.4: timetables, to-do lists and planning your week, pp. 75–81 · for registered students
- College Success, 3.6: Goal Setting and Motivation · PDF · OpenStax College Success (2020, updated 2023), 3.6: setting realistic goals, pp. 90–93 · for registered students
- The Study Skills Handbook, Introduction and ch. 1 (sample) · PDF · Cottrell, The Study Skills Handbook 5e, publisher sample, publisher sample: taking charge of your own success as an independent learner; 20 pp. · for registered students
- Does time management work? A meta-analysis · Open-access article · Aeon et al. (2021), PLOS ONE. Meta-analysis of what time management does and does not improve. · for registered students
- Improving students' performance with time management skills · Open-access article · Wilson et al. (2021), Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. How planning and time-management skills relate to students' results. · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
