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:

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
    1. For subsequent citations within a paragraph don't include year
    2. All authors (up to 5) should be cited on first citation - after that it is first author et al.
17. Also note that I have made a number of proofreading edits to the chapter - check through the page history to review them.

Sincerely, James 08:19, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

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Overall Overall this is an excellent, exemplar textbook chapter. It is hits the right tone for an introductory book, with a revealing mixture of theory and research focused on the motivational phenomenon of procrastination. Extra learning features are particularly well used - your clearly mastered wiki formatting and, it seems, procrastination. Congraulations. Theory Theory comment A well-selected range of theories were covered. Research An interesting variety of well-selected research was described. A key strength was the inclusion of effect sizes and meta-analytic results. Written expression Expression comment The chapter was interesting and easy to read. APA style was excellent, particularly for citations and table and figure captioning. Additional learning features were judiciously used to highlight key points and extend the reader. Excellent use of within-page, within-wiki, wikipedia and external links. Several minor typos and grammatical corrections were identified.

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

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Overall 8 Overview Overall, this is a well-made DI-level presentation. The main area for improvement would be to cover less content more slowly. Snazzy slides, with nice animations Font clear Speaking voice was clear, but could use greater variation in tone. Content 8 Conclusion Audio 8 Video Meta-data 9 Licensing

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