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"It's My Closest Friend And My Most Hated Enemy": Students Share Perspectives On Procrastination In Writing Classes, Jennifer Gray

The Journal of Student Success in Writing

This article presents the results from an IRB-approved study that researched student perspectives on procrastination. Qualitative and quantitative data from over 200 surveys administered to first-year writers illustrated multiple reasons why students procrastinated, and these reasons are much deeper than a strong desire to do something else. Results indicated that when students perceived a lack of engagement with their topic (whether the engagement was actually there or not), they were more likely to procrastinate. In addition, students who had fewer choices in their writing assignments, such as topic choices or format choices, were more likely to procrastinate and avoid the …

Curriculum Integration: Twenty Questions- With Answers, Gert Nesin, John Lounsbury

Becoming: Journal of the Georgia Association for Middle Level Education

This is a digital edition of the book Curriculum Integration: Twenty Questions- With Answers, first published in 1999 by the Georgia Middle School Association.

ISBN-13: 978-0967508108
ISBN-10: 096750810X

Introduction, Amanda Wall

Becoming: Journal of the Georgia Association for Middle Level Education

Introduction