Introduction
Academics often talk about self-regulation in learning. This is a fancy way to say that successful learners regulate (control) themselves: their thoughts, their emotions, their motivations, and their actions. This includes skills like time management, emotion regulation, planning, and attention/focus while learning. Time management is key to being successful in college. In the first assessment, you'll consider how you spend your time, where more time could be awarded, and also where some activities could be allocated less time to adjust for new school activities. This exercise can also be used beyond this course to ensure a successful and balanced college career.
Assessment Instructions
Use the Time Management Exercise [DOCX] (attached here)to fill out your schedule, hour by hour. Include all activities currently part of your life that take any time and be sure to include Capella activities such as studying and completing weekly work due. The table will expand as you type.
Make sure you complete the following:
- Create a schedule to accommodate schoolwork for your current career goal in the field of psychology.
- Fill out the table by planning your week. Be sure to include both time for schoolwork and your personal responsibilities as you work towards your career goal.
- Answer the questions below the table in complete sentences. Discuss the following in your answers:
- Identify your current career goal.
- Identify highest and lowest priorities. Include three of your highest priorities andthree of your lowest priorities.
- How do you choose where your time goes when a time management conflict arises?
- What activities do you think you will need to decrease the time given?
- Identify activities that will be replaced by schoolwork.
- As things come up in your life, what activities can be shifted so schoolwork can be completed?
- Develop a plan to manage schedule changes. Include how you would plan for scheduling conflicts, problems, and technology issues.
- If you have time management conflicts between these priorities, how will you decide where your time goes?
- When something comes up that you must handle, identify what activities in your plan will be replaced so you can do schoolwork.
- When you have computer, internet or electrical power problems, what is your backup plan and will this add time to your schedule?
- Describe changes needed for future time management planning.
- Reflect on your current time management. What changes could you make for future time management planning?
Refer to the scoring guide to ensure that your work meets the grading criteria for this assessment.
Submission Requirements
Save the completed Time Management Exercise as a Word document (.doc or .docx) on your computer. Then, attach a copy of this document as your assessment submission.