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For this assignment you must keep a detailed diary or log of your time for 7 consecutive days. Then, you must critically analyze this information and write a 4 to 6 page paper reporting the findings of your analysis.
Requirements for the diary: (10 points)
POINTS
1. Must be turned in with your report
5pts
2. Must include a detailed record of your time use for 7 consecutive days, 24 hours/day.
5pts
COMMENTS:
TOTAL
Requirements for the Report: (40 points)
After the 7 consecutive days, critically analyze your diary.
1. Develop categories that best describe how time was spent:
o Provide an overview (NOT A SECOND BY SECOND SUMMARY) of how you spent your time, and discuss how you developed those categories
o You must INCLUDE TWO CHARTS OR GRAPHS of your time use.
5pts
2. Discuss your observations about how your time was spent during the 7 days
o Compare and contrast how you thought you spent your time, with how you actually spent your time.
§ How close were your perceptions of your time usage?
§ What did you expect to find?
§ What was surprising?
§ Where there any patterns that emerged?
o What did your analysis tell you about your time use habits?
§ Did you realize you had more or less time than you thought?
§ What insights did you gain by completing this assignment?
10pts
3. Based upon your analysis of your time use, discuss:
§ changes you would like to make in your use of time
§ time spent in recreation/leisure activities, and benefits gained
§ time you could spend in recreation/leisure activities- what would you do and why, how you suppose this would benefit you
10pts
4. Your paper demonstrates the following:
§ Clear analysis and synthesis of course content
§ Critical and independent thinking
§ Adequate (breadth and depth) analysis
10 pts
5. Your report must be at least four full, double-spaced, typed pages, NOT INCLUDING CHARTS, references, and the diary/log (12pt font, 1” margins). Your report must follow APA guidelines and be free from grammatical and spelling errors.
5pts
