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Schmidt, Shelly J. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2020
Numerous studies from psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience have generated substantial evidence suggesting that multitasking while doing schoolwork has a significant detrimental effect on student learning and performance. Despite this evidence, attending to multiple streams of information and entertainment while doing homework, writing a…
Descriptors: Attention, Interference (Learning), Attention Control, Student Motivation
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Mercimek, Baris; Akbulut, Yavuz; Dönmez, Onur; Sak, Ugur – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
Multitasking refers to the simultaneous execution of two or more tasks. Perceived multitasking superiority of the digital natives and gifted students in the popular education literature need to be investigated with robust studies. In this regard, the effect of different multitasking scenarios on multimedia learning was investigated with 93 gifted…
Descriptors: Time Management, Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Academically Gifted
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Omodero, Cordelia Onyinyechi – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2020
There is a need to introduce corrective measures for accountants to improve their performance. Due to technical incompetence of accounting graduates, most industries are reluctant to hire fresh accounting graduates, because the anticipated practical knowledge is apparently missing and performance does not correlate with the degree they possess.…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Academic Failure, Accounting, Public Colleges