Can students really multitask? An experimental study of instant messaging while reading

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 927-931

  Bowman, Laura L ^a   Levine, Laura E ^a   Waite, Bradley M ^a   Gendron, Michael ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Media in education; Pedagogical issues; Post secondary education

Indexed keywords

ADULT LEARNING; ELECTRONIC MEDIA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INSTANT MESSAGING; ONE-FORM; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION; TEST PERFORMANCE;

MESSAGE PASSING; MULTITASKING; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77249149886     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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