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Mind Wandering and Online Learning: A Latent Variable Analysis

Hollis, R. Benjamin
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1385032513

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2013, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences.
Thoughts drift in everyday life and in the classroom. The goal of this study was to investigate how often students reported off-task thinking while watching online lectures. These findings were related to working memory capacity, topic interest, and achievement goal orientations. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate how all of these factors were related and predicted performance in the course. In the presented findings, 126 participants completed three complex span tasks, answered a 2x2 goal orientation questionnaire, responded to eight mind-wandering probes while watching two online lectures, and rated interest in the lecture topics. In the reported models, higher levels of mind wandering predicted lower levels of academic performance. Lower levels of working memory capacity predicted higher levels of mind wandering and lower levels of academic performance. Higher levels of topic interest predicted lower levels of mind wandering. Higher levels of mastery approach orientations (those who learn to master content) predicted higher levels of task-related interference. A novel mind wandering probe, thinking about or using another technology, accounted for 29% of off-task thinking. Implications of these findings and considerations for future research are discussed.
Christopher Was, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
David Dalton, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
John Dunlosky, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
91 p.
Cognitive Psychology; Education; Educational Psychology; Educational Technology; Instructional Design; Psychology
mind wandering; online learning; motivation; achievement goal orientations; education; educational psychology; structural equation modeling

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  • Hollis, R. B. (2013). Mind Wandering and Online Learning: A Latent Variable Analysis [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1385032513

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hollis, R.. Mind Wandering and Online Learning: A Latent Variable Analysis. 2013. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1385032513.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hollis, R.. "Mind Wandering and Online Learning: A Latent Variable Analysis." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1385032513

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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