(270) PROCRASTINATION OF THE STUDENTS OF THE VSB-TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA AND THE SLOVAK AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY IN NITRA

摘要

One encounters many challenges during life which he/she must stand to and solve within a certaintimeframe, and the tasks may be simple, difficult, complicated and uninteresting from a subjectivepoint of view, neutral, appealing or attractive. The time of university studies is, in this context, a periodduring which a young individual must fulfil a variety of tasks related to learning and education. He/sheshould, for example, attend lectures, seminars and exercises, prepare and present seminar papers atpre-determined times, perform the duties necessary to obtain the individual credits, pass exams fromthe given subjects, know his/her learning style and, based on that, study in an efficient andindependent manner. If a learner cannot comply with the study-related tasks on time, he/she has aproblem. The statements described above make it clear that a success in learning is also linked withpersonal qualities and skills, because many of them determine whether and to what extent a studentwill have a tendency to put aside the learning duties (procrastinate). The content of the wordprocrastination is not defined in a uniform way. Where experts agree is the fact that the numbers ofprocrastinating individuals have been increasing and that university students represent a notableshare of this number. The situation regarding procrastination of the students of the VSB - TechnicalUniversity of Ostrava and the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra has been investigated using aquestionnaire.