Understanding Academic Procrastination in Academic Settings: Prevalence, Gender Variation, Motivational Factors And Innovative Assistive Device Solution

Abstract

Academic procrastination is the term used to describe how students tend to put off or postpone finishing task. This research investigates the prevalence of academic procrastination among students based on their genders and education levels, and the reasons for their procrastination, focusing on their perception of assistive technologies. The Procrastination Assessment Scale Students (PASS) and Procrastination Scale (Lay,1986) was used. The sample comprises of more than 100 participants gathered from students of different academies and universities of Lahore, Pakistan with the are age ranging 15 years and above. The statistical analysis (Independent Sample t-test and One-Way ANOVA) reveals that there's no significant difference among genders or different educational levels. It also investigates the students’ perception regarding the reasons, existing intervention and insight on the student’s perception on assistive device-based solution and its features. By utilizing all these insights and the literature Mind Planner i.e. the assistive device along with its companion app was designed to aid the students in terminating this habit. Mind Planner offers a comprehensive approach to time management and self-improvement and accessible via a companion mobile app.  This study recommends some amendments to be made in future for more improvements of this project.