[dogfood]

when having the task of several, is it better to finish one first before attempting the others? or do them all at the same time?

[normajean777]

I think it is better to do one first, and also pick the shortest one to do first. You will have a higher sense of accomplishment from doing the first fairly fast, and then will be able to do the others with more confidence.

[dogfood]

ah cool, that sounds sweet

[Napoleon17]

I like to prioritize the assignments. I do the most important assignments first, and then that way if I run out of time I may only have to skip a project worth 2-5% of my grade instead of missing a test worth 20%. But I definitely do not do all of them at the same time.

[SccHarpGirl]

It depends, sometimes you don't have one that you can skip, in that case I recommend allocating time, ie: I'll work on assignment A for the next four hours, and then after that I'll take a break and move on to assignment B, etc. That way, they all get at least partially done (and hopefully all completed).

Obviously, if one is vastly more important than the others (a take home midterm vs say, a regular weekly assignment) it should be prioritized and completed before the others are started.

it also depends how best you focus...are you the sort of person who benefits from sitting down and just seeing one thing through from start to finish? Or do you need to break it up a little, and can do better work when you come back to something after working on something else for awhile?

[crazymoose]

I like to do things in blocks. I find when I work on one subject for a while, I get into the mindset of that subject, which sets me up to learn and understand a lot more from that subject than if I just briefly do a homework assignment. If I switch back and forth between subjects constantly, it doesn't allow the subject material to "stew" in my head and I end up with a worse understanding of everything.

The tricky part with this is having the ability to know what order to do things in so that you get everything done on time. Sometimes you will have to stop a project part way through to work on another assignment that's more pressing (especially when you have big projects) but as much as possible I try to do homework in blocks.