P-12 KSET The effect of controlling digital distractions on students’ academic achievement in self-paced online learning

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Short Description

The purpose of this study is to share the effect of controlling digital distractions on students’ achievement in self-paced online learning. The subjects were 281, 3rd year middle school students in South Korea. Students studied a language program at home for four weeks using either a distraction-controlled or an uncontrolled smart device. The researcher found that the achievement for distraction-controlled group was higher than that for uncontrolled group. However, this difference was not statistically significant.

Author

• Presenter: HA JEEN CHOI, Florida State University