Time Management Research Paper
Time Management Research Paper
“ASSESSING
TIME
MANAGEMENT
SKILLS OF THE
STUDENTS”
Michael Cye R. Salem
Mico Embay
Michael dela Torre
Ariel Joaquino
NAME
CHAPTER I:
Background of the Study
Time is defined as the duration in which all things happen, or a precise instant
that something happens.It is also the the measured or measurable period during
space. It is not something we can see, touch, or taste, but we can measure its
passage.(ThoughtCo 2019)
this resource that everyone possesses equally and paying sufficient emphasis
to planning (Macan, Shahani, Dipboye & Phillips, 2000). Though effective and
efficient use of time varies with respect to the tasks performed, the further
increase in the level of knowledge and skills expected from modern employees
has further increased the necessity of time planning. The road to success in
social life passes through effective and efficient working which is only possible
people from as early as their elementary education to plan and manage time
organizations and directors to use time effectively and stipulates the search to
your time between specific activities. Good time management enables you to work
smarter – not harder – so that you get more done in less time, even when time is
tight and pressures are high. Failing to manage your time damages your
effectiveness and causes stress.It seems that there is never enough time in the day.
But, since we all get the same 24 hours, why is it that some people achieve so much
more with their time than others? The answer lies in good time management,but that
is not what happened right these days in the lives of the students.
Time management helps you to identify the tasks that use your time most
already been the life that a certain student will going to have.You might be stress or
depress because of the non-stop work that you need to comply,you might get lack of
sleep and get tired the whole day,and embracing another problem if you got
home.But all those things that can be possibly encounter can be lessen if we do
Most of successful people or the high achievers aims to have a fruitful life
important for students to get high marks. Majority of students who use time
management eventually got high marks because it’s a big factor for them in doing it
in the early age of time.According to Smith Phillip,students who has lack of time
management or do not apply the right application of managing their time got stress
Time management shapes the student’s mind into the direction of discipline
school life to become better students. Managing your time properly can make your
life being in the right path and will be an efficient skill in a students life.If you always
discipline and do have limitation in everything then it will be easier to apply time
management,and also,it is not just all about using it but it talks about how wise are
you as a student.
Prioritizing the important things is the best way as well to imply time
management within you.(Bobby,2016) But through that you must first discipline
yourself and learn to control things that can only give your work delayed.According to
Bobby also,if you truly honor the time,you must not waste it,because wasting time,is
like wasting gold.Right these days,most of the students,only know these words
through their minds but not on their realization which has a big difference of course.
Students get a minimum of one year’s time to pass one class. One whole
year’s time students spend on completing the syllabus, doing homework, giving
exams. Some students only start studying seriously when the exam dates are near.
If students manage their time for studying as early as they begin a new class and
study regularly by the following timetable then it helps them to accomplish more in
necessarily have the skills in acquiring time management,eventually that they just
make their works near or during the deadline even if it was given in a long period of
time,which has a negative effect on the students.Though it’s easy for us to waste
time,we must always put in our minds that this skill or ability can made a large impact
LNHS,who claims to have time management on their own,and also for the students
who has struggles in managing their time.This research is also to assess the
students in adapting the time management on their lives because it can help them
management and academic outputs is due to lack of easiness and of costly ways of
collecting data. Driven by this fact, particular emphasis has been paid in the
attitudes and behaviors related to time and its management (Karim, Sevari,Mitra
& Kandy, 2015). Necessity of time management do have a big impact on a person’s
desired future,but still,it’s not an easy task for us to just put it within ourselves,it
Highschool.
The study was focused to find the answers of the following questions:
1.1 Age
1.2 Sex
1.3 Achiever (With Honor/With High Honor)
a) Using Time Management b) Not Using Time Management
1.4 Non-Achiever
a) Use Time Management b) Not Using Time Management
2) What are the common factors that affect students in managing their time?
3) What are the possible effects for those students who did not apply time
management?
4) What are the perceive importance of time management towards students’
academic performance?
