Student Needs

• Opportunity to understand expectations
• Structure with some flexibility
• Guidance towards resources
• Recognition that skill development happens through repetition/practice

Solutions

• Provide a written description of the purpose and expectations of the assignment.
• Avoid open-ended deadlines.
• Direct students to resources that can help with developing research and writing skills.
• Highlight procrastination resources.  Note that procrastination can be driven by some complex underlying difficulites, and is not a typically “time management” issue.
• Set submission deadlines for the start of a class; not midnight, on weekends, or over holidays.

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