Name of the Research:

Time Management and Students Academic Performance in Higher Institutions, Nigeria

— A Case Study of Ekiti State

Authors and Date:

ADEBAYO, Florence Aduke (2015)

Reference:

Adebayo, F. A. (2015). Time management and students academic performance in higher

institutions, nigeria a case study of ekiti state. International Research in Education, 3(2), 1-12.

Recommendations:

Based on the findings of this study, the following recommendations were made:

Students especially those in the higher institutions should use the findings of this work to
improve on their time management. They have to be conscious of time in performing their
academic activities so that the level of their academic performance can be high.

Since procrastination among all the variables has much impact on academic
performance according to the findings, students should strive hard to complete their
assignments as well as other academic activities on time so as to avoid not meeting deadlines.

Also, procrastination is a strong time management variable among the students’ efforts
should be geared towards organizing seminars by the social organization on how to address
this cankerworm that has eaten deep into the lives of our students.

Critique:

The research recommendations were certainly in line with the results of the study. The
study’s results showed that lack of proper time management on the part of the students have
some impacts on certain academic activities especially in the area of resumption for the new
semester or session, registration of courses, attending lectures, doing the assignment, reading
for test and preparation for examination to time. These are as a result of procrastination and not
paying attention to issues like planning and prioritization. In the recommendations, it is cited that
procrastination has a very great impact on students’ performance in school, it is the focus that
the researcher addressed to be eliminated and he cited ways to improve time management
skills for the improvement of academic performance.
Name of the Research:

Effects of learning styles and time management on academic achievement

Authors and Date:

lena-Simona Indreicaa  , Ana-Maria Cazanb , Camelia Truţac (2011)

Reference:

Indreica, E. S., Cazan, A. M., & Truta, C. (2011). Effects of learning styles and time
management on academic achievement. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 30, 1096-
1102.

Recommendations:

Based on the findings of this study, the following recommendations were made:

The results of the experiment suggest that individual learning programs should be
developed in order to form a personal ability, to organize learning activity during semesters, to
organize learning activity during exams periods, to teach students to organize their program, to
structure their weekly learning activities.

Critique:

The research recommendations were short but concise and it adheres what the results
of the study is shown. The study’s conclusion said that time management has a positive impact
on academic performance. Academic success has, on another perspective, a positive impact on
motivation (generating motives) and on work time (which will be shorter if the task aims rapidity,
and longer if the task is complex and requires continuous effort). So, through the individual
learning programs, the learning styles of students will be enhanced, as well as the time
management strategies to improve their academic performance. On the other hand, I think they
should add more recommendations to be more useful in the next school years.