Inter-brain attention coupling to class-average attention dynamics during lectures is positively correlated with primary school students' academic performance¶
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q2 i3 A student's inter-brain attention coupling (Pearson correlation of their attention dynamics with the class-average dynamics) during lectures is positively correlated with academic performance (r = 0.446, p = .017, n = 28). → Jingjing Chen 2022
Evidence¶
Jingjing Chen 2022¶
Jingjing Chen, Bing Xu & Dan Zhang. (2022). Inter-brain coupling analysis reveals learning-related attention of primary school students. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.08.495411
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Observational correlation in one grade-3 class of 28 students wearing single-channel EEG headbands during five classroom sessions; coupling computed per 30-s epoch against class-average attention dynamics. The article reports "r = 0.446, p = .017, n = 28".
"Here, individual’s inter-brain attention coupling during lectures was found to be positively correlated with their academic performance (Fig.4a, r = 0.446, p = .017, n = 28): more similar a student's attention dynamic is to the class -average, better their academic performances are."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Attention — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
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Inter-brain attention coupling to class-average attention dynamics during lectures is positively correlated with primary school students' academic performance |
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Inter-brain attention coupling to class-average attention dynamics during lectures is positively correlated with primary school students' academic performance |
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