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Assessment
of Effective Study Time
Print the table below ... one copy for each day. Keep
track, in blocks of time rounded off to 30 minutes, of the time you spend studying,
working on assignments or doing any other academically-related work. Enter the data
requested in the table. For example, if you did academic work from 1:55 pm
to 3:10 pm, fill in the lines next to 2:00 pm and 2:30 pm. Make notes of where you
were and what you did. Be sure to rate your own sense of effectiveness of
each half-hour segment by using the scale below. It may help to log other activities
like exercise, job, sleep and etc to see if there are patterns.
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3 = highly effective, achieved
a great deal academically
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2 = moderately effective, achieved
a reasonable amount
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1 = barely effective, achieved
something but not much
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0 = not effective, opened books
but achieved basically nothing
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6:00 am
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6:30 am
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6:30 pm
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7:00 am
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7:00 pm
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7:30 am
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7:30 pm
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8:00 am
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8:00 pm
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8:30 am
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8:30 pm
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9:00 am
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9:00 pm
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9:30 am
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9:30 pm
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10:00 am
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10:00 pm
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10:30 am
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10:30 pm
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11:00 am
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11:00 pm
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11:30 am
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11:30 pm
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noon
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midnight
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12:30 pm
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12:30 am
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1:00 pm
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1:00 am
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1:30 pm
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1:30 am
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2:00 pm
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2:00 am
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2:30 pm
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2:30 am
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3:00 pm
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3:00 am
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3:30 pm
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3:30 am
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4:00 pm
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4:00 am
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4:30 pm
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4:30 am
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5:00 pm
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5:00 am
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5:30 pm
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5:30 am
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Daily total hours spent on studying/writing/academic work =
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Study Effectiveness
Assessment
After
one week of logging your activities (7 pages) take some time to examine
your habits. Honestly answer the Study Effectiveness Assessment questions
below. If you are honest, the questions will help you discover useful information
and find ways to make your study time more effective so you can have greater success
in college.
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How many total hours did you study
this past week?
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How many of those hours were at the
highest level of effectiveness?
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What do you notice about the amount of
academic time vs. the amount of time spent on other activities?
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What do you notice about the locations
where you chose to work?
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What do you notice about the times of
day you chose to work?
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What is your level of satisfaction with
the time and effectiveness of your present study habits?
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Overall, what were your most effective
times and locations?
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What do you think accounts for that?
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Do you see any relationship between your
academic effectiveness and factors such as working just before or after your
job, exercising, sleeping and etc?
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What "big things" have you discovered
about your own academic effectiveness and what changes will you make as a result
of your discoveries?
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