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In today's world, Internet is the most widely used technology by students to communicate and access information. However, it is often criticized for being used without a purpose and preventing the students from studying. This study is carried out with relational screening model and intends to review the Internet users' behaviors of academic procrastination and their level of cyberloafing in educational settings. In this context, data were collected from 539 volunteer students at different grade levels who were actively using Facebook social network application. Academic Procrastination Scale and Identifying the Cyberloafing in Educational Settings Scale are the main data collection tools used in this study. Results of the data analysis show that academic procrastination and cyberloafing levels of the students who use Facebook social network are moderate. No difference were found in academic procrastination levels with regards to gender, but in terms of employment status those who work have higher academic procrastination levels compared to those who do not work, and with regards to the type of educational organization university students have higher academic procrastination levels compared to high school students. When their cyberloafing levels are analyzed it is seen that women, working students, university and graduate students have higher cyberloafing levels respectively than men, nonworking students, and high school and elementary school students. However, a positive and moderate correlation was found between the academic procrastination level and the level of cyberloafing in educational settings.

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