Laptops are commonplace in university classrooms. In light of cognitive psychology theory on costs associated with multitasking, we examined the effects of in-class laptop use on student learning in a simulated classroom. We found that participants who multitasked on a laptop during a lecture scored lower on a test compared to those who did not multitask, and participants who were in direct view of a multitasking peer scored lower on a test compared to those who were not. The results demonstrate that multitasking on a laptop poses a significant distraction to both users and fellow students and can be detrimental to comprehension of lecture content.
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Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers
%0 Journal Article
%1 sana13laptopMultitasking
%A Sana, Faria
%A Weston, Tina
%A Cepeda, Nicholas J.
%D 2013
%J Computers & Education
%K research.eLearning
%N 0
%P 24 - 31
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2012.10.003
%T Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers
%U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512002254
%V 62
%X Laptops are commonplace in university classrooms. In light of cognitive psychology theory on costs associated with multitasking, we examined the effects of in-class laptop use on student learning in a simulated classroom. We found that participants who multitasked on a laptop during a lecture scored lower on a test compared to those who did not multitask, and participants who were in direct view of a multitasking peer scored lower on a test compared to those who were not. The results demonstrate that multitasking on a laptop poses a significant distraction to both users and fellow students and can be detrimental to comprehension of lecture content.
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abstract = {Laptops are commonplace in university classrooms. In light of cognitive psychology theory on costs associated with multitasking, we examined the effects of in-class laptop use on student learning in a simulated classroom. We found that participants who multitasked on a laptop during a lecture scored lower on a test compared to those who did not multitask, and participants who were in direct view of a multitasking peer scored lower on a test compared to those who were not. The results demonstrate that multitasking on a laptop poses a significant distraction to both users and fellow students and can be detrimental to comprehension of lecture content. },
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author = {Sana, Faria and Weston, Tina and Cepeda, Nicholas J.},
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description = {Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers},
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pages = {24 - 31},
timestamp = {2014-10-22T09:00:03.000+0200},
title = {Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers },
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512002254},
volume = 62,
year = 2013
}