Assessing the Proportion of Time Student Spend in Different Daily Life Routines

Abstract

Management of the time plays a vital role in academic success ,health, and daily life of the students. Every student has the same time in a day but everyone uses it differently according to their interests, habits, and their responsibilities.

They spend their time differently. Some students spend their maximum time on studies and complete their tasks or assignments on time but some students spend more time on their phones, playing games, watching movies or dramas on television, scrolling different apps, sleeping and engaging themselves in different activities. In some recent years students use smart phones, social media, and different apps increase fastly between students. These things affect them the way they manage their time daily. Inappropriate the use of time affects negatively on studies of the students, sleep schedule, physical health, immersion and their comprehensive behavior.

The aim of this study is to assess the proportion of the time students spend their time differently from their life routines and nearly understand how they manage their whole time in daily activities. The focus of the study is on identifying the activities of the students which perform daily and decide how much time students spend on their study, sleep, use of mobile phone, social media, television, household activities, and their physical activities.The purpose of this study to compare how much time spent students on their academic and non academic activities and to identify which activities take more and less time of the students. This study is looking to increase students' awareness regarding proper time management and stable use of daily time.

This research is descriptive design because its purpose is to define or describe students' daily activities routines and patterns of using the time. The population of this study is from secondary school students. A sample of 20 to 30 students will be selected.

Data is collected through questionnaires and a daily time diary which is prepared by researchers. Questionnaire will include questions according to study time sleeping schedules, using of mobile phones and internet, watching the televsion, using social media, physical activities, games and their responsibilities of the household. Students will record how much the quantity they spend on different activities during the day.

Data is taken from the permission of the school administration. Students will be informed of the aim of the study before the research gets started.They will be assured by the researcher their data is confidential. Students attempt their questionnaire and sheet of daily record with willingly and honestly. Ethical considerations like privacy, confidentiality, and voluntary take part with full attention throughout the research process.

Findings of the studies are mainly expected from the help of the students to understand how they spend their daily life routines and which things encourage them to maintain routine or spend better management habits. Study is helpful overall for teachers, students and also for parents. It also gives information to students in daily life and provides guidance for useful and balanced time. More research helps schools promote awareness about effective and useful time management and their healthy daily life routines between students.