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EXAMPLES OF SELF-MANAGEMENT STUDIES 307ANALYSIS OF SELF-MANAGEMENT STUDY #1Self-Observation and Evaluation
Strengths. The student did an excellent job organizing this section of his
paper. The headings he provides makes it easy to follow how he identified
and ultimately diagnosed his problem. Furthermore, the evidence he provided
support his claim that he has difficulty persisting at tasks and managing his
effort. Finally, unlike the other case studies printed in this appendix, this stu-
dent provides a historical analysis of how his problem developed, starting in
junior high.Areas for Improvement. The student discusses the fact that he identified his
problem through his procrastination of tasks. Unfortunately, we do not know
the extent of his procrastination. Here he could have improved his study by
adding an analysis of his use of time that includes when he starts and com-
pletes assignments in relation to when assignments are due.Goal Setting and Strategic Planning
Strengths. The student sets a SMART goal to complete a term paper in five
days and effectively breaks this goal down into a series of manageable daily
tasks. Both the strategies he plans to implement and the methods he plans
to use to record his progress are logical.Areas for Improvement. The student originally discussed the fact that he
tends to procrastinate on tasks. Although he did a good job selecting strate-
gies that will help him combat this problem, he did not include a method
for monitoring his procrastination throughout the course of his study. In
addition, he could have improved his study by specifying a date and time
when he would check his progress to see if his strategies and data collection
methods were working.Strategy Implementation and Monitoring
Strengths. Through his journals, the student monitors his progress toward
his daily goals. When the student fails to meet his goal on Saturday, he
decides to modify both his plan (i.e., to estimate the amount of time it will
take him to accomplish a task and use this as a deadline) and his daily goal
for the next day (i.e., to complete three pages of the paper in a 5-hour block
of time the next day). This enabled him to make up for lost time and suc-
cessfully accomplish his goal—completing his paper in 5 days.Areas for Improvement. The student mentions that he needed to find ways to
manage distractions (e.g., being tired, taking long study breaks, and working
on assignments from other courses) that contributed to his procrastinating.