How to make a study schedule?
Well, the study schedule can be an important tool to increase productivity and ensure compliance with deadlines for all tasks.
So, in general, the three most relevant information on the schedule are:
- the tasks you need to complete;
- the time interval you must do each task;
- the deadline to complete each specific task.
The important thing is that you keep two organizations in mind: a daily and/or weekly organization and a broader organization.
The daily or weekly organization of your schedule is the most practical context. It should help you to know what you should do for the day and week.
And another larger organization that can provide you with an overview of deadlines for each stage of the work. Always keeping in mind the final deadline for delivery of the work, which is the most important deadline of all.
You can make a simple table with the execution order, task name, start date and due date.
Tips on how to make a study schedule
Some paths can facilitate this route and increase the efficiency of the schedule.
Here are our tips on how to make a study schedule:
1. Divide tasks into as many tasks as possible
It is important that when stipulating the necessary tasks – including the tasks for each academic work – you are as specific as possible.
That’s because the less comprehensive the schedule becomes, the more realistic it will be and, consequently, the easier it will be to stick to it accurately.
Let’s think, for example, that you just put a “ theoretical framework ” task on the schedule for the work in general and you didn’t specify each activity within that step that you will need to do.
Thus, it is not clear that you will need to do all the readings, develop the records , build the arguments, make the citations correctly, review the bibliographic references … phew! See how much is implied in this step? Will the time you predicted be enough?
If, on the other hand, your schedule has all these activities separate, it is much easier to predict how much time you will need for each one.
Consider that bibliographic research , theoretical foundations and data analysis tend to take up more time. So, divide these steps into many tasks. For example, break the search down by main subjects and break the data analysis down to each specific objective .
2. Avoid very long deadlines
Some tasks will take more time and that’s ok. But, in continuation of the previous tip, avoid stipulating very long deadlines.
If you have, for example, 5 months to complete task X, you can send the message to your brain that you can start it only at the last minute and lose all the organization you’ve done.
3. Check university deadlines
It is very important that you are sure about the rules and deadlines of the educational institution. After all, university deadlines should guide your schedule, right?
Only then will you be able to know the time you have to deliver all the works, such as the monograph , for example, and what you will need to do.
4. Make a list of all activities
So, considering the previous tips, make a list of all the activities you will need to do. Don’t forget to separate them into as many smaller tasks as possible.
5. Distribute tasks over time
Then, considering the time you have, distribute the tasks over the months. Put first the tasks that do not depend on others and that should serve as a basis for future tasks.
6. Don’t forget the time you depend on other people
You should include in the schedule the time you depend on other people’s tasks. If you are doing a TCC , for example, you should consider the time your advisor will have to review the work. Stipulate this deadline with a slightly larger gap.
After all, it’s possible that your teacher has a lot of commitments and ends up taking a little longer than expected to review.
6. Beware of unenforceable deadlines
Take care to set deadlines that you can meet.
It’s no use establishing in your schedule that in a week you will be able to finish all the readings and all the records. You are probably just fooling yourself.
Consider the other tasks you need to do, such as studying for other subjects and the time you spend at work or internship .
Realize that an unachievable deadline is also useless, because the schedule won’t work for your organization.
7. Include presentations as a work step
This might seem a little obvious. But it is not.
Many people spend all their time and energy preparing the written part of their assignments and skip the presentation. That is, they do not include the part of putting together the presentation of the work in the schedule of activities.
And putting together the presentation of a work does not mean just making the presentation slides. But also prepare the script and train the presentation, for example.
The result of this is that many times the defense of the TCC to the board does not represent the quality of the written work.
What points should be in the schedule of a job?
At this point you should already know that the schedule should definitely contain all the tasks that you will need to do.
But let’s think about a study schedule for a job. You must list all tasks to complete your work. And that, of course, depends on each job.
But regardless of the variation of each job, there are some tasks that every study schedule should have. Come on.
Preparation tasks:
- Define theme and object of study ;
- Stipulate research problem ;
- Determination of objectives;
- Formulate hypothesis and justification of the work;
- Definition of the data collection instrument ;
- Bibliographic searches ;
- Theme readings;
- Make records;
- Develop bibliographic review ;
Development tasks :
Finishing Tasks:
- Review compliance with ABNT standards;
- Review text of the work;
- Check spelling;
- Advisor review;
- Make adjustments requested by the advisor.
- Print and bind;
- Prepare script for presentation;
- Make presentation slides;
- deliver work;
- Present the work.
Why is it important to make a study schedule?
The schedule is a fundamental item to help you organize your academic life. It is through it that you will be able to control all the planning of the tasks.
So it’s important to:
- Organize the tasks you need to do;
- Increase labor productivity;
- Record the planning of tasks;
- Control activities and deadlines.
- Estimate time in research development ;
- Plan the completion date of the work;
- Ensuring delivery of work on time.
