1. Managing your time Setting goals How do you learn best? Study tips
Marg Cartner & Joseph Ross
Student Learning Services
Procrastination
getting my stuff done TM
time management
Hyper link to U tube clip on Procrastination to open session

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7. Aims To identify your study goals for this term
To learn how to manage your time
To identify your study goals for this term
To identify your learning style
Learning tips for engineers

8. So, what’s the big deal about managing time?
Ask class - Can we manage time? NO we need to manage our time - prioritise
*We manage time everyday get up in morning, shower, dress, breakfast, work etc
Catch buses, appointments on time, going to movies on time, feeding/exercising pets, collecting children from school…
Multitasking -Cooking meals requires putting a variety of food on table at same time.
How we manage our time depends on many variables
*How we manage our time depend on many variables. NEED TO KNOW YOURSELF
Your workload
Methods of assessment
Other commitments: Family needs, employment, housework - TRAPS
Sleeping, eating and exercise patterns - TIME TO BE SICK
Whether you prefer to working long periods of time or short bursts. DIFFERENCE IS OKAY
Evening or morning person
Need to be a whole person – Intellectual, spiritual, social/emotional, physical, creative NEED TO CARE FOR SELF

9. What successful time management strategies do you already use?
What Strategies do you use? What works well for you?
Activity: Make a Strategies MIND MAP on the w/bd:
Lists – daily – weekly – longer term
notes, phone alerts, planning / semester planner
It is very important to communicate with family & friends / set up strategies for dealing with them. That’s because studying can be viewed as SELFISH time BUT we need to have self determination to succeed
Set goals PRIORITIZE
Visualize self as an Engineer…..

10. Big Rocks
U TUBE LINK to Big Rocks

11. Is your time management driven by urgency ?
Recognise if you are doing the urgent stuff, at the expense of the important.

12. Time Matrix Urgent Less Urgent I 2 Important 3 4 Less Urgent Important2
Important 3
 4 Less Urgent
Urgent
Less Urgent
Important
Less important
Stop before going on
Group work for next 2 slides
Aim: - Through problem solving students to decide which action belongs to which 4 quadrant - as above
- Understand that quadrant 2 is the ideal place to be working is - in control
1. Stressful panic reaction crisis
Proactive – plan to prevent crisis - In control
Reaction – frustration
Procrastination – maybe DNC
Students divide into groups
Each group given an A3 blank quadrant and an envelope of laminated statements
Group to decide on which quadrant the statements fit on - encourage discussion - coming from different perspectives e.g. housework, parties
Move around room to encourage discussion/debate
After completed lead discussion around their choices and reasons
Emphasize that quadrant 2 is the ideal place to be working in - in control -- planning, preparing ….
What are the effects of continually being in quadrant 1, 3 and 4?

13. Time Matrix – as a student
Urgent
Less Urgent 1
Dealing with personal crises
Writing assignment due tomorrow
Getting chest infection treated
Always late for class
Cramming for exam tomorrow
STRESSED
Planning assignments
Attending class
Preparing for tests, practising examples
Building relationships
Having time out - social, family, recreation
Preventing crisis
IN CONTROL
Important
Less Important
Interruptions
Friends invite you out
Friends visit unexpectedly
Friends asking for help, eg child minding, fixing things
Phone calls, texts, s
FRUSTRATED 3
Housework
Reading junk mail
Watching TV
Partying
“Escape” activities eg shopping
Surfing the Internet
BORED, PROCRASTINATING
Can also give out blank strips and students can add own suggestions and place accordingly
Quadrant 1 and 3 Driven by panic –REACTING TO THINGS
Quadrant 2 Driven by planning and crisis prevention – THINKING AHEAD
Quadrant 4 Driven by timewasters - PROCRASTINATION
***So, where does Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media fit in? It can be a time waster, but sometimes it can be in Quadrant 2, ie building relationships. (Just don’t spend too long doing it if you know you need to study.)

