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Mind Wandering and Online Learning: How Working Memory, Interest, and Mind Wandering Impact Learning from Videos

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: This study investigated mind wandering during video lectures in an online course.Working memory capacity and interest were also considered.Higher mind wandering predicted lower performance.Lower working memory capacity predicted higher mind wandering.Higher interest predicted lesser mind wandering.Social media and technology accounted for 29% of off-task thinking.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: Ben Hollis, Christopher A. Was

Language: English

Topic: Mind wandering and attention

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2396467558

FWCI: 0.153

Cites: 13

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10