An experimental study on academic procrastination : effects of weekly homework

الملخص EN

The present study aimed at comparing the students’ procrastination and self-regulatory scores after obtaining some strategies possibly improve the self-regulatory behaviours.

The strategies included weekly course assignments, reflector writings and presentations on various topics.

The subjects were 141 students enrolled in Educational Sciences department in a public university in Turkey during the second term of the 2012 -2013 academic year.

Results of the analyses showed that the strategies used did not influence on students’ procrastination but self-regulatory behaviours.