Hope College Time Management Tools
Semester Planning Calendars
(Our most requested time management tool – now in Excel to allow for
your personal edits using any computer!)
Semester
Planning Calendar (Fall 2013)
Semester
Planning Calendar (undated version)
Save a copy of either version of the Semester Planning Calendar
to your computer and you will be able to make your own entries
and edits to it throughout the semester! Simply open the version
you saved using Excel. Under the “VIEW” menu, click
on “TOOLBARS” and check “STANDARD,” “FORMATTING,” and “REVIEWING.” This
will allow you to change font, font color, highlight text, etc.
You may also wish to print out a copy of your Semester Planner
on paper larger than standard 11” x 8 ½” printer
paper. This can be done through CopyWorks!, Hope’s on-campus
copy center. Some students even order a poster size copy, laminate
it, and then write on it with erasable colored markers. The link
to CopyWorks! is:
http://www.hope.edu/resources/copyworks/
Weekly Planners
(to print and then edit by hand)
Calendar I
Calendar II
Calendar III
Calendar IV
Calendar V
Information to Increase Your Academic Success
How to Study Long and Hard and Still Fail…or How
to Get the Most Out of Studying
by Dr. Sanford Chew, Professor of Psychology at Samford University
This series of highly acclaimed short videos, each only 7-8
minutes in length, explains that if you use ineffective or
inefficient ways of studying, you may study long and hard and
still fail; however, if you change your approach to use effective
strategies, you will get the most learning out of your study
time and be more likely to succeed.
Video 1: Beliefs That Make You Fail…Or Succeed
The first video examines common mistaken beliefs students often possess that
undermine their learning. The video tries to correct those misconceptions
with accurate beliefs about learning.
Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH95h36NChI&feature=related
Video 2: What Students Should Understand About
How People Learn
The second video introduces a simple but powerful theory of memory, Levels
of Processing, that can help students improve their study.
Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O7y7XEC66M&feature=related
Video 3: Cognitive Principles for Optimizing Learning
The third video operationalizes the concept of level of processing into four
principles that students can use to develop effective study strategies.
Video 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xeHh5DnCIw&feature=related
Video 4: Putting the Principles for Optimizing
Learning into Practice
The fourth video applies the principles of deep processing to common study
situations, including note taking and highlighting while reading.
Video 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9GrOxhYZdQ&feature=related
Video 5: I Blew the Exam, Now What?
This video addresses exactly what students should and should not do when
they earn a bad grade on an exam.
Video 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QVRiMkdRsU&feature=related
General Advice
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/suppmat/learning_your_first_job.pdf
(an article by the late Robert Leamnson, Professor at the University of
Massachusetts, Dartmouth MA)
The Unabridged Student
Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection
The pamphlet collection
is listed at http://www.dr-bob.org/vpc/index.html (a
collection of informational virtual pamphlets on assorted
topics authored by numerous sources and compiled by
Dr. Robert Hsiung, MD of the University of Chicago)
Goal Setting, Motivation, Time Management, and Environmental
Control
Creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals for Academic Success
You stand a greater chance of achieving your goals if they are Specific,
Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Tangible. Consult the following
resources for more information:
http://www.housing.sc.edu/ace/pdf/ASR/CreatingSMARTGoals.pdf (from
Paul J. Meyer's "Attitude Is Everything" as
posted on the University of South Carolina Academic
Centers for Excellence web page)
http://www.mindtools.com/page6.html (as
found at MindTools.com)
Motivation and Will
The link below provides a motivation quiz, as well as suggestions for getting
back on track (as found on the web page HowToStudy.org coordinated by
Lucy Tribble MacDonald)
http://www.howtostudy.org/resources_skill.php?id=4
Overcoming Procrastination
http://www.counselingcenter.illinois.edu/?page_id=111 (from
the Counseling Center - http://www.counselingcenter.illinois.edu)
http://www.utdallas.edu/counseling/procrastination/ (practical
strategies for preventing procrastination from the University
of Texas-Dallas Counseling Center)
Guidelines to Better Time Management
http://www.sass.umn.edu/pdfs/I%20Active%20Learning/The%20Savvy%20Student/C%204.2.3%20Checklist%20of%20Time%20Use%20Problems.pdf (a
questionnaire regarding your use of time complete with directions
to help you in carrying through your resolve to manage your
study time better – from the University Counseling & Consulting
Services at the University of Minnesota)
How to Master Stress
http://cmhc.utexas.edu/stressrecess/index.html (welcome
to “Stress Recess” – a fun, interactive web
page with ways to reduce and manage your stress – from
the University of Texas at Austin Counseling & Mental Health
Center)
Control of the Environment
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/control.html (how
to set up your study environment for maximum results – from
the Cook Counseling Center at Virginia Tech)
Perfectionism
http://www.counselingcenter.illinois.edu/?page_id=113 (identifies
causes of perfectionism and what to do about them – from
the Counseling Center at the University of Illinois)
