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Time Management Skills As A Tool For Reducing Academic Procrastination Both In The Classroom And During Academic Internships, Stacy Starks, Jodi Bower

Journal of Interprofessional Practice and Collaboration

Many individuals have set out to define the term “time management skills.” Time management is a skill necessary for any individual, but especially working individuals. As a program that offers an internship (Practicum) course, these skills are imperative for students to possess. Academic procrastination and lack of time management skills are becoming a norm. It is important to find out why student punctuality and timely submissions are going by the wayside. The project is designed to introduce three intervention activities throughout the Practicum course. Students were given pre- and post- assessments based on two different scales: Bandura’s Self-Efficacy for Self-Regulated …