Does The Early Bird Really Get The Grade?
Abstract
This study analyzes different personal characteristics of students in an online class that may impact their individual success in a course. In particular, does procrastination impact a student’s performance? To aid in student success, the instructor needs to understand what may impact a student’s success. While student characteristics related to success are predominately similar in online and face-to-face courses, online learning is different than face-to-face learning and there are certain personal characteristics that may affect online students more than face-to-face students. The results of this study provide evidence that procrastination is negatively correlated to student performance and that there are differences in the performance of procrastinators based on gender and age.