Available November 2 – 8, 2026
Note: Contact the Teaching and Learning Center to view this week’s session, send email to [email protected]
In this 20-Minute Mentor, Anna Gavrilova shows how peer dialogue can make time-management instruction more personal and more effective. She shares seven activities instructors can begin adapting right away, including partner self-assessments, time-tracking exercises, anonymous schedule analysis, identity webs, procrastination interviews, psychology-based group work, and habit-building activities. Each one is designed to help students make their use of time more visible while learning from classmates who may be navigating many of the same challenges.
These conversations do more than increase participation. They help students recognize that they are not alone, put their habits into words, and begin thinking more intentionally about how they use their time. Instead of simply telling students what they should do differently, this program gives instructors practical ways to help students discover those changes for themselves. Viewers will leave with classroom-ready ideas that support stronger self-awareness, better decision-making, and time-management skills students can carry beyond college.
After viewing this Magna 20-Minute Mentor, participants will be able to:
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Explain why effective time management requires more than simply teaching students organizational tools and productivity techniques.
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Describe how peer dialogue can increase reflection, self-awareness, engagement, and willingness to try new time-management strategies.
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Use structured peer activities to help students identify patterns in how they spend their time.
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Help students connect time-management choices with their priorities, values, responsibilities, and goals.
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Incorporate concepts related to procrastination, attention, habits, and behavior change into time-management instruction.
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Adapt practical peer-learning activities for student success courses, first-year programs, academic support, or individual courses.
TOPICS COVEREDÂ
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Understand why time management is a critical student success skill, particularly as students adjust to the independence and unstructured time of college
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Use peer dialogue to help students normalize common time-management challenges
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Make students’ use of time visible through self-assessments, time tracking, analysis, and reflection
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Connect time-management decisions to students’ identities, priorities, values, goals, and energy levels
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Address procrastination, distraction, task switching, and inaccurate perceptions of how long academic work takes
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Apply psychological concepts and behavior-change principles to time-management instructionImplement seven peer-centered activities that encourage reflection, metacognition, discussion, and behavior change