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31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Multitasking Via Social Media Disrupts Quiz Performance for Concurrent Information Only

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Me, My Phone and I

  • Vaishali Belamkar
    Central Connecticut State University
  • Bradley Waite
    Central Connecticut State University
  • Nicolette Bailey
    Central Connecticut State University
  • Vanessa Figueroa
    Central Connecticut State University
  • Laura Bowman
    Central Connecticut State University

Abstract

We examined whether off-task social media multitasking during a video presentation impacted learning. Multitaskers performed significantly worse on a content quiz of the presentation, but only on information presented at the same time as multitasking occurred. There was no evidence of carryover effects to information presented at non-multitasking times.

Media/Technology

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