Read “The New Marshmallow Test” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
Explore your media multitasking habits by trying to replicate Larry Rosen’s investigation. For fifteen minutes while you are at home studying, use the following categories to mark down once per minute what you are doing as you study:
| reading a book |
| writing on paper |
| typing on the computer |
| reading or writing email |
| texting |
| talking on the phone |
| reading or writing on Facebook (or another social media site) |
| watching television |
| listening to music |
| surfing the Web |
At the end of the fifteen-minute period, analyze your findings.
1. Finally, write a paragraph or two explaining how well you think you “learned” what you were studying and what lessons you will take away from this exercise. What changes will you make in your study habits (if any), and how will you make them?