Conceptual Framework
Conceptual Framework
Stress THEORIES
“Not putting
limitations on
using gadgets
like cellphones”
Diagram 1: Conceptual Framework
Time management has it’s big importance in every day life but many people
just don’t see it the way that it must be seen by many,eventually on the students who
don’t give importance about time.There are ways in order to achieve this one,but you
must need to have high motivation and self – discipline because it’s a big factor for
Applying and not applying time management on the students has it’s effect on
Johnson,if you will expose yourself using time management skill in doing your
assignments,or your projects,you can possibly done it with no worries,but if you will
not motivate yourself in having ths,there might be an instance that you just want
Time management has it’s bad effects if not be implied ,probably some major
impacts on the students who waste their time in school,just like being stress,depress,
or having problem every night causing of lack of sleep,which are some of the
reasons students can’t properly handle their studies and their academic
performance,that’s why managing your time in the right way must be occupy as early
as possible.
Considering a person not applying time management can have a deep impact
happens,and it does not only affects our physical health,but our mental health as
well,but how could we able to sleep well if there are still works that must need to be
done because of not making it in the day that it was given?Almost 19,000 people
have obstructive sleep apnea that likely suffer from clinical depression.
Certain reasons clarifies why most of the students did not inquire time
faces this what we called “Behavioral Problems”,which most in the cases is the
things or abusing it is also one of the reason why it is hard for the students to
comply their school works,because things,most likely gadgets,eats most of their time
that’s why when the deadline comes near,that’s the time where students do their
assigned tasks which is hard for them to do because of the short time remains,that
In order to face problems being a students you must have your weapon in
facing it to avoid the earlier mentioned effects.Good time management skill will be a
big benefit for the students because it allows you to accomplish more in a shorter
period of time,which leads more free time,which let’s you take advantage of learning
opportunities,lower your stress and helps you focus,which leads to more career
To properly manage time, one needs to know the level of importance that
each activity holds. The Bucket of Rocks theory (also referred to as the Pickle Jar
Theory) offers insight into the order in which a person should work on his activities
(Mancini 2003). The theory proposes that you put big rocks in a bucket (this will
represent the important thing) and then you fill it up with pebbles followed by sand
and then water. The smaller substances represent increasingly unimportant tasks
(Forsyth 2010).
This basically means that prioritizing necessary things than the unnecessary
things must be obliged by the doer so that problem and stress can be prevented.This
theory offers insight into the order,in which person should work on his activities.
things (big stones) first and then move on to the less important things (pebbles and
sand) and finally if we have the tie, we can do the unimportant things (water)In order
also to use time more effectively, a person needs to prioritize on the tasks that need
or the less important things first,we will not have the space to do the important things
in our lives.
Prioritizing the most important things can literally help you to manage time
well,and in terms of prioritizing, the ABC system developed by Alan Lakein can
provide an efficient means for prioritizing. He demonstrates that using the ABC
tasks with highest urgency,B the tasks that have low urgency but are of important
and C being tasks that are not urgent and whose completion can be postponed.This
theory explains that because of time’s availability may not be sufficient for all the
activities that needs to be done,you must make a list for what must the task that
From the ABC list, one can ask themselves questions such as “I’m I putting of
an A priority because it is unpleasant?” From the ABC list, one can ask themselves
manage to achieve the C priority tasks before they become A’s?” Such questions will
result in insights being gained into how to accomplish the most important and critical
tasks first.
ABC System Theory tells us that in able to manage our time,we must have
prioritize things through making a list or a set,but how would we able to do that if
approach that is based on the premise that one learns the most by reviewing how
they handled the day and applying these lessons to the next day’s behavior (Forsyth
2010). This theory argues that a retrospective analysis of activities done represents
a more behavior changing approach to dealing with situations in life. Mancini (2003,
strategy”.
