APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

The Effect of Note-taking on Mind-wandering and Learning During a Video Lecture: An Individual Differences Analysis

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Cognitive

Session: Poster Session VII

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Abstract

Participants (N=182) watched an introductory-statistics video lecture with or without taking notes. Note-taking moderated the effect of prior knowledge on mind-wandering, and some measures (math interest, media-multitasking habits) also predicted in-lecture mind-wandering rates. Moreover, mind-wandering rates significantly mediated the relationship between those predictors and the learning (posttest) and lecture-interest outcomes.

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