StudyTracker Self-Tracking App and its Relationship to University Student Procrastination

Procrastination is a prevalent issue among university students and leads to long-term negative impacts on academic performance as well as mental health and quality of life. This paper investigated StudyTracker, a self-tracking digital application (app) that we developed for university students to us...

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Published inCanadian journal of learning and technology Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 1 - 23
Main Authors Murad, Maya, Collins, KC
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education 01.01.2025
The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE)
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personal informatics
procrastination intervention
self-tracking
time management
university students
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Abstract Procrastination is a prevalent issue among university students and leads to long-term negative impacts on academic performance as well as mental health and quality of life. This paper investigated StudyTracker, a self-tracking digital application (app) that we developed for university students to use to track their study sessions. The app provided feedback to the student in the form of text and charts. We investigated the impact that StudyTracker had on procrastination habits, and explored how students interpreted their feedback data from the app. Results indicated that both the control group (N=9) and the experimental group (N=8) experienced a significant decrease in procrastination scores, however there was no significant difference between the two groups. The design implications of our findings are discussed.
AbstractList Procrastination is a prevalent issue among university students and leads to long-term negative impacts on academic performance as well as mental health and quality of life. This paper investigated StudyTracker, a self-tracking digital application (app) that we developed for university students to use to track their study sessions. The app provided feedback to the student in the form of text and charts. We investigated the impact that StudyTracker had on procrastination habits, and explored how students interpreted their feedback data from the app. Results indicated that both the control group (N=9) and the experimental group (N=8) experienced a significant decrease in procrastination scores, however there was no significant difference between the two groups. The design implications of our findings are discussed. La procrastination est un problème répandu chez les personnes étudiantes universitaires et entraîne des répercussions négatives à long terme sur les résultats académiques ainsi que sur la santé mentale et la qualité de vie. Cet article porte sur StudyTracker, une application numérique d’auto­­suivi que nous avons développée à l’intention des personnes étudiantes universitaires pour qu’elles puissent l’utiliser pour suivre leurs séances d’étude. L’application fournit une rétroaction à la personne étudiante sous forme de texte et de graphiques. Nous avons étudié l’impact de StudyTracker sur les habitudes de procrastination et exploré la manière dont les personnes étudiantes interprétaient les données de rétroaction fournies par l’application. Les résultats indiquent que le groupe de contrôle (N=9) et le groupe expérimental (N=8) ont connu une diminution significative des scores de procrastination, mais il n’y avait pas de différence significative entre les deux groupes. Les implications de nos résultats sur le plan de la conception sont discutées.
Procrastination is a prevalent issue among university students and leads to long-term negative impacts on academic performance as well as mental health and quality of life. This paper investigated StudyTracker, a self-tracking digital application (app) that we developed for university students to use to track their study sessions. The app provided feedback to the student in the form of text and charts. We investigated the impact that StudyTracker had on procrastination habits, and explored how students interpreted their feedback data from the app. Results indicated that both the control group (N=9) and the experimental group (N=8) experienced a significant decrease in procrastination scores, however there was no significant difference between the two groups. The design implications of our findings are discussed.
Author Murad, Maya
Collins, KC
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