Comparing active delay and procrastination from a self-regulated learning perspective

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 602-606

  Corkin, Danya M ^a   Yu, Shirley L ^a   Lindt, Suzanne F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Learning strategies; Procrastination; Self efficacy; Self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052393119     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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