Open AccessAcademic Procrastination: Its Effect on The Learning Productivity of Senior High School Students in Mindanao State University-Sulu
Author(s) -
Nur-In I. Alih,
Almarezza L. Alvarez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indonesian community empowerment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2776-2629
DOI - 10.37275/icejournal.v1i2.10
Subject(s) - procrastination , productivity , mathematics education , psychology , set (abstract data type) , time management , medical education , computer science , social psychology , medicine , economics , macroeconomics , programming language , operating system
Procrastination became common practices to many students which has affected their learning productivity. This study was conducted for the purpose of gathering facts and information about procrastination and how it affected the students in academic aspect. This study aimed to accomplish the following objectives: to determine the effect of procrastination on the learning productivity, to discover the factors that cause procrastination, and to identify if there is any significant difference of academic procrastination on the learning productivity of the respondents when they are grouped according to gender.
The researchers used descriptive research method in gathering data. Convenience sampling was applied to select the respondents composing of 50 students from all section of Grade 12 STEM strand. Weighted arithmetic mean and independent t-test are the statistical tools used to answer the entire research question. The data gathered was computed using a computer programming called Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and analyzed and interpreted with aide of the statistician.In view of the findings and analysis, the following recommendation are hereby presented, students must set deadlines to be more productive and should eliminate distraction when doing school works; parents must not fail to monitor the academic tasks of their children. Parental motivation, guidance, and advice would be much help in light of the modular learning in order to motivate and boast the students to do their work; and teachers alongside student leaders must initiate a seminar addressing time management to overcome procrastination among students.