Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2010/Procrastination

I would join the effort in this section, but am a little bit busy, so I'll put it off until tomorrow.....Privatemusings 04:29, 2 September 2010 (UTC) hee hee

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Overall, this is an impressive draft, with solid, interesting content and interactive learning features. I think this is probably a Distinction-level chapter as it stands - here are some suggestions for taking the next draft to HD-level: Sincerely, James 08:19, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Introduction: Explain arousal procrastinators vs. avoidant procrastinators (or link to where there is more detailed explanation)
 * 2) APA style: Number tables and figures - and refer to them by number
 * 3) Consider including reactance theory (relates to autonomy)
 * 4) FYI, here are my bookmarks about proctrastination
 * 5) What country was the Meyer (2000) study conducted in?
 * 6) The logic about the gender and university type interactions with procrastination (about attribution) could be explained in some more detail.
 * 7) Explain "self-defeating prophecy" (where first mentioned - or link to where it is better explained)
 * 8) Explain "evening trait"
 * 9) Perhaps it could be helpful to provide a table from the Steel meta-analysis which shows the main predictors of procrastination
 * 10) More perhaps could be said about this "Unfortunately, well organised instructors who provide detailed outlines and offer regular feedback are inadvertently promoting procrastination by removing autonomy"
 * 11) Operant conditioning paragraph could be redrafted - better explanation and/or example needed
 * 12) Move the Smart Goals box closer to the content on goal setting
 * 13) More could be said about the intervention methods in the Oaten and Cheng (2006) study
 * 14) mankind -> humankind
 * 15) In the summary, suggest some intervention strategies
 * 16) Citations
 * 17) For subsequent citations within a paragraph don't include year
 * 18) All authors (up to 5) should be cited on first citation - after that it is first author et al.
 * 19) Also note that I have made a number of proofreading edits to the chapter - check through the page history to review them.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 05:44, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:58, 13 December 2010 (UTC)