The impact of laptop-free zones on student performance and attitudes in large lectures

Computers and Education

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1300-1308

  Aguilar Roca, Nancy M ^a   Williams, Adrienne E ^a   O'Dowd, Diane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human computer interface; Improving classroom teaching; Pedagogical issues; Public spaces and computing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CONTROL SECTIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; LARGE LECTURE; LEARNING OUTCOME; NOTE TAKING; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; PUBLIC SPACES AND COMPUTING; SPECIFIC AREAS; STUDENT PERFORMANCE; TWO SECTION;

PAPER; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

LAPTOP COMPUTERS;

EID: 84864065952     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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