THE LE ARNING SCIE NT ISTS

MAR
23

tudingwithDitraction
FORTUDNT(/LOG/?CATGORY=FOR+TUDNT),FORRARCHR(/LOG/?CATGORY=FOR+RARCHR)

ByCindyWooldridge

Wehavepreviouslywrittenaboutstudyingwhilelisteningtomusic(http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/11/10-1).Asabriefreminder,itdep
backgroundmusicwillhelp,hinder,ornotmakeadifferencewhilestudying.Inthispiece,weareagaintalkingaboutstudyingwithdistractions,butt
backgroundnoisewasspeechinsteadofmusic.Howmanytimeshaveyoutriedtoreadinacoffeeshop,noisyhallway,orstudentcenter?Wasthelang
effectonyourabilitytounderstandwhatyouwerereading?

Inmuchofoureverydaylivesweareforcedtotrytoblockoutbackgroundlanguageinordertofocusonthetaskathand.Halin,Marsh,Hellman,He
conditionsunderwhichweareabletodosoeffectively.Attheoutset,youshouldknowthatbackgroundlanguageisusuallyshowntobedistractingan
werelookingatwashowthatdistractionchangesbasedonthedifficultyofthematerialyouaretryingtolearnandworkingmemorycapacity(explain

HereswhattheydidParticipantsweregivenfourpassagestoreadaboutfictitiouscultures,twoinaneasytoreadfont(TimesNewRoman)andtwo
Whilereadingtwoofthepassages,theyheardsomeonedescribinganotherfictitiousculture,whichtheyweretoldtoignore.Theythentookmultiple-
thanthepassagereadinsilence.However,whenlookingatthehardfont,thepassagewithbackgroundnoisewasrememberedalittlebitbetterthanth
distracted,peopledidbetteronthehardtask,butwheninsilence,peopledidbetterontheeasytask.

Image from Pixabay.com

References:

(1)Halin,N.,Marsh,J.E.,Hellman,A.,Hellstrm,I.,&Srqvist,P.(2014).Ashieldagainstdistraction.JournalofAppliedResearchinMemoryandCog
(2)Jahncke,H.,Hygge,S.,Halin,N.,Green,A.-M.,&Dimberg,K.(2011).Open-planofficenoise:Cognitiveperformanceandrestoration.Journalof

CINDYWOOLDRIDG(/LOG/?AUTHOR=58AD991A2994CA421C48390A)

attention(/blog/?tag=attention),howtostudy(/blog/?tag=how+to+study),learningenvironment(/blog/?tag=learning+environment)

Faceook(http://www.faceook.com/harer/harer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.learningcientit.org%2Flog%2F2017%2F3%2F23-1) Twitter

Google(http://plu.google.com/hare?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.learningcientit.org%2Flog%2F2017%2F3%2F23-1) LinkedIn(http://www.linked

Reddit(http://www.reddit.com/umit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.learningcientit.org%2Flog%2F2017%2F3%2F23-1) Tumlr(http://www.tumlr

Pinteret(http://www.pinteret.com/pin/create/link/?decription=We+have+previoul+written+aout+tuding+...&media=http://tatic1.quarepace.com

1Like

Leaveacomment

earchourpotintheArchive!

Youcanclickonkeywords,orclicktoviewblogsforteachers,students,researchers,orparents.

LOGARCHIV(/ARCHIV)

RecentlogPot
(/blog/2017/4/2/weekly-digest-53)

WeeklDiget#53:cienceTwitterin2017(/log/2017/4/2/weekl-diget-53)
Giventhecurrentpoliticalclimate,Twitterdoesntseemtohaveasmuchscienceasitusedto.Inthisdigest,IvepulledtogetherarticlesonwhyusingTwittermaybe
evenmoreimportantthanever,sometipsonhowtoadjusttheamountofscienceinyourfeed(relativetoeverythingelse),...

ReadMore

APR2,2017
(/blog/2017/3/30-1)

HowToImproveYourMetacognitionandWhItMatter(/log/2017/3/30-1)
Acrucialaspectoflearningistoknowwhenyoucanstopstudyingaspecifictopicandmovetothenextorwhentowrap-upstudyingaltogether.Astraightforward
strategywouldbetostopwhenyouthinkyouhavemasteredthetopic.Forthisstrategytobesuccessful,youneedtohaveagoodideaaboutwhatyouknowand
whatyoudontknow(yet).Ourmetacognitionisinchargeofexactlythat:Itistheknowledgeofourknowledge.

ReadMore

MAR30,2017
(/blog/2017/3/28-1)

GUTPOT:PracticetrategieforMuicianaedonthecienceofLearning(/log/2017/3/28-
1)
Sharingtheloveofmusicthroughasuccessfulandconfidentperformanceisaprimarygoalofinstrumentalists.Inpreparationforthisgoal,musiciansmustmaster
variousfinemotor,aural,visualandprocessingskills.Oneofthebestwaystomeasure...

ReadMore

MAR28,2017
(/blog/2017/3/26/weekly-digest-52)

WeeklDiget#52:Howtomakeaarie:GirlinTM(/log/2017/3/26/weekl-diget-52)
TheNationalAssessmentofEducationalProgress(NEAP)revealedthatgirlsscoredhigherthanboysinmathandscienceabilityaswellasproblem-solvingskills
(https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/05/data-girls-stem/483255/).Forthegeneralpublic,thisisasurprisingfindingbecausestereotypesdictate
thatboysshouldclearly...

ReadMore

MAR26,2017
(/blog/2017/3/23-1)

tudingwithDitraction(/log/2017/3/23-1)
Wehavepreviouslywrittenaboutstudyingwhilelisteningtomusic(http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/11/10-1).Asabriefreminder,itdependsonthe
taskandyourpersonalitywhetherbackgroundmusicwillhelp,hinder,ornotmakeadifferencewhilestudying.Inthispiece,weareagaintalking...

ReadMore

MAR23,2017

(/blog/2017/3/21-1)

GUTPOT:PuttingtheLearningcientitWorkintoPractice(Part2)(/log/2017/3/21-1)
GUTPOT:PuttingtheLearningcientitWorkintoPractice(Part2)(/log/2017/3/21-1)
Lastweek,Naomitalkedabouthowsheimplementsspacedpractice,interleaving,andretrievalpracticeinherscienceclassroom
(http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2017/3/14-1).Here,shetalksabouttheotherthreestrategieselaboration,concreteexamples,anddualcoding....

ReadMore

MAR21,2017

FollowU

(https://twitter.com/AceThatTest)
(http://learningscientists.tumblr.com)
(https://www.facebook.com/acethattest/)
(https://www.pinterest.com/yanawhy/)

Mar26 WeeklDiget#52:Howtomakeaarie:GirlinTM

(/blog/2017/3/26/weekly-digest-52)

Mar21 GUTPOT:PuttingtheLearningcientitWorkintoPractice(Part2)

(/blog/2017/3/21-1)

ucrietoourlog!
Signupwithyouremailaddresstoreceiveupdatesonnewblogposts!

EmailAddress SIGNUP

Werespectyourprivacy.

@
(http://www.intagram.com/quarepace)acethattet