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Study Skills Handout
Task Management

The handout below is just one of the many handouts available at the Tutoring Center. If you are having trouble with study skills of any kind, or if you have questions about study skills that are not addressed here, stop in the Student Commons Building, Room 1300, at the Normal campus and talk to a tutor. He/she can provide additional handouts, help you recognize your strengths and weaknesses and help you formulate a plan to develop effective study strategies. To find out when tutors for various courses are available in Pontiac or Lincoln contact the receptionist in Pontiac (815-842-6777) or Lincoln (217-735-1731).

Task Management: Making the Impossible a Possibility/How to Make a Long-Term Goal a Reality

This schedule can be used to help you budget your study time.

The Tutor Program recommends that you discuss time management with a tutor if you find that you are having difficulty budgeting your time.

Check each statement after you have completed the task:

First
 select a long-term goal or major class assignment that you know you will need to complete
Next
 divide the assignment into its component parts
After that
 transfer these tasks to your semester calendar. (Be sure to use pencil.)
Finally
 transfer these tasks to your semester calendar. (Be sure to use pencil.)

The long-term goal/project I would like to complete is:


I can accomplish this long-term goal/project by finishing the following tasks:
by these dates:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.


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Adapted from: Portner, H. & Pauker, R. (1982). How to study less and accomplish more: Time management for students. Nortampton, MA: It's About Time.

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