High-school students in cooperative learning appear on-task about 60% of the time, off-task 11%, and idle 13%¶
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q2 i? Video coding showed students mostly engaged: on-task 60% of time (physically, verbally, or both), off-task 11%, idle 13%. → Ido Davidesco 2026
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Ido Davidesco 2026¶
Ido Davidesco, Yushuang Liu, Kim Chaloner, Emma Laurent, Gabriella A. Ali, Sarah C. Creider, Sean Hughes, Laura Noejovich, Henry Valk, Dana Bevilacqua, David Poeppel & Suzanne Dikker. (2026). The dynamics of student engagement in cooperative science learning: a multimodal approach. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-026-00457-z
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Video coding of cooperative learning sessions for 30 students with adequate video data, coded in 5-second segments into six categories by trained research assistants. Percentages are descriptive; no inferential test is reported for the distribution.
"On average, students appeared to be on-task 60% of the time, either physically (i.e.,manipulating objects in a task-related manner), verbally (i.e., talking about the task), or both physically and verbally (i.e., talking about the task while building their cell model)."
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Related Claims¶
- Posterior alpha power is higher during idle and off-task states than during on-task states in cooperative learning — related
- During cooperative learning, high-school students alternate between on-task, off-task, and idle states every 10–30 seconds on average — related
- Microanalysis shows on-task and off-task participation is multilayered, with students frequently on- and off-task simultaneously through different modalities — related
- Theta power is higher during on-task than idle or off-task states, but is a less robust engagement indicator than alpha power — related
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High-school students in cooperative learning appear on-task about 60% of the time, off-task 11%, and idle 13% |
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High-school students in cooperative learning appear on-task about 60% of the time, off-task 11%, and idle 13% |
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