Purpose Statement
Students test their knowledge of time management skills by
watching and responding to real-life student scenarios and problems involving
time management situations.
Description of Activity
Three students are chosen for this activity to come to the
front of the class and read a script giving a scenario or problem for the class
to solve. Each student has a unique question that the students need to answer.
For instance, this example would ask the students to address procrastination in
their solution:
Student 1:
“I constantly turn in my assignments late, I have two overdue speeding tickets,
and I watch five hours of TV a day. My grades are starting to slip. What am I
doing wrong and how can I improve my grades?”
Materials Needed
• 3 student scenarios for time management problems
• 20-30 minutes class time for activity (depending on amount of class
discussion)
Application
Because I have a class that meets partially online, I have
these scenarios on videotape compressed onto CD-ROM’s that students check out
and watch. I use these scenarios at the end of each unit of study as
review/quiz activities to see that students can put into practice what they
have learned in the “real world”. For my other classes, I modify the lesson in
this way, providing scripts and having students read outloud to the class.
Because some students are more comfortable than others at reading in front of
groups, I give the scripts to the students a class ahead so that they have time
to practice and prepare themselves for the reading. (This may sound drastic,
but I want the students involved to have a positive experience being in this
role.)
Also, the scenarios that I use, including the one listed above, are written by
my students in small groups as a review assignment.
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