Procrastination in College: Solutions for First-Year Students - Couverture souple

Sebastian-Jones, Viola

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1074148533 ISBN 13 : 9781074148539

Editeur : Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Are you starting college in fall 2023 or are currently in college? This handbook will guide you through avoiding the most common problem in college, especially during the first year: procrastination.

Viola Sebastian-Jones draws on three decades of teaching, advising, and senior leadership experience as an Academic Dean to provide students (and parents) with this concise, compassionate, and effective guide to addressing the 12 common causes of procrastination in college, which causes students considerable stress and damages academic performance.


Sebastian-Jones leads students through detailed and effective solutions to each of these 12 causes of procrastination, especially challenges with time management and organization. She helps students understand the relationship between procrastination and uncertainty about goals and priorities, stress, apathy, and feeling overwhelmed.


She draws on experience teaching and advising thousands of students as well as on current science about the brain to give students the solutions and strategies that work. All college students will benefit from understanding these 12 causes of procrastination and from using the succinct solutions and strategies Viola Sebastian-Jones provides.

This guide will also help parents better understand the complex academic and personal challenges procrastination poses for college students.



Topics: college guide, first year experience, freshman year, college study skills, procrastination, freshman survival, success self-help, study habits, academic success, college life, time management, stress management, college study self-help, college, university, college guides, motivational self-help, student life, student success, going to college

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Procrastination causes students considerable stress and damages academic performance. Viola Sebastian-Jones draws on three decades of teaching, advising, and senior leadership experience as an Academic Dean to provide students (and parents) with this concise, compassionate, and effective guide to addressing the 12 common causes of procrastination in college.
Sebastian-Jones leads students through detailed and effective solutions to each of these 12 causes of procrastination, especially challenges with time management and organization. She helps students understand the relationship between procrastination and uncertainty about goals and priorities, stress, apathy, and feeling overwhelmed. She draws on experience teaching and advising thousands of students as well as on current science about the brain to give students the solutions and strategies that work.
Although written primarily for first-year (freshman) college students, all students will benefit from understanding these 12 causes of procrastination and from using the succinct solutions and strategies Viola Sebastian-Jones provides. Finally, this guide will help parents better understand the complex academic and personal challenges procrastination poses for college students.
Topics: college guide, first year experience, freshman year, college study skills, procrastination, freshman survival, success self-help, study habits, academic success, college life, time management, stress management, college study self-help, college, university, college guides, motivational self-help, student life, student success, going to college

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1074148533
• ISBN 13: 9781074148539
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 28
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