I also observed that in every class I am in, students are either using their phones or laptops while class is in session. More often than not, students are not doing tasks assigned during the class lecture but checking their email or social media accounts. From a personal perspective, I noticed that for myself in class I too am multitasking because I may be on my phone or on the computer, working on a handout, and taking notes, all while listening to the teacher’s lesson. The article titled “What Else do College Students “do” While Studying?” written by Ackerman, Calderwood and Conklin describes multitasking and multi-media distractions. The authors conducted a study in which they investigated the duration of distractions among college students during a 3-hour study session. One interesting perspective from this study was the author’s hypothesis as to why students distract themselves from their homework and studies. They said that in their study they found that, “more frequent and longer duration of multitasking behaviors were correlated with lower homework task motivation and lower self-efficacy to concentrate on
I also observed that in every class I am in, students are either using their phones or laptops while class is in session. More often than not, students are not doing tasks assigned during the class lecture but checking their email or social media accounts. From a personal perspective, I noticed that for myself in class I too am multitasking because I may be on my phone or on the computer, working on a handout, and taking notes, all while listening to the teacher’s lesson. The article titled “What Else do College Students “do” While Studying?” written by Ackerman, Calderwood and Conklin describes multitasking and multi-media distractions. The authors conducted a study in which they investigated the duration of distractions among college students during a 3-hour study session. One interesting perspective from this study was the author’s hypothesis as to why students distract themselves from their homework and studies. They said that in their study they found that, “more frequent and longer duration of multitasking behaviors were correlated with lower homework task motivation and lower self-efficacy to concentrate on