...In myth 21, Lilienfeld, et al, discuss why it is not possible to learn complex information while asleep. That particular myth, as well as other myths discussed in their book, illustrates people’s misunderstanding of how human memory works. For example, one difficult-to-dispel myth held by very many students is the idea that cramming is an efficient and effective way of studying for exams. Another myth is the notion that one can study effectively while watching TV or surfing the net. Many students will acknowledge having ‘successfully’ engaged in both techniques throughout high school and even in college. How would you convince those students that such study methods are most inefficient? Going through high school in a college-based program, I thought cramming and multitasking were okay while I studied but I didn’t believe that it was effective or...
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...Multitasking is having a large effect on children, in both the classroom and there daily life. Few studies have been developed to focus on how multitasking affects children as they get older. The sources also relate specifically about how multitasking affects children in school and there daily lives. By multitasking while studying your brain functions different then if you were only focusing on one thing. There is a strong lack of knowledge learned when doing this. Also studies have show that many children find less time to interact with their parents because of the large amounts of time multitasking have found. Because of today’s popular culture kids are trying to multitask to much and its affecting them in school and in there family life. Doing very simple tasks such as ironing some clothes and listening to a radio is as simple as multitasking can get. But when children use there electronics to become multitaskers it’s a completely different story. They become so fixated on what they were supposed to do, that they have to double the amount of time just to finish what they started. Doing homework while instant messaging, listening to music, and watching television becomes more of a concern for parents everyday. Family life is becoming a concern for children and how they act around there family member. A specific study by Anthropologist Elinor Orch, director of UCLA’s center on everyday lives of families. Because of the large scale of multitasking with...
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...Multitasking: Is it beneficial to students? During the past few weeks, I have been studying about how we think, memorize, learn and behave. Before lectures, I have never thought about how complicated these procedures are, and also how closely they are related to our daily lives, I could not believe that there are so many examples to support the concepts in order to facilitate learning. Although we think every day, we are not thinking consciously all the time, the subconscious process is an interesting concept to look at. According to Travis and Wade (2012, p.283), subconscious processes lie outside of awareness but can be brought into consciousness when necessary; this concept explains the existence of multitasking, however, due to limited capacity, the divided attention illustrates that we can only effectively handle one attention-consuming task at one time. In my understandings, handling two tasks at the same time could better utilize time. When I was studying in primary school, I used to watch TV while doing homework, then we discussed with our classmates on the next day about how we were capable in “multitasking” in order to make the time more meaningful. However, from time to time, I have found difficulties in focusing on homework or revision while I am watching TV or listening to something else, I thought that was because of the declining ability, in fact, it is related to the level of attention required for the tasks. For instances, when I am teaching a group...
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...Multitasking plays an important role to teenagers lives. Some listen to music while playing video games. Others type a research report and answer their text messages, at the same time. Parents don’t think this is good for them. Multitasking is becoming widely common in teens. It allows them to have the world at their fingertips, and allowing them to stay connected with multiple media sources all at once. Although many adults and parents believe multitasking has negative effects on teens, studies might say otherwise. Multitasking has become widely common in teens recently. They can benefit a lot from it. Studies have shown that teens who multitask a lot tend to have good skills in their other 5 senses, such as sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. These senses are beneficial and crucial to a teen’s life, they are what makes...
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...people between entertainment use and educational use. It is also important to limit multitasking while studying. Multitasking is not helpful at all, because it prevents young people from being focused. Finally, one expert suggests that young kids shouldn’t be given smartphones just to keep them quiet, and even elder ones should just be given simple phones. The most significant idea of this passage is that digital use for entertainment is causing many problems for children’s education. Children are obsessed by the screen nowadays. For instance, when my little four year old nephew starts making noise at home, my sister give him the iPad to play with games so he can quiet up. He likes to play video games and watch videos from YouTube. If my sister doesn’t give him the iPad he would make a lot of noise which is not good for neighborhoods around us. I think my sister should find a different way to stop him from making noise not just by handing him the iPad. However, parents should have big role to prevent their children from using screens for entertainment. Children should be more focused on education. The author makes a great point that young kids shouldn’t be given smartphones to keep them quiet. Another problem in today’s society for kids is multitasking. Multitasking should be limited while studying because it can bring distraction. Although, lately I have noticed that when I start to study while I have my phone next to me, it takes more time for me to finish that task than when...
