Robert Jacobs
Foundations of Online Learning
American Military University
Maureen Horowitz
Time management is one of the most important skills an adult learner needs to have. Even as an adult that is not a student or as child student we all need to have good time management skills in order to make sure that we are able to progress through life and be able to finish all of the tasks that are presented before us. Without good time management skills we will be going though life with no ability to finishes tasks in a timely manner and we may not even always finish all of the tasks that we need to complete. If you do not set aside time everyday for schoolwork then you may …show more content…
If we do not adhere to a strict schedule with schoolwork we may not finish in the time allotted for us and then we end up with late assignments and lower grades then we could have achieved had we managed our time a little bit better. It is not always that a person does not have time management skills they just do not have the right time management techniques as in they do not know how to effectively space out what they need to do and to schedule their time and energy wisely (Essortment, 2011). Most students assume that a 3 credit hour class means that you only need to put about 3 hours of class time in about a week. What people fail to realize is that you also have to take into account the time that you have to spend at home doing homework and studying for tests and other assignments. Sure you can do the minimal amount of time but if you only do that then there is no guarantee that you will get the best grade that you could have in the …show more content…
Make sure that when you are ready to study that you are fully prepared. Sit down with your books in a quiet, well-lit area and have all of your supplies with you. You do not want to waste precious study time getting up to get more supplies or because you forgot a book or your notes or things of that nature. You also want to make sure that you are going to have plenty of time with little to no interruptions. The more interruptions you have the more time it is going to take you to complete your assignments or studying. Also when you are setting aside your time for studying make sure everyone knows so that they are not going to bother you and they know to let you study (Belen,