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Introduction
Time is to be deemed very substantial to human beings as age and capital; especially that entire human
life is made of time segments which mean the second that is gone is going to shorten the human life and make
the death nearer. The whole life is a test to see who deserves the paradise in the judgment day, so exploiting the
time to fulfill ambitions is of great importance in both worldly life and in the hereafter (Algaradawi, 2003, p14).
Time management is very worthwhile issue during to being it a key factor in any success at all levels of
life and for that the term time management is strongly associated with administrative work. Despite of its
importance, it is never an easy task to manage time individually and a need to specific qualifications along with
many personal skills is then a must. Let alone exploiting the available resources in order to meet the society and
individual needs at the same time and the ability to adjust with the present and future situations (Alghamdi,
2008, p 49).
To manage time is another sense of distributing priorities and exert efforts upon that distribution,
according to Covey (2004) seven matters a person must give priorities for, as namely; improving the contacts
with others, preparing the activities more effectively, improving the process of managing and planning for the
duties, caring for the personal interests, seizing new opportunities, improving the personal skills and information,
admitting the power of others.
In this respect, mentioning the academic level is of close link to the level of success one may gain; as
Academic achievement is the dream of family and social status of the individual, where a human needs to have a
positive view of him/her self as this view along with the physical abilities will lead to make real resources to
future success. It follows then that in order to get self-satisfaction, one will need to link self –recognition to
achievement and self-expressing. A good finding on this is represented in high achievements done by self-
recognized intellectuals compared to those with low-recognition (Asakreh, 2003, p 54).
Studying successful people schedules is a very contribution towards the knowledge behind making true
the goals. The contribution of this paper is to study some of the close links people always advise to gain high
grades at school which is time management.
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3. What is the effect of the ability to managing time for the high school students in the Hashemite
Kingdome of Jordan?
4. Is there a statistically significant difference of the impact of the ability to manage time on academic
achievement among high school students that is attributable to the variables (sex, number of hours of
study)?
Study Importance :It is undisputable that consequences of time management will benefit both individual and
society as long being the individual a part and parcel of any community .Time management is the means into
which the individual will exploit his time with the best way to attain the best results. And actually further studies
are needed in this field.
Objectives of the study: This study aims at identifying the ability effect of time management on academic
achievement among high school students in the Hashemite Kingdome of Jordan.
Study limitations: The limitations were set in three dimensions; the topical as limited in the areas of time
management and academic achievement among high school students, place dimensions where it was applied in
Irbid high schools and time detentions, and time dimension where the period of collecting the data and statically
analysis was the second semester of the scholastic year 2014/2015.
Study terms:
- Time management: it is the science of ideal exploitation to time where the priorities go to the tasks
according to their importance; it basically depends on concepts of planning, coordination, stimulation,
directing, pursue and contact. It is a quantities and qualitative process that trends toward the future (Alian,
2005, p. 28).
- Academic achievement: it is a certain level of achievement in school courses measured by the teachers or
by the assigned tests as these will provide a degree scale to all subject materials and upon this scale the
student caliber in these courses would be measured and rated (Issawi, Aljismani and Zabalawi, 2006, p. 13).
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Academic achievement
Any rated effort done by student in different subjects at schools which groups student according to their
years of birth, all these rates are recorded in school documents taking the form of percentages of success
(Mohammad, 2003, p21).
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Related literature
A study by Alrheme and Almardeni (2014) aimed at identifying the students' viewpoint about how to
time in terms of planning, organizing, directing and censorship and its effect on academic achievement as long as
identifying the personal variables effects on academic achievement. The data were collected through a sample of
300 students. The study results showed that the planning was of high effect on academic achievement proved by
a correlation coefficient. And that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between time
management and academic achievement.
Kimlglo &filz(2008) conducted a study which aimed at studying the relation between the academic
achievement and time management skills in education college at ghazi university in turkey . The study results
also showed that the student's behavior in the field of planning time was at a high level, in the area of wasting
time it was at its lowest. It also showed the existence of significant positive relationship between planning time
and wasting time and between the academic achievements of students and there is a meaningful relationship
between the medium time management and academic achievement as well.
Abusakour(2003) conducted a study which aimed at finding the Obstacles of time management and
decision-making to the education departments of government schools in the West Bank, Palestine through
detecting the obstacles of time management and decision-making to the education departments of government
secondary schools and developing of suitable suggestions to reduce them . The researcher has used the
descriptive approach in his study in the collection of information and data, the study results showed that the
obstacles of time management relate directly to the obstacles in planning in addition to the shortage in resources
and the retardation of scholastic services in the next year.
