Procrastination behavior, very prevalent among college students in higher education, is inversely related to academic achievement, and is more likely among male, first generation, and underrepresented minority students. We test whether a semester-long intervention, consisting of three mindfulness pedagogical strategies designed to address varying aspects of procrastination, helps to reduce...
College TeachingApril 25, 2019Michael F. S. Baranski, Christopher A. Was
Abstract Mindfulness meditation involves focusing one's attention on the present moment in a non-judgmental way. Several recently published investigations have demonstrated that a brief session of mindfulness meditation, practiced before a higher-education course lecture, can improve performance on a quiz over lecture content given immediately following the lecture. It is less clear how...