Students were less attentive during video watching than during lecture, with video showing the greatest alpha power of the four activities¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i3 Alpha power was significantly higher during video watching (M = 2.96) than during lecture (M = 2.17), r = 0.52. → Jennie K. Grammer 2021

Evidence¶

Jennie K. Grammer 2021¶

Jennie K. Grammer, Keye Xu and Agatha Lenartowicz. (2021). Effects of context on the neural correlates of attention in a college classroom. npj Science of Learning 6:15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-021-00094-8

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EEG multilevel regression planned contrast within the classroom study. Students were "significantly more disengaged while watching the video" than during lecture, r = 0.52; alpha power was greatest during video watching of the four activities.

"Students were also found to be significantly more disengaged while watching the video ( MVideo = 2.96) than when listening to the lecture (MLecture = 2.17, b = −0.41, t(55) = −4.47, p < 0.001, r = 0.52)"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Student attention, indexed by occipital alpha power, is lower during teacher-initiated activities (lecture, video) than student-initiated activities (group work, independent work) in a college classroom — a broader claim this one bears on
• Time-related changes in attention within activities occurred only during independent work, not across the other activities — related
• Posterior alpha power is higher during idle and off-task states than during on-task states in cooperative learning — related