Organization and Planning
An important part of academic success is being able to keep track of one’s belongings, assignments, and deadlines. Also, develoing a plan for completing work and improving productivity is empowering and tends to boost confidence and feelings of success. Some feel that half of task completion happens before it begins – in the organization and plan. Once these steps are accomplished, the roadmap for the task is set, and the path to success and completion is more easily followed.
- Learn to manage supplies and space.
- Learn to write and follow steps necessary for completing tasks.
- Learn to break tasks down into smaller steps.
- Learn to use graphic organizers and make outlines for writing tasks.
- Enhance relationship with time, set and meet deadlines, and pace workload.
- Learn to estimate time needed to complete a task.
- Understand distributed vs. massed practice and why studying or completing tasks over time vs. cramming is much more prudent.