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As I was faced with my first case of procrastination this semester, I felt it was apt to post an article I read that discusses how procrastination is reinforced and some steps you can take to overcome it. From the teacher perspective, it might be beneficial to talk about procrastination with your students as it only gets worse with time. Also, by not giving long amounts of time for projects/papers/presentations you can help habitual procrastinators by forcing them to get all of the work done in the allotted time. Another method might be to have small pieces of a larger project due each day so as to reduce the stress/overwhelming aspect of a large assignment.
This article from California Polytechnic State University sheds more light on the epidemic that is procrastination in schools:
Feel free to share your thoughts, experiences
-MB
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