Procrastination in a distance university setting

Distance Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-310

  Klingsieck, Katrin B ^a   Fries, Stefan ^b   Horz, Claudia ^c   Hofer, Manfred ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PA CONSULTING GROUP   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

academic success; distance education; distance learning; learning strategies; procrastination; self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869461545     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2012.723165     Document Type: Article

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