IMPACT OF TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS ON STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL

Abstract

The current study was designed to investigate the impact of time management skills on students’ motivation at university level. The main objectives of the study were to find out the time management techniques among university students. To find out the motivation of students under time management activities at university level. The population of the study comprised of all the students enrolled at university level in district Faisalabad. Four hundred students were selected randomly from the disciplines of BS. Ed, BS Physics, BS Urdu and BS Mathematics. Female students were in greater number than that of male students. The respondents belonged to second semester, fourth semester and eighth semesters.  There was equal participation of the students belonged to GC university and university of Education. Self-constructed instrument named, Time Management and Motivation Survey (TMMS) was used by the researcher herself for this purpose. The data were analyzed by SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). The results revealed that male and female students had same perceptions on the indicators of prioritization, managing interruptions, postponement, scheduling, and overall time management. There revealed a significant impact of the class level of students on the indicators of intrinsic motivation, curiosity, extrinsic motivation, and overall motivation. There existed a significant impact of the class level of students on the indicators of intrinsic motivation, curiosity, extrinsic motivation, and overall motivation at university level.