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Procrastination in Relation to Academic Achievement among College Students

Author(s) Harpreet Kaur
Country India
Abstract The study examined procrastination in relation to academic achievement among college students. The 282 college students were selected on the basis of convenient and volunteer sampling from 12 selected colleges of Punjab.. The Two way Analysis of variance was used to study main and interaction effect. The interaction effect of academic achievement with stream of study on procrastination among college students. The coefficient of correlation was calculated to find out the relationship between Procrastination and academic achievement among college students. The results revealed that there is no significant difference in mean scores of procrastination in relation to three levels of academic achievement i.e. good academic achievement, average academic achievement and poor academic achievement. There is significant difference in mean scores of procrastination belonging to three stream of study i.e. science, humanities and commerce. The interaction effect of academic achievement and stream of study on procrastination came out to be significant. The coefficient of correlation between procrastination and academic achievement came out to be negative and not significant. On the basis of findings, it is suggested that the principal should organize brain-storming drilling activities/inter-house competitions/quiz/projects at college level in order to boost the intelligence and knowledge of students. The special recognition need to be given to the students, who submit assignments/projects within time. The teacher should give projects/home assignments as creative as one can, in order to reduce procrastination.
Keywords Procrastination, academic achievement and college students
Field Sociology > Education
Published In Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023
Published On 2023-07-17
Cite This Procrastination in Relation to Academic Achievement among College Students - Harpreet Kaur - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4380
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4380
Short DOI https://doi.org/gshnbb

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