Procrastination by Quinn, Carrie

Add any takeaways you have to the padlet

2024-02-06 16:51:22 UTC

Spread out due dates and be mindful of workload.

2024-02-06 16:54:45 UTC

Mitch

Breaking projects into smaller, more manageable pieces

2024-02-06 16:56:11 UTC

Colin

Clarity of expectations

2024-02-06 16:56:54 UTC

Julie

As you do it, it gets worse

2024-02-06 16:57:09 UTC

Breaking down why a person is procrastinating, because the anxiety grows and grows

Takeaways

2024-02-06 16:58:25 UTC

Have a bit of choice on assignments to increase interest in the project, have clear written instructions with a clear and easy first step, and talk to students that begin to veer down this path to find out what it is that causes the procrastinating.

Meeting it head-on

jhatfield23 — 2024-02-06 16:59:33 UTC

This has been a good thought about trying to dig into not only how we can help but also some of the stems of procrastination. There's definitely a fine line between "It's easier said than done" and falling back on that as an excuse to not have to try and mitigate it.

Justin's Takeaway

2024-02-06 17:01:47 UTC

I have worked a lot on making sure the amount of assignments I have is appropriate, but still maintains necessary rigor. I worked a lot leading up to this semester on revising the instructions and what is presented to the kids to help them with that. All of this to say that they are being put in a position to better pace themselves with bite-size chunks, start early, end on time. It is one thing to tell them what they need to do, but I needed to make sure I was putting them in a place to succeed on that advise. Good to know the articles agree with me.

Michael's Takeaway

2024-02-06 17:02:46 UTC

The article on the Science Behind Procrastination was interesting and highlighted the costs of procrastination outweighed the temporary benefits. This is difficult to communicate students that report they work better under the pressure and enjoy their free time gained from the avoidance-but the studies indicated that these students typically earned lower grades, more stress and sickness.

In class work

2024-02-06 17:27:14 UTC

Start task during class time so they open an assignment and have an idea what is it about right there and can ask about it. AWL

Helping students deal with procrastination

jgustman1 — 2024-02-06 17:46:29 UTC

I think there's a lot to the ideas shared in the Psychological Science article regarding regulating mood, feeling guilty about procrastinating. I've seen it in my own children. They want to do the work, but not now because it feels better to focus on something else. Then they feel guilty about not getting it done or doing a poor job.

I found these two quotes hit home for me:

"The first time I thought about tackling this chore, I automatically imagined the mild aggravation involved." from the Edweek.org article,

and

"You’ve got to dig a little deeper and find some personal meaning in that task.” from the Psychological Science article.

One of my boys recently said to me that he really struggled with school all the way from Kdgn through HS because the tasks he was asked to do were always so meaningless. He still struggles to do anything that is not intrinsically valuable to him.