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...Distraction, an issue that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else, happens to everyone, every day whether it is realized or not. Multitasking, the handling of more than one task at the same time by a single person, also an everyday issue that most people do not even think about being an issue to their everyday life, but little do they know without this type distraction they could get forty percent more of their work done. Distraction is everywhere, and with distraction comes multitasking, this combination is something that should be avoided if possible. Focusing on one task has been the biggest issue with the creation of the internet and smartphones. Dewatripont mentions in his paper, “focusing on the two-task case for...
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...technology and we are living in a society where if on dilemma occurs in one part of the world, the opposite side of the Earth will also get to know in less than a minute. These days, Koreans expect everything faster, like they want their delivery in less than two days and they get so frustrated if the WiFi doesn’t work or is slow. That’s why Korea have the fastest and best WiFi in the World. Consequently, people these days have a hard time focusing on a task. The attention span of people are getting shorter because of the new world’s technology and others causes. Moreover, there are a lot of negative effects to the shortening attention span of people in the society of 2014. Multitasking is called a skill, but it can damage your attention span and your ability to put effort into a task. People multitasking by reading and texting at the same time, or any other combination possible. For example they could be texting, reading, and writing an essay. I have been texting and reading at the same time and it’s not really comfortable. I tended to forget what the story was about and my hands just automatically turned the pages. A lot of people multitask these days because they think that it will make them finish a task earlier. They might think that since I’m doing two things at once, it will take twice as little as when you do one task then the other. Even though it might be a little quicker, I find myself having a hard time concentrating on one task. I often...
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...relationship between Facebook™ activity and academic performance for an African American sample population. The study was conducted at a large, four-year, private university in the Mid-Atlantic. All undergraduate, African American students enrolled in the College of General Studies, School of Health Sciences, and School of Education comprised the sample population. Volunteer participants completed a Facebook™ Activity Survey, which is an instrument used to collect semester grade point averages (GPAs), time-use of Facebook™, multitasking information, type of Facebook™ activities, and demographic information. The results of the survey were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression statistics. The analysis showed the strength of the relationship between the predictor variables (average daily minutes of using Facebook™, demographic data, academic data, daily minutes of multitasking, and types of Facebook™ activities used while multitasking) and the criterion variable (semester GPA). The results of the...
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...several studies done on the effects media has on secondary students, as well as college students. Our study will try to determine whether watching Netflix while doing schoolwork will effect the efficiency, and accuracy of the task given to them. In order to get a better understanding of what we might expect from our study, we chose to analyze five studies that discuss media and technology in regards to secondary and college students. Watching Netflix, and working on homework is an example of multitasking. Multitasking is simply splitting attention, between two or more items. How can multitasking affect the everyday student? We believe that all media and technology can affect a student while he or she is trying to complete homework outside of the classroom. The studies below discuss data based on students multitasking with media and technology....
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...teachers have zero-tolerance policy when it comes to cell phone use during class, while others might see it as a “learning tool” to boost students’ excitement in education. In the end, they are used, both overtly and covertly in classroom settings, despite the rules of not doing so. It is undeniable that cell phones are an integral part of college life and culture. However, cell phone use affects negatively academic performance because it distracts students from academic activities and it increases multitasking and task switching. First of all, students’ cell phone use is a distraction in academic courses. These devices enable students to access any electronic media such as text messages, videos, social media and the Internet at any time. As young generations are used to be entertained, this can potentially decrease the attention in the classroom and disrupt others while studying. For example, a ringing cell phone in class can interrupt the professor from giving instructions for a final test, and deter the entire class from listening. Accordingly, it encourages multitasking and task switching, which are negatively related to academic performance. Using the example above, the student will have to “redirect” his attention to turn down the volume and shift his full attention from the professor. This is called task switching. Peter Bregman wrote in the Harvard Business Review Blog Network that multitasking can reduce productivity by as much as 40%, increase stress and cause a 10-point...
