Grounded theory (GT) is a difficult methodology for a novice researcher to adopt, cially where an enquiry has a tight timescales. So when Schraw, wadkins, and olafson (2007) undertook a GT study of academic procrastination (reported in the Journal Educational Psychology), they collected data over eight academic semesters this time scale was due to the demands of the GT methodology, and not a result of any procreant nation on the part of the researchers! Despite not being especially suitable for ant is important for all educational researchers to know about this methodology, because