This theory definitely embraces all about the particular behaviour that must
taken place in order to manage your time properly.Also it mainly talks about
changing your behaviour whenever you realize that it is not right,this must be
undergone in most of the students who ignores time and just relying for being who
they are.As such,while the inventory system is not in itself a time-saving measure,it
must.Putting this in part of our conceptual framework has it’s 'major role within our
topic choose,even in a simple word but it has it’s own function,definitely on the
students who don’t have time management on their own .According to the Belief Net
2009,the essence of time management is for you to discipline yourself to set clear
priorities, and then to stick to those priorities. You must consciously and deliberately
select the most valuable and important thing that you could be doing at any given
time, and then discipline yourself to work solely on that task.A student will definitely
continually on their top tasks, leading them to spend more and more time on task of
(Time Tech,2018) Consequences will took a big part in time management eventually
if you don’t give importance to the work you do,it mainly says that in getting
through against your natural resistance, and complete a major task, you get an
and higher self-esteem. In completing major task,you always feel like you are the
winner in a race because of your motivation to win,and also adapting the self-
discipline within you.The more you discipline in using your time well,the happier you
will and the better quality in living your life up to your future.
Our conceptual framework showed the effects of using and not using time
the factors why students cannot easily apply this on their own,and how would they
This study aims to assess time management skill on the students of Grade 11
school works.
Selected Grade 11 GAS students will be the respondents of the study about
CHAPTER II:
This part of the paper presents the gathered data from different sources that
aided the researchers in conducting the research “Assessing Time Mangement Skill
on Studens” of Libagon National Highschool.
Time management is usually viewed from the perspective of effiency,develop
effective time management skills comes with practice. The purpose of our research
is to avoid some common pitfalls by the students becoming aware of some causes
for mismanaging time and some of the solutions. There are some related literature
that tackles on this matter.
Time is a finite commodity and its proper use may lead to increased
their time is one of the key causes of success or failure in a person’s life. It is
Study found that time is a vital resource everyone possesses but fails to utilize
at the same level due to a variety of reasons. All the material and human resources
transformed as time goes on; yet the only asset that cannot be changed or
purchased or stored is “time” itself. He has been demonstrated that there exists a
positive significant relation between students’ grade point averages and the time
attitudes sub-dimension and between financial accounting grades and the long-
that students’ time management skills affect their GPA-course achievement and
these skills are one of the predictors of grade point averages and financial
person to document how time is spent currently. Mancini (2003) suggests that a
person should first recognize the kinds of choices that they are making with regard to
time usage at the moment. An activity log is one of the tools which can assist in
there was the kind of learning that includes an explanation of everything. On the
other hand, when students enter university, they find out that what they learn is a
lecture, that only includes superficial information and the rest is their job to know
about and explore further (Britton & Tesser, 2001). Time management is a skill that
every student should not only know, but also apply. A lot of university students
complain about running out of time when asked to do a certain task, they get
frustrated because they are not able to make it before the deadline.
and controlling of all project activities (This Time,2009).In order to apply this one,you
need to make steps and plans in how do you manage your schedule,the following
durations,Develop the project schedule and lastly,you must control your schedule:
highschool students because it will boost their grades and enhance their productivity
(Laurie & Hellsten, 2002). However, most of the time students face problems like
task aversion and uncertainty, so they start to procrastinate because they are lack in
As we can see, time management is quite essential to any highschool student, and it
Prof. Mehnaz Kaushar(2013) in his study found that development many times
college students have not had to manage their time efficiently prior to college
because they are bright and weren’t really challenged in high school. His study
mainly also talks about the discipline and the persistence of a particular student in
order to get the job done.Also,he mentioned this study more on the behaviour of a
From all we know,time is the one who controls us,and we are not the one who
controls it,that’s why time can does it all. According to Chron 2019,time is consider
as money,that’s why we must consider the tasks that time most use in a effective
way.The tasks that don’t fall high on your priority list could be just what someone
matter most and group similar tasks together.It is easy for us to manage time if we
put the quality of our work in everyday life,our minds work better when they’re not
jumping from one thing to the next in a panicked way,so the quality of your particular
time can be made more productive if they have good personal communication skills
(Cole 2003, 236). Being assertive will assist managers to better utilize their time
since they will say no to non-critical requests that derail them from following their
schedule. Turner (cited in Cole 2003, p.235) defines assertion as “the capacity to
express our ideas, opinions or feelings openly and directly without putting down
actions (Butler & Hope 2007). In many instances, people find it difficult to say “no”
since they feel that doing this is being uncooperative or selfish. A person will
therefore say “yes” to requests that require his time and effort. This may result in
Time management has it’s own effects,eventually on the students who aims to
apply this one on themselves.When you learn to take control of your time,you
accomplish more with less effort if you successfully use time management in your
student’s life.If you have this skill,you can enhanced efficiency,because you don’t
lose momentum.
