Mathematics Performance of Secondary School Student
Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007, 3(4), 363-370
Correlates of Academic Procrastination and Mathematics Achievement of University Undergraduate Students
Mojeed Kolawole Akinsola
University of Botswana, Gaborone, BOTSWANA
Adedeji Tella
Osun State College of Education; Ila-Orangun, NIGERIA
Adeyinka Tella
University of Botswana, Gaborone, BOTSWANA
Received 3 November 2006; accepted 19 April 2007
Procrastination is now a common phenomenon among students particularly those at the higher level. And this is doing more harm to their academic achievement than good. Therefore, this study examined the correlates between academic procrastination and mathematics achievement among the university mathematics undergraduate students. The study used a total sample of 150 part 3 and 4 students in the department of mathematics and mathematics education students in the university of Ibadan and university of Lagos, Nigeria. The 35 items academic procrastination scale developed and validated by Tuckman (1991) was used for the collection of data, in conjunction with the subjects GPA scores till date in mathematics. Findings indicates that: a significant correlation was found in the academic procrastination and academic achievement of the subjects in mathematics, significant difference also exists in the levels of procrastination and mathematics achievement of the subjects, with low procrastinators performing better than the moderate and the high procrastinators. Results further reveals the subjects procrastinate the same way irrespective of their gender. Implications of procrastination on academic achievement of students at all levels generally and some effective ways of remediation of procrastination were suggested. Keywords: Academic Procrastination, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Gender, Undergraduates.
INTRODUCTION The issue of procrastination is no more something to toy with in academics but something to deal with. This is
Correlates of Academic Procrastination and Mathematics Achievement of University Undergraduate Students
Mojeed Kolawole Akinsola
University of Botswana, Gaborone, BOTSWANA
Adedeji Tella
Osun State College of Education; Ila-Orangun, NIGERIA
Adeyinka Tella
University of Botswana, Gaborone, BOTSWANA
Received 3 November 2006; accepted 19 April 2007
Procrastination is now a common phenomenon among students particularly those at the higher level. And this is doing more harm to their academic achievement than good. Therefore, this study examined the correlates between academic procrastination and mathematics achievement among the university mathematics undergraduate students. The study used a total sample of 150 part 3 and 4 students in the department of mathematics and mathematics education students in the university of Ibadan and university of Lagos, Nigeria. The 35 items academic procrastination scale developed and validated by Tuckman (1991) was used for the collection of data, in conjunction with the subjects GPA scores till date in mathematics. Findings indicates that: a significant correlation was found in the academic procrastination and academic achievement of the subjects in mathematics, significant difference also exists in the levels of procrastination and mathematics achievement of the subjects, with low procrastinators performing better than the moderate and the high procrastinators. Results further reveals the subjects procrastinate the same way irrespective of their gender. Implications of procrastination on academic achievement of students at all levels generally and some effective ways of remediation of procrastination were suggested. Keywords: Academic Procrastination, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Gender, Undergraduates.
INTRODUCTION The issue of procrastination is no more something to toy with in academics but something to deal with. This is