The Anatomy of Procrastination – and How Students Can Beat It

Source: The GuardianYouTube, Facebook, the sidebar of shame; we all procrastinate sometimes. But you can teach your students to overcome it Procrastination is more instinctive than you might imagine. The art of avoidance comes from our lower mammalian brain, which is equipped for survival. It’s adapted to focus on what we need immediately, making it harder to focus on attention-demanding, longer-term tasks. For schoolchildren, getting the brain to engage in tasks...