Time Management and Student’s Performance: Setting Clear Goals and Avoiding Multitasking

Abstract

The study examined time management and student performance of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. The study was fastened on Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory (1986). Survey research design was used by the researcher while questionnaire was the data collection tool employed by the researcher. A sample size of one hundred and ten (110) students randomly selected from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma were used for the study. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to analyze the collected data. Findings obtained from a test of hypothesis one reveals that a strong positive correlation between goal setting and academic achievement among college students since (r = 0.72). Results obtained from a test of hypothesis two reveals that students who avoided multitasking demonstrated higher levels of concentration and task completion rates compared to those who engaged in multitasking. Base on the findings of the study, the researcher concluded that time management strategies influences students’ performance in an academic setting in no small measure. It was against this backdrop that the researcher recommended among other things that incorporating time management education into the curricular could help enhance student performance.