Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success : A Self-management Approach

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TIME MANAGEMENT 161

Strategy implementation and monitoring. What strategies

did I use to improve my time management? When did I use

these strategies? What method(s) did I use to record my

progress (e.g., documents, charts, logs, tally sheets, check-

lists, or recordings)? When did I use these methods? How

and when did I monitor my progress to determine if my new

time-management plan was working? What changes, if any,

did I make along the way?

Strategic-outcome monitoring. Did I attain the goal(s) I set

for myself? Have the modifications in my time management

improved my academic performance or personal life? What

strategies were the most and least effective? What changes,

if any, do I need to make in the future?

3. Identify Your Escapist Techniques

On a separate sheet of paper, create a chart using the following

headings and jot down all of the methods you use in a 1-week period

to avoid doing your work. What can you do to keep from repeating

these avoidance patterns (taken from Van Blerkom, 1994, p. 52)?

Date Assignment

or Study

Task

What did

I do to

escape?

Why did I

want to

escape?

What

strategies

can I use to

keep from

trying to

escape my

work?