Time Management Masters
This executive skill helps you estimate how long tasks will take
What is time awareness/time estimation?
This executive skill involves keeping track of materials and information
What is organization?
This executive skill helps you concentrate on important tasks while ignoring distractions
What is sustained attention or focus?
This study technique involves testing yourself instead of just re-reading notes
What is active recall or self-testing?
his executive skill helps you think ahead and prepare for upcoming tasks
What is planning or forward thinking?
Name two specific strategies for avoiding procrastination
What are breaking tasks into smaller parts, using timers, or starting with easiest parts?
Name the three-folder system for managing schoolwork
What are "To Do," "Doing," and "Done" folders?
Name three environmental changes that can improve focus during studying
What are removing phones, finding quiet spaces, having good lighting, or using noise-canceling headphones?
Name the steps of the SQ3R reading strategy
What are Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review?
Name the four steps of effective problem-solving
What are identify the problem, brainstorm solutions, evaluate options, and implement the best choice?
This study technique involves working for 25 minutes, then taking a 5-minute break
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
Explain why color-coding your materials helps with organization
What is it creates visual cues that help your brain quickly identify and sort information?
This attention strategy involves switching between different subjects every 30-45 minutes
What is interleaving or subject rotation?
This memory technique connects new information to things you already know
What is elaborative rehearsal or making connections?
This planning tool helps you work backward from a due date to create a timeline
What is backward planning or reverse timeline?
Explain why creating a daily schedule helps with executive functioning
What is it provides structure, reduces decision fatigue, and helps prioritize tasks?
Describe two ways to organize digital files for school projects
What are creating folders by subject, using clear file names with dates, or organizing by due dates?
Explain why multitasking actually hurts your learning and focus
What is it forces your brain to constantly switch contexts, reducing efficiency and increasing errors?
Explain why spacing out your study sessions is more effective than cramming
What is spaced repetition strengthens long-term memory and reduces forgetting?
Explain why breaking large projects into smaller milestones improves success
What is it makes tasks feel manageable, provides regular progress checks, and prevents overwhelm?
The method of alternating short focused work sessions with short breaks to stay productive is called the ____.
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
When you review your notes or tasks at the end of the week to make sure everything is done, this is called ____.
What is weekly review or reflection?
This technique involves noticing when your mind wanders and gently bringing it back to the task.
What is mindfulness or self-monitoring attention?
Describe how to create an effective concept map for studying
What is starting with main topic in center, adding related concepts with connecting lines, and showing relationships between ideas?
Describe three questions you should ask when evaluating potential solutions to a problem
What are "Will this solve the root cause?", "What are the potential consequences?", and "Do I have the resources to implement this?"