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Procrastination in a group of adult students in an online environment
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Procrastination is the action of putting off a task that has to be accomplished. This postponement can
compromise several areas of the person's life. Academic procrastination is a way of putting off
performing academic tasks. It is considered a failure in the students' self-regulation process. The
objective of our work was to know, on the one hand, the attitude of a group of online students towards
time management - academic procrastination. On the other hand, the relationship between the
procrastination quotient and the hours they dedicate to study. To this end, we used a sample of 482
subjects, 78.8% female and 21.2% male. Their average age is 40 years, ranging between 19 and 63
years. As a data collection instrument, we used a questionnaire consisting of 10 questions with an
alpha of 0.793. Our results point to a lack of a significant relationship between the procrastination
quotient and sex. However, we found a negative and significant correlation between the type of
procrastinator and weekly study time, with a shorter study time corresponding to a higher level of
procrastination.
These results suggest that researchers and practitioners should consider the individual characteristics
of students involved in designing and optimizing online learning environments.
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Online learning Adult student Procrastination Curricula design
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Goulão, M. F. (2022). Procrastination in a group of adult students in an online environment. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference the Future of Education, 30 june – 1 july, Florence (pp.154-158), Pixel.
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Pixel