Why do students procrastinate?
Procrastination has increasingly developed a big issue among students around the world causing inefficiency in students. Estimations indicate that 80%–95% of college students engage in procrastination with 75% consider themselves procrastinators, and the rest 50% procrastinate consistently and problematically (Piers 65). Moreover, these percentages appear to have risen with the constant usage of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. It is reported that students typically occupy over one third of their daily activities, often enacted through sleeping, playing, or movie watching (Piers 65). Majority of students around the world are guilty of a procrastinating act of voluntarily delaying important task …show more content…
Studies about procrastination have shown that students tend to delay or participate less in activities due to a failure in self-regulation which ultimately leads to their poor achievement (Won 68). College students tend to procrastinate because they do not have any internal or external motivation to guide them to complete their tasks on time. Some studies apply that students procrastinate till the last minute because they believe to wait for the right mood to help them quickly complete their assignments and studies efficiently. Other students procrastinate because they have relatively short period of time for completing their tasks or preparing for their exams, forcing them be in a rush and stress to complete their assignments just before their deadlines (Won 67). There is an alternate view that procrastinators believe that pressure enhances their performance enabling to completing their assignments days before the target date. Procrastinators have no self-control, no self-motivation, low self-discipline and no plan to complete the task. They do not have a habit of studying daily. They would always find excuses to delay their …show more content…
Students should have a small amount of reflection upon their particular methods of procrastination, and they should be able to identify techniques that will help them enter the planning process with little stress (Pitts and Bennett 1). Procrastinators should try to break their assignment into smaller pieces, so they can work on them one at a time giving each task more attention. Research has shown the best possible way to outcome procrastination is by rewarding yourself. Students should increase their internal motivation by rewarding themselves by taking some time off or any other way (Ceri 148). Planning is an important way through which you can avoid procrastination. Students should make a detailed To-Do List with specific deadlines with a time schedule and try stick to it, to avoid last minute submitting and stress (Pitts and Bennett 3). When planning students should set themselves up to succeed increase their willpower to complete their tasks on time. Procrastinators should not fear from writing bad first drafts, as they do not have to be a perfectionist in everything. During the time of workload, majority of the procrastinators are afraid to ask for help leading them to do all their assignments together at the last minute (Pitts and Bennett 4). Asking for help relieves stress from students and helps them to focus on their
Procrastination has increasingly developed a big issue among students around the world causing inefficiency in students. Estimations indicate that 80%–95% of college students engage in procrastination with 75% consider themselves procrastinators, and the rest 50% procrastinate consistently and problematically (Piers 65). Moreover, these percentages appear to have risen with the constant usage of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. It is reported that students typically occupy over one third of their daily activities, often enacted through sleeping, playing, or movie watching (Piers 65). Majority of students around the world are guilty of a procrastinating act of voluntarily delaying important task …show more content…
Studies about procrastination have shown that students tend to delay or participate less in activities due to a failure in self-regulation which ultimately leads to their poor achievement (Won 68). College students tend to procrastinate because they do not have any internal or external motivation to guide them to complete their tasks on time. Some studies apply that students procrastinate till the last minute because they believe to wait for the right mood to help them quickly complete their assignments and studies efficiently. Other students procrastinate because they have relatively short period of time for completing their tasks or preparing for their exams, forcing them be in a rush and stress to complete their assignments just before their deadlines (Won 67). There is an alternate view that procrastinators believe that pressure enhances their performance enabling to completing their assignments days before the target date. Procrastinators have no self-control, no self-motivation, low self-discipline and no plan to complete the task. They do not have a habit of studying daily. They would always find excuses to delay their …show more content…
Students should have a small amount of reflection upon their particular methods of procrastination, and they should be able to identify techniques that will help them enter the planning process with little stress (Pitts and Bennett 1). Procrastinators should try to break their assignment into smaller pieces, so they can work on them one at a time giving each task more attention. Research has shown the best possible way to outcome procrastination is by rewarding yourself. Students should increase their internal motivation by rewarding themselves by taking some time off or any other way (Ceri 148). Planning is an important way through which you can avoid procrastination. Students should make a detailed To-Do List with specific deadlines with a time schedule and try stick to it, to avoid last minute submitting and stress (Pitts and Bennett 3). When planning students should set themselves up to succeed increase their willpower to complete their tasks on time. Procrastinators should not fear from writing bad first drafts, as they do not have to be a perfectionist in everything. During the time of workload, majority of the procrastinators are afraid to ask for help leading them to do all their assignments together at the last minute (Pitts and Bennett 4). Asking for help relieves stress from students and helps them to focus on their