Whether you rely on a time chuncking technique ot discover the power of list
making,you’ll soon find that a nice side benefit of good time management skills is the
ability to make better decision.(Mandit,2005) Accomplishing this skill might help you
to improved decision-making ability,as managing your time in the right way can
lessen the stress and also you can think peacefully of what will be your first or you
next move,and it’s a good thing if you have this being a student.Through effective
time management,you can eliminate the pressure that comes from feeling like you
Studies also found that to the relationship between the time management
achievements. The data was collected from the students of Qurtuba University of
Science and Technology to analyze that how effectively they are managing their time
for achieving their academic standards.( Shazia Nasrullah and Muhammad Saqib
Khan(2015)
In the present day,students got eventually stress after school because of the
assigned tasks that they could not able to handle because of it’s number,and it
became harder for them also,because they did not manage their time as well .When
the time comes to examine options and make a decision,instead of rushing through
the process,you can take time to carefully consider each option,and when you able
to do that,you diminish your chances of making bad decision,if you can apply time
allows you to control of your life rather than following the flow of others.As you
accomplish more each day,make more sound decision,and feel more in control,you
can take a good advantage in your life.Getting a good time management skills
become more successful in your career,eventually for the students who still have a
In the relevant literature there are great number of academic studies focusing
on the relation between time management and academic achievements. The related
literature showed that the time management attitude and skill levels of university
students and the effects of these skills on their academic achievement. The research
revealed that a majority student possesses moderate level time management skills
and only a significantly small portion has high level time management skills (Yilmaz,
Yoncalik & Bektaş, 2006). The literature also shows that the students’ time
management skills affect their academic achievement at a significant level and the
The relevant literature suggested that students should start to acquire time
management senses on their own in their primary school years by reading materials
on the issue or via the framework of psychological counseling and guidance studies
applied in schools and adopt effective time management attitudes and techniques to
determine how and where they spend their time (Lisa & Robert, 2008). The various
group of students who exploited time-saving proficiencies notably had rich academic
achievement. They accomplished those students who do not use time saving
CHAPTER III:
METHODOLOGY
and academic performance on the students. This chapter explains the different
Research Design
These data were utilized in this study in order to determine whether there is a
significance relationship between time management skill and academic
performance.In this study,the researchers will utilize a research survey as adopted in
determining the time management skill among the students in Libagon National
Highschool.
Research Environment
The study will be conducted at Libagon National Highschool –Senior
Highschool (LNHS-SHS) located at Jubas,Libagon Southern Leyte. The school is a
good means of collecting data for those students who still bothers in managing their
time properly.
Research Respondents
This study involved the selected Grade-11 General Academic Strand (GAS)
,there will be 23 respondents among 77 students that will take part of our
research.There will 9 students that are achievers and 14 students who are non
achievers,the number of the respondents is obtain through the use of the stratified
random sampling.
Research Instrument
544771 that will be used to answer the question of our study about Assessing Time
know about factors affecting students in managing time, the outcome of a student
without time management, the importance of time management and also their
check the choice or choices that he or she chooses from the statements provided.
