Promptness and Academic Performance

Novarese, Marco and Di Giovinazzo, Viviana (2013): Promptness and Academic Performance.

Abstract

This article uses university administration data to investigate the relation between student behavior (rapid response in finalizing enrolment procedures) and academic performance. It shows how student promptness in enrolling, or lack of it, can prove a useful forecast of academic success. Several explanations can be given, including simply the greater or lesser tendency to procrastinate.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: procrastination, academic performance, motivation
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D83 - Search ; Learning ; Information and Knowledge ; Communication ; Belief ; Unawareness; D - Microeconomics > D9 - Intertemporal Choice > D99 - Other; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I21 - Analysis of Education

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