14. So where does ‘FACEBOOK’ ‘TWITTER’ and other social media fit in?
Note : Some classes use Facebook as a medium to communicate course information

15. What are consequences of poor time management? Procrastination
How should you view full time study?
1. Activity: New Mind map - Consequences of poor time management
What are the consequences of poor TM?
Psychological – reduced motivation, stress, loss of direction, starting late or not at all, self doubt, missing deadlines.
Personal cost – study time spilling over into personal commitments/priorities
Professional work/student – unreliable reputation
External : Planning to plan [EARLY], keep it simple, keep it flexible [works for your situation, free-up space], multi-task simple tasks
Internal : Adjust attitude to being in control of your self management and NOT its victim.
2. Click on PROCRASTINATION to open up YouTube clip on Procrastination – IF didn't use it as Introduction
3. How should you view full time study? Treat full time study like a full time job, with regular bouts of overtime.
Can’t manage time: it is about managing yourself

16. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
The 5 P’s…
Proper
Planning
Prevents
Poor
Performance
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
BEFORE NEXT SLIDE: We discussed some successful time management habits earlier, and some tools for planning came up in that discussion
Discuss some other tools that could be useful to help you plan your time.
Refer to Strategies MIND MAP on white board
Discuss some successful time management habits, and some tools for planning came up in that discussion.
EITHER: Here are some more… OR: Discuss some other tools that could be useful to help you plan your time.
PRIORITZE - WHICH TASKS NEED TO BE DONE
Communicate with family and friends about your needs if you are to succeed
“Things have changed and we all need to help out”. Don’t wait until someone does a task (it won’t happen) - roster on wall – treats/rewards/praise
Set up special family /friends time
Home delegate jobs, roster dishes, cooking etc
Set up coffee times with old friends – you're in control
NEED TO IDENTIFY YOUR TIME WASTERS because ……………
ALSO it’s very important to set up a suitable place to study at home, permanent best. You need to be vertical, ie not lying down on your bed, or you could fall asleep! It does not need to be expensive but you need a desk/table and upright chair

17. Try this… Rewards for achieving study goals Consequences
And / or
Consequences
for not achieving study goals
Discussion: Which works better for you – rewards or consequences? Please give some examples.

18. ASSIGNMENT & TEST PLANNER
Dates
11-17 Feb
18-24 Feb
25-2 Mar
3-9 Mar
etc
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Topic A ..
15%
Test
Essay
35%
Exam
50%
Topic B …
Essay 20%
Report 30%
Essay 50%
Topic C …
Seminar 25%
Essay 25%
Report 25%
Topic …
Topic E …
Topic F …
Hand out SAWIT planner - SAWIT IS FREE ….
You could use a wall planner (can get free if a member of Student Association which his also FREE to join) or buy from the Warehouse Stationery.
OR there are calendars on Word that you can put on your desktop. In word, under ‘New’ choose calendar.

19. No. of hrs for study each week = 19
PERSONAL TIMETABLING
HOURS
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY am am am am am am pm pm
apm
apm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm
Remember the big rocks - priorities
No. of hrs for study each week = 19
1. Class timetable ∆ Commitments (family, shopping ∆ Meals/travel ∆ Study (hmwk, library , assignments ∆ Employment (if any) ∆ Revision (major tests and exams ∆

20. PERSONAL TIMETABLE Diploma Engineering
HOURS
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
5.00 – 6.00am
6.00 – 7.00am
7.00 – 8.00am
8.00 – 9.00am
Lab
9.00 – 10.00am
Math
Physics lecture
10.00 – 11.00am
Physics tutorial
11.00 – 12pm
Work
12.00 – 1.00pm
Group
Project
work
Electronics
1.00 – 2.00pm
Engineering
Fund
2.00 – 3.00pm
3.00 – 4.00pm
Technology
4.00 – 5.00pm
5.00 – 6.00pm
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 –8.00pm
8.00 – 9.00pm
9.00 – 10.00pm
10.00 – 11.00pm
11.00 – 12.00am
Using a blank timetable block out your different classes
Add definite commitments eg work, - refer to guide
Identify when and where you can study, do assignments, prepare for tests, write up reports
Remember the BIG ROCKS

