Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers

Computers and Education

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-31

  Sana, Faria ^a   Weston, Tina ^b,c   Cepeda, Nicholas J ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Laptops; Multitasking; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM LEARNING; COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; LAPTOPS; PEDAGOGY; STUDENT LEARNING; UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS;

MULTITASKING; TEACHING;

LAPTOP COMPUTERS;

EID: 84869117802     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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