Chapter 4&5

You have an exam this afternoon and are going to drive to school early to get a bit of study time in at the computer lab. Your car won't start because the battery is dead. There are no busses that would get you to school and your friends and family can't give you a ride. Getting a jump start for the car and a new battery would be considered what type of task according to the Eisenhower Matrix?

• Important/Urgent

• Important/Not Urgent

• Unimportant/Urgent

• Unimportant/Not Urgent

You tend to do your best work under stress and often leave important tasks until the last moment. Although you wait until the last moment to get your work done, you can stay focused for hours and get your tasks accomplished by the deadline, but barely! According to the text, your time management style is likely:

• Early Bird

• Balancing Act

• Pressure Cooker

• Improviser

Successful students plan this amount of study time for every hour of class they are taking:

• 30 minutes

• 1 hour

• 2-3 hours

• 10 hours

When using a planner, you should plan out your activities for the next week right down to the number of minutes you plan to spend on each activity.

• True

• False

An effective way to plan out large class projects is to start with the due date and work backwards, setting small, achievable steps towards the final goal

• True

• False

To make effective use of to-do lists

• Keep list items general in nature, rather than specific

• Put the most important tasks at the top of the list

• Avoid checking your to-do list too often

• Write down every single task on your list, no matter how insignificant

Effective time management strategies include

• Break down large tasks into smaller, manageable pieces

• Do an easy task first to get started on a big project

• Include time to spend with family, friends and having time to yourself

• All of the answers are correct

You should try and study in the same physical space so that this space becomes associated with the habit of studying

• True

• False

Some important factors to consider when choosing a dedicated study space are:

• That the space is totally quiet with minimum noise

• That the space is usually available when needed and meets your psychological needs

• The space is close to places to get coffee or a light snack

• That the space allows a good phone connection so you can check messages

Which statement is true of multitasking according to the textbook:

• Multitasking can increase a student's efficiency in getting homework finished

• We can accomplish several important tasks at once by multitasking

• Research suggests that multitasking leads to shorter attention spans and can increase stress hormones

• Checking text messages can help relieve some of the boredom of reading assignments