Session
Education and Development
Description
Compulsive use of smartphones and the influence of other various external and internal factors have contributed to exacerbate students’ focus and concentration in class. In order to foster better cognitive competence, it is necessary to observe and improve students’ classroom concentration. This research paper examines and compares male and female students’ attention span in a 90-minute long English Language class. Moreover, it reviews the main factors which interfere with students’ concentration, based on their own responses and actions. The participants in this study were 60 students studying Management Business and Economics (MBE) at UBT - Higher Education Institution in Prishtina. The results obtained from the students’s responses and the classroom observations revealed that male students had a shorter concentration span; most of them (43.3%) reported that they were able to maintain their concentration in class for 20-30 minutes, whereas most female students (46.7%) stated that they could remain concentrated for 45 minutes or even more. As per students’ responses, the main factors affecting their concentration were: mobile devices, their colleagues, the classroom setting, the urge to smoke, large classes, noise and other factors which will be specified in the research paper.
Keywords:
Compulsive use of smartphones and the influence of other various external and internal factors have contributed to exacerbate students’ focus and concentration in class. In order to foster better cognitive competence, it is necessary to observe and improve students’ classroom concentration. This research paper examines and compares male and female students’ attention span in a 90-minute long English Language class. Moreover, it reviews the main factors which interfere with students’ concentration, based on their own responses and actions. The participants in this study were 60 students studying Management Business and Economics (MBE) at UBT - Higher Education Institution in Prishtina. The results obtained from the students’s responses and the classroom observations revealed that male students had a shorter concentration span; most of them (43.3%) reported that they were able to maintain their concentration in class for 20-30 minutes, whereas most female students (46.7%) stated that they could remain concentrated for 45 minutes or even more. As per students’ responses, the main factors affecting their concentration were: mobile devices, their colleagues, the classroom setting, the urge to smoke, large classes, noise and other factors which will be specified in the research paper.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-982-15-3
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
25-10-2024 9:00 AM
End Date
27-10-2024 6:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2024.142
Recommended Citation
Zeqiri, Luiza, "Attention span and concentration: A review of undergraduate students’ responses and practices" (2024). UBT International Conference. 29.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2024UBTIC/ED/29
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Attention span and concentration: A review of undergraduate students’ responses and practices
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Compulsive use of smartphones and the influence of other various external and internal factors have contributed to exacerbate students’ focus and concentration in class. In order to foster better cognitive competence, it is necessary to observe and improve students’ classroom concentration. This research paper examines and compares male and female students’ attention span in a 90-minute long English Language class. Moreover, it reviews the main factors which interfere with students’ concentration, based on their own responses and actions. The participants in this study were 60 students studying Management Business and Economics (MBE) at UBT - Higher Education Institution in Prishtina. The results obtained from the students’s responses and the classroom observations revealed that male students had a shorter concentration span; most of them (43.3%) reported that they were able to maintain their concentration in class for 20-30 minutes, whereas most female students (46.7%) stated that they could remain concentrated for 45 minutes or even more. As per students’ responses, the main factors affecting their concentration were: mobile devices, their colleagues, the classroom setting, the urge to smoke, large classes, noise and other factors which will be specified in the research paper.