Self-Management Argumentative Essay Definition of Terms

10 assignments, and become passive participant when it has something to do in class. Most of the students think things unconsciously. It makes them not aware of what comes to their mind since they do not monitor their thought. The students have to know that successful learners are the individuals who know how to motivate themselves to complete on maintaining progress toward achieving the goals even when they do not feel like doing the task. Downing 2011 says “success is staying on course to your desired outcomes and experiences, creating wisdom, happiness and unconditional self- worth along the way” p. 3. Therefore, managing the motivation is one of the important things to develop the ability of producing a good argumentative essay. Because of the good writers which are self-motivated will engage willingly in their writing product for its intrinsic rewards mostly Westwood, 2008. The term motivation is derived from the Latin verb movere to move. The idea of movement is reflected in such common ideas about motivation as something that gets up going, keeps us working, and helps us completing the tasks Schunk, Meece, and Pintrich, 2014. Motivation is about the intention to learn. Passer and Smith 2009 states that “motivation is a process that influences the direction, persistence, and vigor of goal- directed behavior” p. 364. If the students do not have the motivation, they will not be able to do the task or even to produce a writing product because their mind suggests them not to do that. Thoughts are powerful, so the thoughts that the students have should be conducive to what they want. Dembo 2004 states that “change of belief and perception what is on your mind suggesting to can change your motivation to do something ” p. 11. Lindstrom PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 11 2007 argues that motivation and anxiety problems often accompany the process of writing for those who are not proficient, and can seriously interfere with the quality and quantity of text the students produce. For example, when the students want to write an argumentative essay, they have suggested to their mind first that it is difficult to produce an essay, it will make the students’ motivation down to start writing about that. Therefore, the students need to develop positive beliefs about their ability to perform the task and maintain these beliefs while facing some problems. Motivation is the key for students before they are going to learn something, especially producing a writing product in form of an argumentative essay.

2.1.1.2. Time Management

Time is invaluable and too important to waste. Everywhere and every time people goes, it is always related to time. Time will never stop. Because of that, it is important for us, especially for the students to have time-management, especially for learning. Time-management is a vital skill, one that will be necessary in chosen career as well as in a university. People have different time clocks and what works for one student might not work for another one. The students have to know the ability to learn themselves. When the best time is for studying, doing the assignment and taking a rest. The students have to make a priority scale Haynes, 1990. According to Levin 2007, there are several ways to manage the time. The first is to check the task comprehension and resources. Then, map out the path so the students do not waste their time even for seconds. The students have to watch or PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 12 have a deadline to estimate the time on how long a task will take. The students also need to prioritize the tasks and activities outside so there will be no reason for not doing both of them. The last is the students are allowed to spend their time productively and also always monitor and review their time management. There is another way to manage the time efficiently by Covey Covey, 1989. Covey divides the time into four quadrants:  Quadrant I Important and Urgent: it means that there are important activities done under the pressure of nearing deadline. A person in this quadrant is the one in which experiences stress, develops ulcers and flirt with nervous breakdown, such as staying up all night cramming for an

08.00 a.m. test.

 Quadrant II Important and Not Urgent: it means that there are important activities done without the pressure of looming deadlines. This quadrant is where it will find the Creators. Creators do more than dreams. They have developed the skill of translating their desired outcomes into purposeful actions.  Quadrant III Not Important and Urgent: it means that there are unimportant activities done with a sense of urgency. In this quadrant, it allows someone else’s urgency to talk into an unimportant activity to its own goals and dreams.  Quadrant IV Not Important and Not Urgent: It is called simply time wasters. People in this quadrant rarely think about their importance or even activities in their life. They tend to spend most of the time doing PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI