Why Students Multitask: Toward a Comprehensive Understanding

Liping Deng

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-6681-9_2

Why Students Multitask: Toward a Comprehensive Understanding

Liping Deng^*

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Students' multitasking with digital devices has become pervasive both inside and outside classrooms, yet our understanding as to the reasons behind it is far from adequate. This review article synthesizes recent research work focusing on the drivers for multitasking with digital devices within learning settings. It categorizes the main driving forces influencing students' multitasking into internal forces (individual characteristics) and three types of external forces (social, teaching/learning, and technological), on the basis of which a model of student multitasking is constructed. This paper seeks to provide researchers and practitioners a comprehensive understanding of the complex driving forces behind students' multitasking behaviors and provide recommendations on how to ward off the adverse influence of technologies on the part of students.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Shaping the Future of Education, Communication and Technology
Subtitle of host publication	Selected Papers from the HKAECT 2019 International Conference
Editors	Will W. K. Ma, Wendy Wing Lam Chan, Cat Miaoting Cheng
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	15-23
Number of pages	9
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811366819
ISBN (Print)	9789811366802
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6681-9_2
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2019
Event	HKAECT International Conference 2019 - Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hong Kong Duration: 17 Jun 2019 → 19 Jun 2019 http://www.hkaect.org/hkaect2019/ (Conference website) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-6681-9

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Name	Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook
ISSN (Print)	2524-4078
ISSN (Electronic)	2524-4086

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Conference	HKAECT International Conference 2019
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
Period	17/06/19 → 19/06/19
Internet address	http://www.hkaect.org/hkaect2019/ (Conference website) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-6681-9

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Deng, L. (2019). Why Students Multitask: Toward a Comprehensive Understanding. In W. W. K. Ma, W. W. L. Chan, & C. M. Cheng (Eds.), Shaping the Future of Education, Communication and Technology: Selected Papers from the HKAECT 2019 International Conference (1st ed., pp. 15-23). (Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6681-9_2

Deng, Liping. / Why Students Multitask: Toward a Comprehensive Understanding. Shaping the Future of Education, Communication and Technology: Selected Papers from the HKAECT 2019 International Conference. editor / Will W. K. Ma ; Wendy Wing Lam Chan ; Cat Miaoting Cheng. 1st. ed. Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2019. pp. 15-23 (Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook).

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Deng, L 2019, Why Students Multitask: Toward a Comprehensive Understanding. in WWK Ma, WWL Chan & CM Cheng (eds), Shaping the Future of Education, Communication and Technology: Selected Papers from the HKAECT 2019 International Conference. 1st edn, Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook, Springer Singapore, Singapore, pp. 15-23, HKAECT International Conference 2019, Hong Kong, 17/06/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6681-9_2

Why Students Multitask: Toward a Comprehensive Understanding. / Deng, Liping.
Shaping the Future of Education, Communication and Technology: Selected Papers from the HKAECT 2019 International Conference. ed. / Will W. K. Ma; Wendy Wing Lam Chan; Cat Miaoting Cheng. 1st. ed. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. p. 15-23 (Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook).

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