An experimental study of online chatting and notetaking techniques on college students’ cognitive learning from a lecture

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Highlights:

• Examine the effects of online chatting and notetaking on cognitive learning.

• Handwritten vs. computerized notetaking alone does not negatively affect learning.

• Students’ cognitive learning is declined with the absence of notetaking behavior.

• Engaging in online chatting during notetaking hampers students’ recall of lecture.

• Switching tasks via different means than the same device weakens notetaking quality.

摘要

•Examine the effects of online chatting and notetaking on cognitive learning.•Handwritten vs. computerized notetaking alone does not negatively affect learning.•Students’ cognitive learning is declined with the absence of notetaking behavior.•Engaging in online chatting during notetaking hampers students’ recall of lecture.•Switching tasks via different means than the same device weakens notetaking quality.

论文关键词:Cognitive learning,Multitasking,Online chatting,Notetaking,Recall

论文评审过程:Available online 22 February 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.019