Abulshawi & Abusultana (2003) conducted a study aiming at recognizing the student of yarmouk
university ability to manage time from different faculties and identifying its relation to academic achievement
considering the variables; gender, the university year and the faculty and how much these variables affect time
management skills. . The study results showed that there is a medium degree of time management skill among
students at Yarmouk University, and the skill of time management and academic achievement. And that there is
a positive correlation and statistically important between time management skill and the academic achievement
according the faculty variable goes to the advantage of economics, science students only.
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Table 1 shows the distribution of the sample depending on the personal and functional variables.
Table 1: Distribution of respondents depending on personal and functional variables
Variables Category Frequency Percentage
male 943 47.2
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Table (2): the arithmetic means and standard deviations of the statements of "the ability of time
management and it relation to measure academic achievement among secondary school students" as a
whole (n = 2000)
Standard
No. statement Mean rank degree
deviation
1 I'm trying to perform my duties without delay. 3.84 0.99 1 high
I'm trying to offer more time to study at the expense
2 3.56 1.12 3 medium
of leisure time.
I organize my school duties according to my ability
3 3.46 1.17 4 medium
hierarchy.
I try to devote Class time to organize and store special
4 3.27 1.23 8 medium
knowledge about its topic .
I'm trying to customize a sufficient time during the
5 3.33 1.19 6 medium
weekend to study and review materials
I'm trying to organize studying hours of the day and
6 3.26 1.31 10 medium
week in order to achieve academic goals.
I'm planning and organizing my time in accordance
7 3.27 1.20 8 medium
with the duties and activities to be performed
I manage my time efficiently and effectively to reach
8 3.58 1.17 2 medium
the highest level of academic achievement.
Homework help ease the availability of adequate time
9 to review the course material and to increase the 2.74 1.31 17 medium
academic achievement
Distribution of time on course materials helps get the
10 2.19 1.19 20 low
highest academic levels.
Exploitation of leisure time helps to heighten the
11 2.89 1.30 16 medium
academic achievement.
Organization of study hours helps to heighten
12 3.02 1.25 13 medium
academic rating.
I manage my time efficiently and effectively to reach
13 3.18 1.21 11 medium
the rating excellent. .
reduction of Homework help ease the availability of
14 adequate time to review the course material and to 3.00 1.22 14 medium
increase the academic rating.
Time wasters like TV help reduce the academic
15 3.28 1.23 7 medium
rating.
Identifying of my strengths and weaknesses of the
16 2.44 1.32 19 medium
course material helps to raise my academic rating.
Laze before embarking my studies contributes in
17 2.90 1.31 15 medium
gaining low rating.
I arrange my priorities according to the importance of
18 2.69 1.28 18 medium
each material and the deadline.
19 I use a notebook to set plans and jottings. 3.42 1.26 5 medium
I appreciate the expected time for each scholastic duty
20 to help me organize my time and raise my ability to 3.16 1.25 12 medium
heighten my rating
The ability level of time management among high school
3.12 0.73 - medium
students.
Table (2) shows that the arithmetic means ranged between (2.19-3.84) where the statement no.1 (I'm
trying to perform my duties without delay.) gains the highest rank with3.84 as its mean then followed by the
eighth statement (I manage my time efficiently and effectively to reach the highest level of academic
achievement.) with a 3.58 as its mean and accordingly was rated medium. The lowest on the scale came the tenth
statement which was pertaining to (Distribution of time on course materials helps get the highest academic
levels.)And it gained 2.19 as a mean and low as a rating. As a whole, the final statement (The ability level time
management among high school students in general.) gained (3.12) and was rated medium.
The paragraph which states (I'm trying to perform my duties without delay.) positions the first
rank with a high degree rating : The researcher attributed that to the selection of the secondary stage as the
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category under study . The importance of this stage lies in the ministerial exam held at the end of it and as
normal pupils exert double efforts to attain high academic achievement.
The lowest in the rank which was rated (low) was the statement (Distribution of time on course
materials helps get the highest academic levels). The researcher attributed that to the fact that students are not
accustomed to set plans for their scholastic priorities and hence the teachers are accountable for guiding pupils
on how to set programs for this sake.
The arithmetic average of the scale as a whole reached a medium degree which states that (The
ability level of time management among high school students in general.). Actually, the degree does not meet
the urgent need for a higher degree and that may be attributed to the lack of previous time management in the
former stages or maybe it is attributed to the prevalent mind-distraction made by present technologies. This
result is compatible with the finding in Kimalglo& Filz (2008) and the results showed that there is a medium
meaningful relationship between time management and academic achievement.
