Importance of Time Management for Students in Higher Education

This report highlights the significance of time management for students in higher education. It explains how time management helps students achieve success in different areas of their education and increase productivity. The report also discusses how time management skills help students develop confidence and competitiveness, and build a positive reputation during their educational journey.

Assessment 2:
Individual Case
Study Report
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
 CONCLUSION......................................................................................................................6
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
The concept of managing time helps individuals focus on their work and achieve targets.
It is also advised to students to develop their time management capabilities so that they are able
to cope up with the stress and workload of higher education. Students face various difficulties
when completing higher education as it is an entirely new environment for students when
compared to their education in schools completing their initial education. Students who have
succeeded in achieving high performance during their higher education journey have effective
time management skills (von Keyserlingk and et. al., 2022). This report is based on the case
study topic that effective time management is essential for success of a student. Time
management plays an important role in students successfully studying. This report identifies the
reasons which make dam management and important and essential skill for students. The factors
which make management useful for students are described in this report in context of higher
education success.
MAIN BODY
Time management skills provide students ability to manage their time effectively by
organizing, planning and scheduling daily tasks so that they are able to achieve high quality
results under target period. Time management is needed by students because it helps them eat a
disciplined life. Students are able to maintain their sleep cycle and complete all of their tasks in a
timely manner so that their day is productive (Shin and Hickey, 2021). In addition to this
discipline brought about by time management skills helps students maintain punctuality for
various events. All these benefits help student perform effectively in academic and extra-
curricular areas during their high school education. Students are able to use the discipline
introduced by time management during their classroom activities, which further promotes better
performance in their studies. In this way, effective time management skills help students improve
their educational performance in different areas and get the best results from their studying
experience.
Time management helps students improve their reputation during their educational years.
Students are able to maintain punctuality as well as confidence in various activities because of
time management as they utilize their time effectively to learn knowledge. This makes them
more confident about their abilities and strengths and time management also helps students be
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punctual for various activities (Rotas and Cahapay, 2021). This helps students build a positive
reputation about them during their educational years. This type of positive reputation can also
help students get more opportunities for building their skill set and getting opportunities to
advance their career, even during their educational. Students become more disciplined with the
help of time management, which further promotes their reputation of being responsible and
completing their tasks in high quality. Time management is not only about completing tasks
under a given time, but also completing the tasks without compromising on its quality.
As time management promotes quality work, students are able to build a reputation that
they complete quality work in a timely manner. This type of repetition helps them get more
opportunities to advance their academic career. Students remain focused on task at hand because
of time management skills (Oreopoulos and et. al., 2022). They are able to avoid delay and
distraction with the help of effective time management tools. For daytime management is an
example of a suitable time management tool which can help students stay committed to their
responsibilities and complete them according to the deadline. This type of focus helps students
achieve larger life goals and professional goals. In this way, students are able to work on their
career and personal life while attending their educational experiences with the help of effective
time management. Thus, time management is essential for overall growth of students, as it helps
them commit to responsibilities related to their education, personal life, or career development.
Time management is beneficial for students as it helps them achieve higher productivity
on a daily basis. Students gain a higher output as they are able to efficiently work through their
daily personal tasks and commitment towards professional acquaintances without affecting their
schedule for academic activities (Hoyt and et. al., 2021). It also promotes competitive spirit of
students as they are able to use the daily 24 hours' time period available to them more effectively
as compared to their peers. Effective time management skills are also related to high energy of
students. This is because the usage of time management skills to improve daily schedules and
timely completion of activities help students remain energetic even at the end of the day, as
compared to when students take stress and are not able to complete activities in a timely manner.
This can also be attributed to the fact that students with effective time management are able to
get enough sleep and fulfill their nutritional requirements with the help of time management.
Time management involves planning in advance so that tasks can be completed in a
systematic and serial manner (Ahmad, 2021). This helps students get more done in less time as
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they are following systematic procedures to complete their academic or even personal tasks. This
involves creating plans for their learning schedules and following the plan with great detail so
that they are able to learn specific portions of their academic material under certain time. This
type of systematic planning, facilitated by time management, helps students achieve much more
in their daily life and attain their goals Related to their education quickly.
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 CONCLUSION
From the above report, it is determined that time management is required by students to
effectively achieve success in different areas of their education whether it is extra-curricular
activities or male academic activities. Time management is beneficial for students as it increases
their productivity and helps them get them more activities in less time. In addition to this, they
are also able to develop confidence and competitiveness because of time management. Finally,
time management skills need to be increased in students as it helps them complete tasks in high
quality and get a positive reputation in their educational journey. Punctuality and discipline are
two traits introduced by effective time management in students which support them throughout
their academic journey and also help them achieve great success after the completion of their
academic journey.
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REFRENCES
Books and Journals
Ahmad, C. V., 2021. College students' perspective towards lecturers' work ethics. Indonesian
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Hoyt and et. al., 2021. “Constant stress has become the new normal”: stress and anxiety
inequalities among US college students in the time of COVID-19. Journal of Adolescent
Health, 68(2). pp.270-276.
Oreopoulos and et. al., 2022. Low-touch attempts to improve time management among
traditional and online college students. Journal of Human Resources, 57(1). pp.1-43.
Rotas, E. and Cahapay, M., 2021. From stress to success: Exploring how Filipino students cope
with remote learning amid COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and
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Shin, M. and Hickey, K., 2021. Needs a little TLC: Examining college students’ emergency
remote teaching and learning experiences during COVID-19. Journal of Further and
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von Keyserlingk and et. al., 2022. Stress of university students before and after campus closure
in response to COVID‐19. Journal of community psychology, 50(1). pp.285-301.
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