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Academics activities and its time allocation

Dolton (2003) found out that the students allocate their time on various types of activities

for the academics. The respondents spend most of their time on education where more than

four hours were spend on formal education which is attending daily lectures. Furthermore,

students also spend more than two hours daily on self studying after attending the daily classes.

Besides that, some of the students that were involved in this survey also take up part time jobs

after their classes. This means that they have less time to study but only a minor group of

students were involved in this activity. Furthermore, there are some students that are interested

in language classes. These groups of students tend to spend some of their time on language

classes daily.

Stallings (1980) found that the researchers at the Far West Laboratory initiated the idea

of Allocated Academic Learning Time in the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES). The

reporting data from the BTES indicate that the Allocated Academic Learning Time for second

graders 62- 123 minutes per day, and for fifth grades from 49- 105 minutes per day.

Meanwhile, in the previous research from Fisher and Cotsonas (1965), they found that

during weekdays, the full time students do the learning activities such as medical student can

use the whole day in a wards, clinic and operating room. Besides that, the previous research

showed that student use a part of hours during weekdays to do part time job. In addition a

student as a flexibility worker (available hour to work) can decrease a time in weekdays during

the revision and examination period (Curtis and Lucas, 2001).

Another research from Indreica (2011), they calculated the segregation of time spent in a

week during weekdays activities by using the GCIGT analysis. They discovered that other than

studying, students usually spend their free time on academically oriented activities, homework,

and extra curricular activities. The other research study from Brint and Cantwell (2008) identified

that American undergraduates spend from 25 until 30 hours a week on attending class and

study out of class.

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Recommendation to Allocating Time Wisely

Students always think that is very difficult for them to allocated their time wisely for the

studying in university. But by finding a solution, they may find that its just a simple matter to do.

There are some ways that can be applied to have a good time management in their life.

Medical students who always spend most of their free time in the ward or operating room

can be a good example for others students. This is because, gaining practical experience puts

education theory into practice and makes it more relevant. Practical experience also allows

people to learn in a variety of ways (Lee, Bush, and Smith 2005). Furthermore, real-world

learning prepares students for further education, for careers, and for community involvement. It

is difficult to overestimate the value of learning by doing. Through practical learning, it s can

keep students mind open indefinitely. This is one of the most important lessons to be learned in

life.

Besides that, students who allocated more time to a particular content area or topic had

achieved at higher levels than the students who allocated less time to that content area or topic

(Stalling 1980). By this, we can suggests that the students should study hard to get the best

result in their examination especially.