Self-Regulated Learning Strategies of Active Procrastinating Pre-University Students

Abstract

Introduction. A common impediment to any student’s academic achievement and well being is the phenomenon of procrastination. Procrastination has typically been defined as a trait or behavioural disposition to postpone or delay performing a task or making decision. It is voluntary yet irrational delay of an intended course of action and frequently results in unsatisfactory, performance and emotional upset. Whereas, active procrastination is one’s intentional decision to procrastinate in order to cope and focus attention on other tasks at hand and to experience performance pressure.Method. This study attempted to explore pre-University college (PUC) students’ active procrastination in relation to their self-regulated learning. 120 PUC students were selected from four different schools of Gulbarga town in Karnataka state of India through multistage random sampling. With the demographic details of students, they were administered Active procrastination scale and Self-regulated learning measure.Results. Students of Educated parents and boys have higher active procrastination. Urban and rural students do not differ in their active procrastination. Goal setting & planning, seeking information, keeping records and rehearsing & memorizing strategies are significantly related to active procrastinationDiscussion and Conclusion. Urban students have higher organizing & transforming, rehearsing& memorizing and seeking social assistance SRL strategies. Students who engage in more than one hobby have better goal setting & planning, information seeking & total SRL. Active procrastination has significant relation with goal setting & planning, seeking information, keeping records, rehearsing & memorizing SRL strategies.