Academic Procrastination And Metacognitive Strategies Among Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Students

Abstract

The aim is  to investigate  the correlation between academic procrastination and metacognitive strategies among  Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University students. This research study  is quantitative and descriptive, based on the relationship between metacognition strategies and academic procrastination among Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University students. Participants were 350 Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University students (females, n= 130 .37.1%, and males 220, 62.9%). The survey data were analyzed in SPSS (v. 22.0). The data were analyzed with Pearson correlation, and t-test. Findings indicated that the percentage of students who procrastinate their academic work is high, compared to individuals who do not repeat their work. Males procrastinate more than females . There are no statistically significant differences in academic procrastination due to age. There are statistically significant differences in academic procrastination due to college. Humanities colleges students procrastinate more than Scientific colleges students. There are significant correlations between all the study variables (P < 0.01).