More than minutes: A person-centered approach to homework time, homework time management, and homework procrastination

This present investigation used a person-centered approach to identifying student profiles based on homework time, time management, and procrastination. Using the data from 541 eighth-grade students, latent profile analysis yielded four distinct profiles: Inefficient Learners, Moderate Learners, Efficient Learners, and Minimalists. In addition, findings indicated that gender predicted profile membership; girls were more likely than boys to be in the Efficient Learners and Moderate Learners than in the Inefficient Learners. The Efficient Learners completed the most homework and attained the highest scores on mathematics achievement. The Minimalists completed the least amount of homework, and the Minimalist and the Inefficient Learners scored the lowest on mathematics achievement. Implications for educational practices and further research are discussed in light of these results.