Houra Moti'i; Mahmoud Heidari; Mansoureh Sadat Sadeqi
Volume 8, Issue 24 , July 2012, , Pages 50-72
Abstract
Procrastination is a common phenomenon mainly observed in school settings. Recognized as a self-regulatory failure, it is believed to adversely affect students’ academic achievements. Research exploring the relationship between self-regulated learning and procrastination is unfortunately lacking. ...
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Procrastination is a common phenomenon mainly observed in school settings. Recognized as a self-regulatory failure, it is believed to adversely affect students’ academic achievements. Research exploring the relationship between self-regulated learning and procrastination is unfortunately lacking. In the current study, the role of self-regulated learning strategies as predictors of academic procrastination was assessed. Furthermore, the relationship between gender differences in academic procrastination and self-regulated learning was examined. 250 (121 female and 129 male) Iranian first-grade high-school students completed the Motivated Strategies for Learning questionnaire and Procrastination Assessment Scale-Student. The multiple regression results indicated that academic procrastination was negatively correlated with intrinsic goal orientation, extrinsic goal orientation, metacognitive self-regulation, time/study environmental management and effort regulation. Furthermore, the organization was a positive predictor of academic procrastination. Finally, the independent t-test revealed no significant differences across genders in academic procrastination. MANOVA test showed that female students used rehearsal, effort regulation and peer learning strategies significantly more than male students. The findings were discussed with regard to prior research on self-regulated learning and procrastination. Finally, some strategies to overcome procrastination through self-regulated learning are suggested.
