Make it our time: In class multitaskers have lower academic performance

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-70

  Bellur, Saraswathi ^a   Nowak, Kristine L ^a   Hull, Kyle S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b AQUINAS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; College students; Information Processing; Multitasking; Technology use

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; EDUCATION; INFORMATION USE; MULTITASKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; BEST PRACTICES; COLLEGE STUDENTS; MULTIPLE TASKS; ON-LINE INFORMATION; SOCIAL CONNECTION; TECHNOLOGY USE; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84935433378     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.027     Document Type: Article

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