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...This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues. Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited. In most cases authors are permitted to post their version of the article (e.g. in Word or Tex form) to their personal website or institutional repository. Authors requiring further information regarding Elsevier’s archiving and manuscript policies are encouraged to visit: http://www.elsevier.com/copyright Author's personal copy Computers in Human Behavior 26 (2010) 1237–1245 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Computers in Human Behavior journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/comphumbeh FacebookÒ and academic performance Paul A. Kirschner a,*, Aryn C. Karpinski b a Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies (CELSTEC), Open University of the Netherlands, Valkenburgerweg 177, 6419AT Heerlen, The Netherlands The Ohio State University, The College of Education and Human Ecology, The School of Educational Policy and Leadership, 29 West Woodruff Avenue, 210 Ramseyer Hall, Columbus, OH 43210 b article info Keywords: Facebook Social networking software Grade point average Academic performance abstract There is much talk of...
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...In the article, it was discovered that the average person’s attention span is becoming shorter and shorter. It has gone to the point that our attention span is now around 8 seconds, which is shorter than the average goldfish. As a college student, this impacts us in a negative way because a good focus is needed to do well in school. Although it was stated that our ability to multitask has improved, this is not as important as a good focus in college. There is no benefit to multitasking while studying or doing homework since that should be the only thing you focus on at the time. Also, the typical multitasking that students do while studying is to watch videos or listen to music. I do not think there is little that college students can...
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...We live in an age ruled by technology and though there are many benefits to this technological leap, there are also several consequences. In Herzog’s film, “From One Second To The Next”, and Paul’s article, “Students can’t resist multitasking…” the consequences are brought to our attention. Paul’s article focused on student life and how technology affects it. Due to the mass production of laptops and iPhones, students tend to be multitasking more than they have ever before. The article consists of several observational studies on multitasking. Researchers would observe lectures and watch over “42%”(Paul) of the students would be on their phone or on some type of social network on their computers. Even though social media is almost second...
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...New research studies provide proof that: multitasking is a myth, playing video games is not so bad for you and forgetting things is possibly due to the inability to tune out distractions. Finally! There is a scientific research to prove your grandmother’s wisdom “Finish one thing, and then do the next. But do them both well.” The experiments of David Strayer, a cognitive psychologist, have shown that our brains do not two things at once (let alone three); instead we rapidly switch from one task to another. It puts a heavy burden on attention, memory, and focus. The very concept of multitasking is a myth. This type of research has already led to stricter driving laws. In my opinion, it can also lead to a different approach to parenting and education. In a modern world, children since very early age learn to multitask: eat while watching TV, study while listening to the music, etc. They often overload their brains. The rise of ADD and other attention deficit disorders in recent years may possibly be caused by that. So, most of us can’t multitask. However, the scientist found 2% of people he studied have exceptional abilities. Using brain imaging, Strayer has discovered that their brains are especially efficient; one neural network involved in attention has less activity than an ordinary person’s would. It’s suggested by another researcher Adam Gazzaley, a neurologist at UCSF, that these people have exceptional cognitive control. They don’t let their brain get flooded by stimuli;...
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...Multitasking and Technology We all go through it, there is too much to do and not enough time to do it. Our days are like this more often than not. I’m a single mother of two young boys; I always find myself picking up someone from one event and taking them to somewhere else. Life is a constant challenge to be one-and-a-half places at once, doing two or three things at once. As I go through my day I find myself doing two or three things at a time, multitasking, as I believe as they refer to it, often with the use of some type of technology I have: my IPod, phone, or mini laptop with me all the time. When I work out, I keep an eye on my crawling infant son, as I use the DVD player and talk to his dad on the IPod. Other times I cook dinner, while helping my other son with his homework, and maybe check an email or two, and look up a recipe…well that about sums up the idea hectic life style for most people. What I’m actually doing is a series of tasks one at a time and switching constantly between them. The problem with serial tasking is that it leads to lower quality and less productivity. The rice came out a little overcooked, I think I might have sent the wrong email to the wrong person, and we’re still working on the homework. If concentrating on one thing at a time, I would have had a better chance to do more tasks correctly. Technology’s influence on us is greater than ever before; we are ever connected by cell phones, laptops, television. We spend time checking social...
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