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ERIC Number: EJ1478323
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 22
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EISSN: EISSN-1527-9316
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Should I Study or Take a Break? Students' Use and Perceptions of Study Breaks
Kathryn L. Hamilton; Alicia A. Stachowski
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v25 n2 p133-154 2025
Research on study habits among college students demonstrates a difference between what students should do and what they actually do. We sought to understand students' break-taking habits and perceptions within the context of study behaviors. One hundred and sixteen undergraduate students responded to a survey of their study break-taking behaviors, perceptions of study break-taking, personality, perceptions of rejuvenation and multitasking tendencies. Results suggest students vary in their study behaviors, including breaks, and break activities, and frequency and duration of breaks based on the study task. Conscientiousness negatively predicted frequency and duration of breaks from some activities. Students recognized benefits of break-taking through qualitative and quantitative assessments. Students reported disagreement with drawbacks tied to academic performance in quantitative items but spoke to drawbacks in their process of break-taking and studying in qualitative reports. Several advantages and drawbacks of break-taking predicted students' perceptions of rejuvenation positively and negatively, respectively.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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