The impact of online graduate students' motivation and self-regulation on academic procrastination

Journal of Interactive Online Learning

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-93

  Rakes, Glenda C ^a   Dunn, Karee E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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