Pareto in the Driver’s Seat: when Goal Intentions affect Multitasking Outcomes
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Tip Robertson, Lin Lin, Jennifer Lee, The University of North Texas, United States
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Charleston, SC, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-67-9 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
This study examines whether people exhibit different multitasking capabilities when they focus on task completion versus task accuracy. We compared undergraduate students’ reading comprehension test results during 1) a completion task and 2) an accuracy task in three different multi-tasking settings: a) in silence, b) with a video playing in the background, and c) with a video playing that the student knows will be tested. Initial findings point to a significant interaction in which participants given the accuracy-task assignment in multitasking settings and the completion-task assignment in mono-tasking settings are getting more correct answers in the allotted time period than those who did their completion-tasks with the video on and accuracy-tasks in silence.
Citation
Robertson, T., Lin, L. & Lee, J. (2009). Pareto in the Driver’s Seat: when Goal Intentions affect Multitasking Outcomes. In I. Gibson, R. Weber, K. McFerrin, R. Carlsen & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2009--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2096-2099). Charleston, SC, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/30933/.
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