Table (3) : findings of individual-sample T-test which exposes the level of ability to time management
among high schools students in Irbid city (n-2000)
Standard "t"
The level of ability to time management mean D.F Sig.
deviation value
among high schools students
3.12 0.73 1999 7.489 0.000
Table (3) shows that T value reaches (7.489) with a static significance valued (0.00) where the general
mean was compared to the standard value of the five-label scale. The results show the presence of a medium
degree and a static significance to the ability of managing study time among high school students in Irbid city.
The researcher attributed this to the use of time management skill and organization as being them keys to success
in the study by creating a balance between academic and social tasks. Nonetheless, the degree was not as
required but the researcher describes it as a skill that needs practice and a little bit experience. It is then become
compatible with Abusultana(2003) study where it showed the medium degree of time management among
students of Yarmouk university .
Results concerning the answer to the second question: What is the level of academic achievement
among high school students in irbid city? To answer this question, the researcher employed linear regression
test to expose the relation between the ability to manage time and academic achievement among high school
student in irbid city as table (4) shows.
Table (4) : The findings of linear regression test on the relation between time management and academic
achievement.
Independent
value t T Sig. Beta R R² F value F Sig.
variable
Ability to manage
29.793 0.00 0.555 0.55 0.308 87.618 0.00
time
The dependent variable: academic achievement.
Table(4) show that there is a significant relationship between time management and academic
achievement among high schools students in irbid city as the value of F reaches (29.793) and with statistical
significance (0.00). While R reaches (0.55) and the ratio of prediction (R2) reaches (0.308) as it shows the
strength of the time management effect on academic achievement. The results showed a statistically significant
relationship between the ability to manage time and academic achievement among high school students, The
researcher attributed it to use the time effectively which will lead to a rapid completion of tasks. This finding
comes in line with the finding in Al-rhimi & Mardini( 2014) and Kimalglo & Fillz (2008) studies.
Results related to answer the fourth question: Is there a statistically significant difference at the
level of significance (α≤0.05) for the ability effect to time managing on academic achievement which is
attributed to the variables (gender , study hours) ?
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To answer this question, the means and standard deviations to the variables (gender, study hours, GPA,
and rating) were calculated to measure their effect. In order to examine these variables, the researcher conducted
(independent-sample T. test) on the variables (gender and study hours and (one-way ANOVA) on the variables
GPA and rating; all are shown as below tables:
- Differences according to gender:
Table (5): Results (Independent - Sample T. Test ) To detect differences in the ability level to time
managing on academic achievement according to the gender variable .
standard
The ability level to time gender N mean value" t" Sig.
deviation
managing on academic
male 943 3.08 0.74
achievement -2.536 0.011
female 1057 3.16 0.72
As Appears from the table (5) that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of
significance (α≤0.05 ) according to the gender variable As the value of "t" reached (2.536-) with a statistical
importance (0.011) to the advantage of females as the mean reached (3.16) while for the males it reached (3.08)
. The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤0.05) to
the relation according to the gender variable. The researcher attributes this to students at the secondary level as
they are usually preparing to study, especially that this phase is going to determine their specialization at the
university.
- Differences according to study hours variable:
Table 6: Results of (Independent - Sample T. Test) which detect the relationship between study hours
managing and academic achievement.
Standard
The ability level to Study hours N mean value" t" Sig.
deviation
time managing on
Less or equals 6
academic 784 3.10 0.74
hrs -1.163 0.245
achievement
More than 6 hrs 1216 3.14 0.73
As Appears from the table (6) that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of
significance (α≤0.05) ;As the value of "t" (1.163-) with a statistical importance (.245) on the behalf of more than
6 hours which the mean was (3.14) and a mean of(3.10 ) goes for the behalf of less than 6 hours variables. The
results showed that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤0.05) and that
is may be attributed to the fact that manage time needs experience and training and hence an experienced person
manages his time easily. .
13. Summary:
The researcher conducted a study on measuring the ability of high school students in Irbid city to
manage their time as key condition to achieve high grades in the ministerial examination at the end of that stage.
He found that their ability degree to manage time was medium and that it is mostly attributed to the lack of
experience gained from earlier stages. In addition to the statistical importance to the gender variable goes to the
advantage of females and no statistical importance to study hour's variable.
14. Recommendations:
The researcher recommends that:
1. There is a need to hold seminars and lectures for students to help them on how to distribute the right time for
subjects in order to obtain higher levels of academic achievement.
2. There is a need for giving students the right opportunity to manage their time efficiently and effectively to
reach the highest levels of academic achievement.
3. Also the need to conduct further studies on this subject in different settings.
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اﻝﻤﻠﺨص
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