The researchers choose the said research instrument to be able to assess
how high or low the level of awareness of the respondents have about knowing the
importance of Time Management Skill considering the fact that it is a very big factors
in having a lot of school works, mostly on the students Senior High school. More
importantly, the researchers choose the said instrument to obtain reliable answers
Sampling Method
A sample would be taken out from the population through a stratified random
sampling wherein the researchers would get the list of the students enrolled in
General Academic Strand from the School Registrar and where are going to select
the proportion found in the identified subgroups of the defined population to get a
representative groups.
Research Procedure
The researchers initiate the research through first collecting references from
the internet to serve as the sources of our study. In making the sources more
brainstorm with every member of the group give way to identify the gap our study
and also to be able to make our research problem with our ideas in Time
Management.
again to have resources that might help us to understand more about our study and
letter of approval for the principal to let us conduct the study.Researchers uses
stratified random sampling in doing the research study about Time Management.
After approval was sought from the proper authorities, the researchers
immediately proceeded with gathering the necessary data for the study through the
use of survey questionnaires while emphasizing the purpose and intention of the
study to the respondents of the study who are the Grade-11 General Academic
Strand of Libagon National High school. Data was gathered through the use of
sample.
CHAPTER IV:
Presentation and Analysis of Data
This chapter presents the results,analysis,and interpretation of data relative to the questions
raised to Assess Time Management Skill of the Students of LNHS.
I. Demographic Profile
Table 1. Distribution of Respondents in terms of AGE
consider as the most number of respondents that take part of the research .There are two (2) or
equivalent of 9% whose age of 16,and one (1) respondent or 4% each that age 18,21 and 22.
MALE 9 33%
FEMALE 14 67%
Total 23 100%
Tab
le 2 illustrated the distribution of the respondents through their sex which male has a number of
nine (9) equivalent to 33%,and the number of female which is fourteen (14) or 67%,the most
number of the respondents through the said distribution.
ALWAYS SOMETIMES F P F P
F P F P
NON-ACHIEVER 13 57% 1 4% 14 61%
Table 3 illustrates the distribution of achievers and non-achiever and whether they are
also applying time management or not.On the nine (9) number of achievers,three (3) or 13%
respondents are always using time management while there are six (6) or 26% respondents who just
sometimes use time management.On the fourteen (14) numbers of non-achievers as well,thirteen
(13) or 57% of them says that they only use time management sometimes,while there is one (1) or
equivalent of 4% respondent do not actually use time management being student.
Therefore,the results prove that laziness and lack of giving priority is one of common
factor affecting time management,while not putting limitations on gadgets like cellphones must still
be proven,because of the less information in the survey questionnaire.
Table 6 and Table 7 illustrate the Effects of Not-using Time Management,the effects
are the following;Stress,Time Pressure,Depression and Lack of Sleep.Eighteen (18) or 78% of the
respondents are strongly agree that stress is one of the effect if you will not apply time
management,while there are five (5) or 22% still cannot say if not using time management can cause
stress.Time pressure effect is still confidential due to the thirteen (13) or 57% who still cannot say
about this effect,while eight (8) or 35% respondents strongly agree and two (2) or 9% disagree about
the mention effect.Depression is also included where fourteen (14) or 61% of the respondents says
yes,eight (8) or 25% still cannot say and one (1) or 4% of it says rarely.Fourteen (14) or 61% of the
respondents also says yes about the effect in lack of sleep,and there are five (5) or 22% still cannot
say,and four (4) or 17% says that it just rarely happened.
The tables reveal that stress,depression and lack of sleep are some of the effects of not
using time management,While time pressure still needs more evidence that can prove it enough to
be part of the effects of not using time management.
IV. Perceive Importance of Time Management
F P F P F P F P
23 100% 23 100%
Table 8
Table 8 shows the Perceive Importance on the lives of the students where twenty-three
(23) or the 100% of the respondents know that time management is a very important skill on a
student.Therefore the researchers can conclude about the table 8 that time management has it’s
perceive importance as well as it’s major role of a students life.
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