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Liu, Yan; Deng, Lisa; Lin, Lin; Gu, Xiaoqing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
With the rapid development of mobile devices and web-based technologies, it becomes common for students to switch between different tasks during study time. However, it remains unclear how the transition between on-task and off-task states happens and how digital devices affect the process. This study examines college students' independent study…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Student Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Time on Task

Di Nardo, Peter A.; Raymond, Jayne B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Subjects focused attention on actual or imagined stimuli while recording intruding thoughts by pressing a button. Results showed that an internal locus of control was related to fewer intrusions than an external. Actual stimuli resulted in fewer intrusions than imagined stimuli. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Locus of Control

Barkley, Russell A.; Cunningham, Charles E. – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1979
Results of the study involving 14 hyperactive boys (5-12 years old) indicated that activity and attention span are affected by methylphenidate even in highly stimulating, informal settings. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Drug Therapy, Elementary Education

Potts, Richard; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Reports on an experiment that examined the independent effects of television content (violence) and television formal features (action) on preschool boys' attention to programs and their postviewing social behavior. Shows rapid character action facilitated visual attention to the programs and that television action level had no systematic effects…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Males
Cuthbert, S. L.; And Others – ACEHI Journal, 1993
This study compared the cooperation, aggression, and wandering behavior of 12 first-grade children with severe to profound hearing losses with that of 12 hearing children. No significant differences were found in amounts cooperation, aggression, or wandering behavior displayed by the two groups. However, children with hearing loss changed…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems

Anderson, Daniel R.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Decribes age trends in television viewing time and visual attention of children and adults videotaped in their homes for 10-day periods. Shows that the increase in visual attention to television during the preschool years is consistent with the theory that television program comprehensibility is a major determinant of attention in young children.…
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Adults, Age Differences, Attention Span
Varga, James – American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1979
Current literature on hyperactivity stresses the central role of short attention, distractibility, and impulsivity in contributing to the child's behavioral and learning difficulties. Journal availability: American Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610. (Author)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy