Examining Hong Kong University Students” Multitasking with Mobile Phones
The study centers on Hong Kong university students” multitasking with mobile phones during class time.It aims to give a descriptive account of students” engagement with non-learning related activities during class time and explore the relationship between off-task multitasking with learning.The predictive factors for off-task multitasking from individual,social,and class-related dimensions are also examined.The questionnaire data based on 79 samples shows that Hong Kong university students are avid users of mobile phone and heavily engaged with various media in daily life.Off-task multitasking with mobile phone is a common phenomenon,yet not related to learning performance.Among the various media and apps on mobile phone,instant messenger stands out as the most frequently used apps on daily basis and inside classroom.The notification from instant messenger on their phone can trigger multitasking with phone for overriding majority of students.As to the factors determining off-task multitasking,we found that the individual media use and classroom engagement are significant predictors.
multitasking mobile phone higher education
Liping Deng Kelly Ku Qiuyi Kong
Department of Education Studies,Hong Kong Baptist University
国内会议
广州
英文
729-736
2018-05-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）