Procrastination of 10 Grade Students

PROBLEM AND SETTINGS

1.1 Rationale

Students spend most of their time in school almost every day. Multiple tasks and activities are to be accomplished on a varied set time. These factors play a huge role when it comes to the students overall academic performance. Yet oftentimes, for some reasons there are either finished late or not accomplished at all. One of the reasons is procrastination.

According to the Merriam-Websterr's Dictionary, to procrastinate means to put off habitually doing something that should be done. Procrastination has been experienced by people ever since for everyone delays work for later sometimes. It generally reflects perennial struggles with self-control as well as the general human inability to accurately predict how well feel tomorrow or the day after. All of us put things off some time or another and researchers have claimed that the problem can be particularly pronounced among students. Between 80 and 95 percent of college students procrastinate on their school work according to the American Psychological Association.

This study will evaluate the causes and effects of procrastination particularly on Divine Life Institute of Cebur's Grade 10 students. This is based on the claim that one often major concern amongst Grade 10 students are facing is procrastination. From this specific group of students, the researchers will determine their state and condition with the given task and activities: how they handle their productivity and time management, and the students academic performance will be analyzed as well.

To further elaborate the description of procrastination, the study will utilize Pier Steelr's concept of procrastination. Piers Steel is a distinguished research chair at the University of Calgary, where he teaches human resources and organizational dynamics at the Haskayne School of Business. Pierr's idea about procrastination will contribute as a support to this studies objective of determination the underlying reason of procrastination among students.

This study uses the qualitative method to acquire better understanding of the meaning and description of procrastination. The researchers will conduct an interview to the selected grade 10 students that are chosen randomly to avoid possible bias and obtain variety of data. These data will then be interpreted and reviewed while bringing the researchers own perspectives to its meaning and construct the utilized concept in its analysis. This is particularly the ideal approach in studying educational problems to develop analysis of data to be grasped.

1.2 Statement of the Problem

This study seeks to analyze procrastination amongst grade 10 students academic performance of the Divine Life Institute of Cebu, Inc. Using Piers Steelr's concept of procrastination as well as to specifically find the answers to the questions:

• What is procrastination?
• What is the concept of Piers Steelr's law?
• How visible is procrastination affect the students academic performance?
• What are the causes and effects of procrastination on DLICr's grade 10 students?
• How does procrastination affect the students academic performance?

1.3 Significance of the Study

This study aims to establish a contribution of the result that will benefit the following:
STUDENTS The studyr's result will provide a better understanding and its implications to the students. The topic is mainly directed towards the students to be able to acquire learningr's gathered from this study that may be applied in real life situations regarding procrastination and academic performance.

TEACHERS

Teachers benefit from the findings of this study in a way that they are the ones who handle the assessment of students academic performance. This study provides information that may help teachers perception and management about the procrastination among their students whether considering academic performance or just merely focusing on the responsibility of shaping students progress and improvement as a whole.

PARENTS

The presented date will help the parents conceive advices that may help their children when it comes to procrastination. The findings will also help them assess and learn about their children to be able to improve their responsibility.

FUTURE RESEARCHERS

The information and data gathered in this study may be used as guide and a reference for the future researchers in this field. The study will provide elaboration and findings about the topic that future researchers may read to possess a background knowledge about a related subject.

1.4 Scope and Delimitation

SCOPE

This study is conducted to acquire more knowledge and comprehension of procrastination among students considering academic performance. The information and data presented will cover an elaboration and interpretation of the findings about procrastination. Subject about time management that is highly related to the studyr's topic will also be utilized in this study. This study will tackle about the causes and effects of procrastination on students academic performance with Pier Steelr's concept of procrastination.

DELIMITATION

This study will not cover the state of the world when it comes to procrastination and time management. The information and data about procrastination of DLICr's grade 10 students considering their academic performance. Broader topics such as procrastination in society and the world will not be included.

1.5 Definition of Terms

• Procrastination Procrastination is the act or habit of procrastinating. It is the action of delaying or postponing especially something requiring immediate attention. The study mainly focuses on this term and its definition and will be interpreted to acquire better understanding about its causes and effects.
• Time Management Time management is the ability to use oner's time effectively or productively especially at work.
• Cramming The term cramming is used when one delays something and attempting to learn and accomplish the particular task in a short period of time. It means to force a lot things into a small space.
• Academic Performance Academic achievement is another term for academic performance. It is the extent to which a student, teacher or institution has achieved their short or long term educational goals. The term will be assessed and considered throughout analyzing the causes and effects of procrastination to it.

1.6 Research Methodology

The researchers conducted the study by utilizing Piers Steelr's concept of procrastination and gathering data from an interview that is conducted to the grade 10 students to construct meaning from the findings. The study uses the qualitative method that for which approaches the research through interpreting the collected data to obtain meaning and answers to the problem.

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