Interest level improves learning but does not moderate the effects of interruptions: An experiment using simultaneous multitasking
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Interest did not moderate the effect of interruptions.
“However, interest did not moderate the effect of interruptions.”
From Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance (2018) · cites this paper as Conard and Marsh (2014)
Interest level was as strong a predictor of learning as being interrupted.
“Multitasking interruptions reduced learning; furthermore, interest level was as strong a predictor of learning as being interrupted.”
From Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance (2018) · cites this paper as Conard and Marsh (2014)
Multitasking interruptions reduced learning.
“Multitasking interruptions reduced learning; furthermore, interest level was as strong a predictor of learning as being interrupted.”
From Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance (2018) · cites this paper as Conard and Marsh (2014)
Interest level does not moderate the effects of media multitasking on academic performance.
“Interest level, however, does not moderate the effects of media multitasking on academic performance.”
From The consequences of media multitasking for youth: A review (2015) · cites this paper as Conard & Marsh, 2014
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- Authors
- Conard, M. A., & Marsh, R. F.
- Affiliations
- Sacred Heart University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Conard, Maureen A.
- ORCID
- Conard, Maureen A.
- Venue
- Learning and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-02
- Volume
- 30
- Pages
- 112-117
- ISSN
- 1041-6080 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2079379498
- Cited by
- 42
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 5
- FWCI
- 8.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Learning and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Personal Information Management and User Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Keywords
- multitasking, interruptions, instant messaging, interest level, learning, video presentation, individual differences, attention
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