If they have that all mapped out on the semester long planner then can then break up assignments that they have into smaller chunks, and plan their time forward. So they have to plan backwards and forward. In terms of study skills, are there any particular things students can do to help themselves remember better, learn better. We know that the human brain learns by repetition. And so if a student breaks down study assignments into smaller chunks, for instance if it's a reading assignment, instead of sitting down and trying to cram everything in a three hour time block or something, if they break it down into smaller chunks, study it, read it, and then review their notes or review the highlighting in the book.
Repetition helps with memory.
Another thing that I advocate for a lot of students that I work with is doing something active while they're learning. But it helps if they do something active, like highlighting, or writing things on note cards and then quizzing themselves from the note cards. Or, with some students I advocate making a cassette tape, especially if they're commuter students. If they can quiz themselves into a tape, ask a particular question and then pause on the tape and give the answer, so that when they're driving in the car and playing the tape they can listen to the question, have time to say the answer out loud, listen to the answer. That technique can work for people, it makes their learning active.