ABSTRACT
There has been a lot of research on the importance of setting goals and deadlines. Setting goals can help students focus their attention, minimise distractions, and enhance work ethic and persistence. Likewise, setting regular deadlines has been found to help students manage their time and energy over the course of the year as well as improving overall grades (#56). This is because the further away a deadline seems, the less impact it has on people’s attention, which subsequently reduces how effectively they spread out their efforts.
