Some tasks can take as long as we give them. Take grading
student papers, for example. We could literally spend hours on each paper--there is always more to comment on (although, the more feedback we give, the more likely students are to pay attention to none of it, from my
experience).
However, taking hours on each paper is not possible regardless—we have
too much to do. Yet, how do we insure that we don’t spend too much time on
grading (and other such tasks, like writing letters of recommendation or
service-related writing)?
Use the timer. Decide on an amount of time that you are willing to
spend and set the timer for one minute less than that number, and go. Feel the pressure
of time. Just a bit. When the timer goes off, it is time to start writing it
up.
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