On-task and off-task behaviour during small-group work
This dissertation aims to find, on the one hand, those aspects that lead students to on-task behaviour and, on the other hand, what are the sources that cause learners to be off-task. This is a long-standing issue in educational research and this thesis presents both a review of the major works that...
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| Formato: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:211092 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/211092 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Distracció (Psicologia) Atenció -- Aspectes psicològics Tecnologia educativa -- Aspectes socials Ensenyament assistit per ordinador Educació secundària obligatòria Estudiants d'educació secundària obligatòria -- Aspectes psicològics Avaluació educativa -- Catalunya Educació -- Investigació -- Catalunya Treball en equip -- Educació secundària obligatòria |
| Resumo: | This dissertation aims to find, on the one hand, those aspects that lead students to on-task behaviour and, on the other hand, what are the sources that cause learners to be off-task. This is a long-standing issue in educational research and this thesis presents both a review of the major works that have been carried out in the last decades as well as the results of a field study carried out during student placement. While previous studies including Godwin et al. (2016) have suggested some common aspects that make students go off-task, which correlates to the decrease in academic achievement, the present study not only evaluates which of these aspects are observable in the data but also what motivates students to keep on-task. In order to conduct research, qualitative data was collected in a public high school in the metropolitan area of Barcelona during the master's internship period with students from year three (3º ESO, in the Spanish Education system) by making video-recordings of learners during small-group work. This research shows that, consistent with previous studies, peer and self-distractions are the most common sources of distraction during lessons. Nevertheless, a new positive tool for on-task behaviour has been found: the use of technological devices such as laptops and mobile phones for academic purposes. The findings of this study indicate that students' engagement rate is quite high when working with digital devices, because the screen of the devices seems to hold their attention more than if they were using traditional materials. |
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