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Time management is an important self-regulation strategy that can improve student learning and lead to higher performance. Students who can manage their time effectively are more likely to exhibit consistent engagement in learning activities and to complete course assignments in a timely manner. Well planning of the study time is an essential part of online learning and has been particularly critical in remote education during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this period of crisis, programming courses have been exceptionally challenging since students needed to devote sufficient time in the practice of code-writing besides studying the theoretical foundations, while, at the same time, working on the learning tasks for other online courses. Therefore, students' time management skills have been a determining factor in how they engaged in programming courses during the emergency remote education. In this regard, this study explores the association between students' time management skills and their course engagement (extracted from the LMS log data) in an undergraduate-level programming course taught fully online during the pandemic. Results show varying levels of participation and different temporal patterns of engagement depending on the students' ability to manage their time. Additionally, students with strong time management skills performed slightly better than those with poor time management skills. Implications for future research and practice are shared.

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert