Self management

strategies
The earlier the students act on one of these strategies, the more
likely he or she is to succeed, but students need strategies at
multiple levels.
Situation oriented Strategies-typically required lead
time to put in place

- Choose the situation: choose to be in places or with people that help you
manage yourself.
- Hang out with students who work diligently.

- Modify the situation : Modify the situation you can’t avoid

- Sit at the front class instead of in the back with distracting friends
Cognitive Strategies –may require lead time
or to be implemented immediately
- Change your intention : Attend to aspects of a situation that reduce
temptation or increases focus on a goal
- Eg: track the speaker in class

- Change how you think about a situation or a choice : Make a long term goal more
appealing
- Eg: instead of thinking of homework as a chore think of how good you feel when your
homework is done and you prepared for class.
Impulse/emotion suppression Strategies – hard to
implement least effective, and require the most cognitive energy to attempt.

- Quash an impulse : Attempt to quash an undesired impulse or

emotion after it has developed.
- Eg: try to stop thinking about eating the treat sitting in front of you