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Mrazek, Alissa J.; Mrazek, Michael D.; Carr, Peter C.; Delegard, Alex M.; Ding, Margaret G.; Garcia, Daniel I.; Greenstein, Jenna E.; Kirk, Arianna C.; Kodama, Erika E.; Krauss, Miel J.; Landry, Alex P.; Stokes, Crystal A.; Wickens, Kyla D.; Wong, Kyle; Schooler, Jonathan W. – Education Sciences, 2020
During academic activities, adolescents must manage both the internal distraction of mind-wandering and the external distraction of digital media. Attention training has emerged as a promising strategy for minimizing these distractions, but scalable interventions that can deliver effective attention training in high schools are still needed. The…
Descriptors: Attention Control, High School Students, Adolescents, Public Schools
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Wills, Howard P.; Mason, Benjamin A. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2014
Technological innovations offer promise for improving intervention implementation in secondary, inclusive classrooms. A withdrawal design was employed with two high-school students in order to assess the effectiveness of a technologically delivered, self-monitoring intervention in improving on-task behavior in a science classroom. Two students…
Descriptors: Intervention, High School Students, Inclusion, Program Effectiveness
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Perry, David R.; Steck, Andy K. – Computers in the Schools, 2015
Teachers are increasingly integrating mobile digital technology into the classroom. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of incorporating iPads in a secondary-level geometry course on academic achievement, student engagement, self-efficacy, and meta-cognitive self-regulation. Students in the iPad-using classroom experienced lower…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Self Efficacy
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Graham-Day, Kristall J.; Gardner, Ralph, III.; Hsin, Yi-Wei – Education and Treatment of Children, 2010
This study used audiotaped chimes and a student checklist to improve the on-task behavior of three 10th-grade students with ADHD. The study took place in a high school study hall specifically for students with disabilities. The observers used a 10-second whole interval recording system to record on-task/off-task behavior within an alternating…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Time on Task, Student Behavior, High School Students