Procrastination
Ferrari, et.al. looked at procrastination on academic tasks by college students, comparing students who attended selective colleges with students who attended nonselective colleges. They found that students in both groups procrastinated but for different reasons. At the selective college, procrastination was tied to dislike for the task. At the nonselective college, students worried about not doing a good job on the assignment and about possible social disapproval. One interesting finding was that the students' definitions of what procrastination varied by school. Students at the more selective college more often described themselves as procrastinators than the students at the non-selective school. The writers speculated that students at the more challenging school might be more likely to start on assignments immediately, and view any delay at all as "procrastination." They suspected that students at the more selective school had a stronger school work ethic.
The authors clearly defined that they were going to study academic procrastination among students, but in retrospect did not define "procrastination" clearly enough for the purposes of this study, resulting in the finding that the two groups of students themselves had differing perceptions. This actually enhances the research because it suggests new questions to research in the future.
The rationale for doing this study was only implied. While their review of the literature demonstrated that procrastination was clearly a...
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