21. tools
HOW TO TAKE NOTES – DIFFERENT WAYS Need a system - may need to try a few to find what works for you
May have small folders for each subject – add these notes to the course folder at home
Folder - ring binder with coloured partitions
Keep a separate section of your notebook or binder for each course.
Notes for each lecture should begin on a new page.
Date your lecture notes and number all pages.
Never use a sentence when you can use a phrase, or a phrase when you can use a word.
Take photos of class notes on white board

22. Goal setting Make sure your goals are SMART. Specific Measureable
Write 1 or 2 short term time management goal(s) to achieve by the end of this term.
Make sure your goals are SMART.
Specific
Measureable
Achieveable
Realistic
Time framed
What is your long term course goal? (to pass the course)
At least 1 goal to be related to your time management. Write down
EXAMPLES
Set up a study area at home that is complete with desk/table, chair and stationery
Review each day’s sessions before you attend class the next day
Before the end of March REFLECT on how well you achieved these goals.

23. Control the Controllables
Don’t waste energy stressing over things you have no control over
When something is worrying you, decide if it’s something you can control.
If it is, do something to get the situation under control so it does not worry you
If you have no control over it, don’t worry about it. Spend your time and energy on something else.
e.g Many assignments due in one week: Controllables??
This is a motto a well known cricketer lives by.
Can’t control the succession of deadlines: Can control when you start and whether you meet them

24. What is your learning style?
Visual
Auditory
Read/write
Kinaesthetic
Knowing your learning preferences
Helps you to understand how you learn best.
*Click on title to open YouTube clip about VARK
Thinking about this video, which learning styles would it suit best? V and R/W
*Click on pic of eye to open YouTube clip showing visual learning style (Rain Man) & Kinaesthetic style (Kungfu panda)
Introduce Learning Styles Stress that there is no one best learning style
The purpose: to become better aware of different learning styles
to gain an indication of which style they prefer
to understand how they use these preferences
Give out handouts - do this individually
Explain how to complete grid at top right
Ask for preferences - discuss the group’s preferences
Complete Learning ideas activity on page 2 of hand out if time - thinking of their own learning at Wintec
Students to discuss how they learn best as a whole group

25. Study tips for different learning styles
visual
auditory
Use tapes for reading, lecture notes – play when doing dishes, jogging …
Learn through discussion
Have test questions/answers read aloud or taped
Learn facts by saying them aloud or talk to self
KinAesthetic
Use graphics, pictures to reinforce learning
Colour code to organise notes
Make colourful posters
Use flow charts for
Note-taking
Write out instructions
Visualize spelling of words of facts to be memorized
Study breaks
Memorise while walking /make models
Do lab work
Role play
Have frequent exercising
Write down facts to learn
Use flash cards
Using w/bd, elicit from students their suggestions for study tips for each learning style.
Then compare their ideas with the PP.
Google learning styles / study tips for each style

26. Study tips for engineers maths isn’t a spectators’ sport
Practising problems
Look at old exams early
Visualizing content
Take notes in class
Read questions carefully
Check answered question
Write list of things don’t understand so can ask
Read over class notes
After / before next class
Rewrite notes 2/3 times
Read notes aloud
Use dictaphone to record ideas
Practicing and old exam problems: Know what’s expected of you. Some things can be best picked up from experience
Visualising: Especially important for word problems. Draw a picture of the situation so you can see what’s going on. This can help understand what’s required in the situation
Read questions carefully: No good finding something that’s not asked for. Also a question may ask you to find two or more things, one of which may be missed if you didn’t read it properly. Also check at the end to make sure you gave what the question is asking. Devil is in the detail.
Ask: We don’t pick everything up the first time. Gaps in understanding should be cleared up ASAP
Reading notes before class can help ‘hit the ground running’ in lecture and reading notes after reinforces lecture
Rewriting notes: We write more slowly than we read. If you just read, you tend to go over things too quickly and not properly take them in whereas writing them again forces you to think about them and possibly even put them in your own words – a form more meaningful to you.
Reading notes aloud: Again slows you down to give time to think
Dictophone/voice recorder on smartphone: Also gives you a chance to record your thoughts. Sometimes good thoughts are a flash in the pan if you don’t document them immediately.

