Impatience with instructions is just procrastination in another form In this case, the procrastination isn’t delay, it’s not wanting to put up with annoying instructions, details, and steps. If, Procrastination is harmful deferment of an aversive task (translation: putting off something we don’t want to do and getting burned by it later) then, if you’re skipping … Continue reading Procrastinating the steps: how to follow instructions when you just want to rush through it→
Dr. Jonathan Plucker: Excellence Gaps and the national imperative for equity AND excellence Student Success Podcast No. 17, Feb. 28, 2014, recorded Feb 24, 2014 Today’s Guest: Prof. Jonathan Plucker, University of Connecticut For background, please see the first Student Success Podcast interview with Dr. Jonathan Plucker, Talent on the Sidelines: the Excellence Gap with … Continue reading Dr. Jonathan Plucker: Excellence Gaps and the national imperative for equity AND excellence→
Great interview on CTV Ottawa news! In this interview Dr. P talks about the destructive and limiting effects of procrastination on lifestyle choices. When procrastination controls you, you are not in control of the things you want to do and be. Dr. Pychyl shows viewers the priorities and responsibilities for his own life, as he … Continue reading Dr. Procrastination: Tim Pychyl featured on Ottawa TV→
Help us fight this disease. Procrastination destroys grades, it destroys relationships, it destroys futures. It may not seem like such a big deal. Just make another promise to yourself to get better grades next time, study more, and move on. Besides, cramming it in and busting it out at the last minute always works for … Continue reading Procrastination destroys→
Shhhh… academic dishonesty going on. Well, yeah, students cheat. Schools look upon it as a horrible violation of civic rules, a sure sign of a life of failure ahead, and they threaten dire consequences for it. Frankly, it’s more like a speeding violation than the theft that it is: cheaters rarely get caught, and usually just … Continue reading Why do students cheat? Procrastination and cheating→
Scaffolding students out of procrastination: teacher interview with Mike Cahir Student Success Podcast No. 16 Feb. 10, 2014, recorded Feb 8, 2014 Today’s Guest: Mike Cahir, Teacher and Department Chair, English Department, Archbishop Carroll High School, Washington, DC In this interview, Mike rejoins us to discuss procrastination from the point of view of a high … Continue reading Scaffolding students out of procrastination: teacher interview with Mike Cahir→
Third quarter is break-down time It just is. Lost in the middle of a long year, things get tough. You just got through midterms and the end of the 2nd quarter, you had a nice winter break, then, bam! School is back, and hard. In Q3 teachers are off their game, too. They’re either panicked for having … Continue reading 3rd Quarter blues: beware procrastination payback time→
Procrastination: Interview with high school students and Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl Student Success Podcast No. 15 Jan. 30, 2014, recorded Jan 28, 2014 Today’s Guest: Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D., and Sean, Sena, and Matthew, high school students Dr. Pychyl, whom we agree to call Tim now, discusses the personal experiences with and possible solutions for … Continue reading Unpuzzling Procrastination: student Interview with Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl→
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