Teacher Practical Guidance:

Procrastination

Category: Student

Rank Order

106

Effect Size

-0.40

Achievement Gain %

-15

How-To Strategies

How-To Resources

References

Akpur (2020). The Effect of Procrastination on Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis Study. International Journal of Educational Methodology.

 

Grant, A. (March 10, 2020). The real reason you procrastinate. WorkLife.

 

Schwinger, Trautner, Pütz, Fabianek, Lemmer, Lauermann, & Wirthwein (2021). Why do students use strategies that hurt their chances of academic success? A meta-analysis of antecedents of academic self-handicapping. Journal of Educational Psychology.

 

Sirois, F. (2022). Procrastination: What it is, why it’s a problem, and what you can do about it. Washington DC: APA LifeTools.

 

Steel (2007). The nature of procrastination: a meta-analytic and theoretical review of quintessential self-regulatory failure. Psychological Bulletin.

 

Procrastination

DEFINITION

Procrastination is the act of delaying or postponing a task or set of tasks.

 

DATA

  • 3 Meta-analysis reviews

  • 128 Research studies

  • 25,000 Students in research

  • 3 Confidence level. Hattie (2023) p. 89

QUOTES