1. Single and Multi-Tasking in School
Let me ask you: what are your children doing while they are working on the homework assignment? Although the answer seems to be obvious "They are doing their homework!" the reality ... and television 120 times." Toggling between tasks, even if they are rapidly switched, increases the amount of mistakes and reduces the memory capacity. Another study found that "a sample of middle-school, and university students lost focus every three minutes during a 15-minute study period on their computer." The number of open windows (e.g. Facebook, blogs, and Skype) affect in the ... ...
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