27. Crystallised v fluid intelligence
Crystallised: Memory of facts, processes. Each problem calls on knowledge of the same facts and processes. Concrete knowledge.
Fluid: Ability to figure out what you don’t know. Allows you to adapt from one problem to another.
Engineers need both!
Where would an engineer need fluid intelligence? e.g.
Where would an engineer need crystallised intelligence? e.g.
How do you further develop your fluid intelligence?
How do you further develop your crystallised intelligence?
Which kind of intelligence have you used most on this slide?
Does a calculation use fluid or crystallised intelligence?
Examples of Crystallised:
Definitions of engineering related words
Knowledge and understanding of scientific principles which relate to engineering, i.e Newton’s Laws
Knowing a process like how to solder, how to hammer a nail, how to change a tyre.
Examples of Fluid:
Determining how to use what you know on the problem you’re facing
Creating a design of a new product.
Develop crystallised: Traditional methods of study: Testing oneself, writing notes, recording notes etc.
Develop fluid: Can only be done by solving problems! You’re learning how to adapt.
Emphasise the following: Crystallised Intelligence allows you to remember what you have done to solve previous problems. Fluid intelligence allows you to adapt and apply your knowledge to new problems. Engineers do not repeatedly solve the same exact problem. Each problem has unique challenges.
Calculation: GREY AREA: You’re using a known process (i.e. you’re using your crystallised intelligence) in order to find new information. You need to figure out what number goes where in the formula – which takes fluid intelligence. Hence you need BOTH!

28. Active v passive learning
Define passive learning
Define active learning
Why is active learning usually more effective?
Determine whether each of the following tasks is active or passive
Listening to your tutor Solving problems
Reading your notes Rewriting your notes
Recording your notes with dictaphone
Discussing the material with classmates
Passive Pete sits the test: what happens?
Students to think about these and we’ll go over on board.
PASSIVE LEARNING: A learning method in which someone takes in information but doesn’t do anything with it
ACTIVE LEARNING: Requires you to do something more with the information
Active is better because it requires you to think. It also involves different areas of the brain e.g different parts are involved in physical acts of speaking and writing. This makes it more likely it will stick. Can also require you to put the material in your own words which actually makes you think about what everything means and people remember their own words better.
Listening: P Solving: A Reading: P Rewriting: A Recording: A (but listening back is P) Discussing: A.
Passive Pete: Has not done any active learning – thinks he’s ready for the test, he’s not. Emphasise that his problem is an absence of Active Learning. Active tasks could have told him he’s not ready for the test and should continue to study. Passive only tasks don’t do this.

29. The neural tracks analogy
Information is stored via neuron pathways – connections between brain cells
This analogy deals with connections between gates
What happens to the grass when you drive through a paddock once?
What happens to the grass when you repeatedly drive over the same pathway?
Stay on track – create those neural tracks.
Don’t let the grass grow inside your brain!

30. Repetition – review your notes often
Importance of reviewing your notes to retain information
Regular reviewing of information enables it to be stored in the long term memory.
Comment on each review resulting in better retention. Also the fact that the curves are widening … shows that enough reviews makes the knowledge permanent
Marg: Time axis does not match up with the curves: Yellow curve should start at 24 hrs. Does ‘10 min’ need to be there?

31. Any questions ? Learning preferences Goals Study tips
Managing your time
Big Vs
Small rocks
Smart
Visual
Auditory
Read/write
Kinaesthetic
Practise
Visualize
Re-read, read again
Make notes