ETE Conf 2021 | Help the Procrastinators with User-Friendly Course Calendar, Regular Check-Ins...
Channel: Empower Teaching
Date: 2021-08-30

Presented by,
Dr. Meredith Wang
Dr. Sarah Tulane

Research shows the majority of college students engage in procrastination, potentially hurting their grades. With some simple revisions of course structure, professors can help students to reduce or stop procrastination. For instance, research shows evenly spaced deadlines not only improve the quality of student work but also improve assignment completion rates. We suggest that instead of giving students a big project with a single deadline, professors could break it into smaller tasks with evenly spaced-out deadlines. Not only do students receive more feedback after each task is completed, but they also present their progress at regular checkpoints throughout the semester.