Submitted by: Kelly DiMaggio
Lesson Title: Assessing Your Time Management Skills
Goals/Objectives:
- To show students how much time can be wasted in a week.
- To help the students see how much time they think they are spending on certain activities as compared to what they are actually spending.
- To give the students suggestions about how to spend their time wisely.
Student Preparation:
Prior to class students will:
- Make estimations on how much time they spend in class, studying, socializing, working, etc.
- Track a timeline of their activities for a week to bring to class.
Materials/Resources:
- Timeline Worksheet
- Time Assessment Worksheet
- Pen or Pencil
Outline of Lesson:
- The students will be asked to record how much time they think they spend doing different activities throughout the week (studying, socializing, working, etc.)
- The instructor or peer leader will collect these estimations and keep them for a week.
- The students will be given a timeline and will be asked to track their upcoming week.
- One week later the estimations will be redistributed to the students and compared to their timelines. Students can be asked to share with their results with the class.
- The peer leader can then facilitate a discussion on how to avoid wasting time during the week and can answer student questions.
- The students are then given a worksheet with questions about how they spend their time. (See attached worksheet) The results are then discussed among the class.
- Final thoughts and questions can be shared with each other to make sure that all students have a full understanding of time management.
Assessment/Outcomes:
After this lesson the students should be able to manage their time better or come to the realization that they already have good time management skills. This activity gives the students a close look at how they are spending their time. This is a good way to get the students talking because more than likely they will realize that they spend their time doing the same things. It is a good way to get the students to connect as a class.
Assessing Your Time Management Skills
For each set of statements below, circle the number of the one that best describes you.
- I like my watch to be set exactly to the correct time
- I like my watch to be set a few minutes ahead of time
- Most of the time, I don’t wear a watch
- I tend to arrive to most functions at least 5 minutes early.
- I tend to arrive at most functions exactly on time.
- I tend to arrive at most functions a little late.
- I tend to walk and talk quite fast.
- I tend to take my time.
- I tend to walk and talk slowly.
- I like to finish assignments and reports with a little time to spare.
- I tend to finish assignments and reports exactly on the due dates.
- I sometimes finish assignments and reports a little late.
- I rarely spend more than one hour eating a meal.
- I sometimes spend more than an hour eating a meal.
- I usually spend more than an hour eating a meal.
- I never watch more than 1_ hours of TV on a weeknight.
- I sometimes watch more than 1_ hours of TV on a weeknight.
- I always watch more than 1_ hours of TV on a weeknight.
- I never spend more than an hour surfing the Web at one time.
- I sometimes spend more than an hour surfing the Web at one time.
- I always spend more than an hour surfing the Web at one time.
- I rarely spend more than 15 minutes at a time on the phone.
- I sometimes spend more than 15 minutes at a time on the phone.
- I always spend more than 15 minutes at a time on the phone.
Now add up the numbers that you have circled: _________
The higher the total, the more you need to work on your time management skills.
