ERIC Number: EJ1116952
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
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Study Goals and Procrastination Tendencies at Different Stages of the Undergraduate Degree
Stewart, Martyn; Stott, Tim; Nuttall, Anne-Marie
Studies in Higher Education, v41 n11 p2028-2043 2016
Study goals and effective management of study time are both linked to academic success for undergraduates. Mastery goals in particular are associated with study enjoyment and positive educational outcomes such as conceptual change. Conversely, poor self-regulation, in the form of procrastination, is linked to a range of negative study behaviours. Many researchers have treated goal orientations and procrastination tendency as stable traits and few have examined differences across academic levels. This study reports a cross-sectional measure of study goal orientation and procrastination tendency profiles at different academic levels on two undergraduate programmes. Findings concur with other studies in revealing a significant decline in mastery goals, particularly between the first and second years of study. Procrastination tendency is significantly higher in the second year. Potential causes of these differences and their implications are discussed, alongside considerations for positive learning environments.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Study Habits, Time Management, Independent Study, Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Instructional Program Divisions, Comparative Analysis, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Instructional Design, Student Surveys, Scores, Statistical Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Writing Assignments, Correlation, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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