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| Title |
Mind wandering and education: from the classroom to online learning
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00495 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Karl K. Szpunar, Samuel T. Moulton, Daniel L. Schacter |
| Abstract |
In recent years, cognitive and educational psychologists have become interested in applying principles of cognitive psychology to education. Here, we discuss the importance of understanding the nature and occurrence of mind wandering in the context of classroom and online lectures. In reviewing the relevant literature, we begin by considering early studies that provide important clues about student attentiveness via dependent measures such as physical markers of inattention, note taking, and retention. We then provide a broad overview of studies that have directly measured mind wandering in the classroom and online learning environments. Finally, we conclude by discussing interventions that might be effective at curbing the occurrence of mind wandering in educational settings, and consider various avenues of future research that we believe can shed light on this well-known but little studied phenomenon. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 14% |
| Colombia | 1 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |
| Chile | 1 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 7% |
| Sweden | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 7 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 57% |
| Scientists | 6 | 43% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 435 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 425 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 72 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 50 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 48 | 11% |
| Researcher | 34 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 27 | 6% |
| Other | 69 | 16% |
| Unknown | 135 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 116 | 27% |
| Social Sciences | 39 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 12 | 3% |
| Other | 87 | 20% |
| Unknown | 138 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 May 2022.
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#3,386
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#164
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So far Altmetric has tracked 33,669 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.1. This one has done well, scoring higher than 89% of its peers.
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