Case Study: Developing Time Management Skills for Student Success

This case study report emphasizes the critical role of time management for student success, detailing its importance in handling academic pressure and improving efficiency. It explores various methods for students to develop and enhance their time management skills, including setting objectives and agendas, creating schedules, starting tasks early, and setting time limits. The report also highlights the significance of avoiding perfectionism initially, utilizing downtime effectively, celebrating small achievements, and learning to decline distractions. Ultimately, the case study concludes that mastering time management is essential for students to achieve their goals, reduce stress, and enhance their overall academic and professional development. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and study resources for students.

Assessment 2 Individual Case
Study Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Importance of Time Management for Students:..........................................................................3
Ways to Develop & Improve Time Management Skill:..............................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
For a student to succeed and be efficient, effective time management is the most
important skill to be developed and practiced. Thus, the below report explains in detail that why
time management is important for the students and then will enlist & discuss various ways
through which this skill of time management can be learnt and inculcated in their daily lives like
setting objectives and agendas, preparing normal and master schedules, being an early bird and
start working before others, setting time limits and restricting completion of various tasks to a
specific time limit, etc.
MAIN BODY
Importance of Time Management for Students:
Time management simply means managing the limited available time in hand to get the
work done. In context of students, it can be said that it is the most crucial skill to inculcate to be
able to perform well and keep up with the academic and other pressure. This involves managing
time is such a way to avoid the distractions that decreases the efficiency of the students like
social media (Baker and et.al., 2019). This efficient utilization of time also leads to reduction in
the stress as when the time is managed is effectively, the student will be able to complete the
tasks as and when he has planned to. All this reduced stress, handling of pressure and completing
tasks on time will grow a sense of achievement in the student that he is able to fulfil his goals
and objectives in timely manner and that too effectively.
Through such a time management, students will be able to complete their work on time,
ideally manage their engagements with learning part and also, have some surplus time for
carrying on extra co-curricular activities like sports, games, spending time with friends and
families, etc. These extra co-curricular activities are also very helpful in managing the stress and
pressure of academics as it is the way to get refreshed from all the tedious work of studies
(Adams and Blair, 2019). And it is also known that the student who is able to manage his
academics along with other parts of his life is the one who is most efficient and effective in the
practical life.
Good time management skills will result in making the most of the abilities and
capabilities of the students and thus, enjoying the sense of satisfaction in accomplishing their
goals (Galindo-Domínguez and Bezanilla, 2021). And it shall be noted that this is the most
desirable skill to possess while looking for employment or also, being in employment.

Ways to Develop & Improve Time Management Skill:
Now, there are various ways on how a student can improve his skills of time management
which are discussed as follows:
 Making of Schedule and Agenda – Setting an agenda gives an initiation to a specific
project, assignment or even preparation for an exam and thus, the direction in which to go is
set at the beginning. Then making of schedules based on these agendas which allow
prioritization of the important work and resultantly, staying on target with due dates.
 Start working before Others – No one can deny the fact that the person who has started
working early and on time before others without any unnecessary procrastination is always
considered more capable and able. Also, it is known that the alertness towards the work is at
its peak when they are early. This will lead to enhanced productivity and tackling of the
challenges at the most productive time.
 Setting time limits – Setting of feasible and realistic time limits for the tasks in hand to
avoid over utilization of unnecessary time and also prevention of eating up of precious time
allocated to other tasks. This can also be done through using apps and software for time
tracking.
 Avoid perfectionism initially – Attaining perfection in a certain task or assignment
generally leads to wasting of time on details that are otherwise unnecessary and unimportant
(Vinichenko and et.al., 2018). Thus, instead of attaining perfection at first go just trying to
get the work started is preferable as the improvements for perfection can be made later on.
 Effective utilization of downtime – Downtime i.e., time when you cannot actually formally
sit and study or work can be utilized for other activities like practice for a upcoming
presentation, thinking and making of plan for the studies to be done while being on a public
transport.
 Small celebrations make big difference – Celebrating for accomplishment of smaller but
important goals keeps the spirits alive and positive energy flowing. Such a celebration need
not be big or expensive, just a small healthy way of rewarding or celebration will work
wonders.
 Say no – It is very important to learn how to say no to the people who are pure distractions
and to the activities which do not form part of the priorities set for specific goals and
objectives like completion of assignment, studying for exam, passing an exam, etc.

Thus, it can be said that time management is tremendously beneficial to the students who
are wisely and honestly inculcating this habit in their daily lives no matter what level of studies
and academics they are pursuing (10 WAYS TO IMPROVE TIME MANAGEMENT FOR
STUDENTS, 2022). It will surely help them to achieve goals faster. It will help them to prioritize
their work and so they will be able to get the work done in lesser time and lesser stress. It will
prevent procrastination and boost self – confidence and renders improvement in the career
opportunities.
CONCLUSION
Conclusively, it cannot be denied that first and foremost skills to learn and develop to be
successful in the student phase of life and even in the employment phase of life is time
management. Thus, the above report enlists the importance of time management in the life of a
student and then explains various ways through which the skill of time management can be
developed and improved by the students to perform at their full potential and ability like avoid
wasting time in making a task perfect and at least starting it, saying no to the activities and
people who are less prioritized, etc.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Adams, R. V. and Blair, E., 2019. Impact of time management behaviors on undergraduate
engineering students’ performance. Sage Open. 9(1). p.2158244018824506.
Baker, R. and et.al., 2019. Does inducing students to schedule lecture watching in online classes
improve their academic performance? An experimental analysis of a time management
intervention. Research in Higher Education. 60(4). pp.521-552.
Galindo-Domínguez, H. and Bezanilla, M. J., 2021. Promoting time management and self-
efficacy through digital competence in university students: A mediational
model. Contemporary Educational Technology. 13(2). p. ep294.
Vinichenko, M. V. and et.al., 2018. Influence of time management on the state of health of
students and the quality of their life. Modern Journal of Language Teaching
Methods. 8(5). pp.166-184.
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