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Objectives After the session participants will be able
to: Identify at least two reasons for
promoting punctuality. Discuss the impact of tardiness. Discuss diverse cultures’ concept of
punctuality. Identify at least two approaches for
fostering punctual classroom attendance.
Punctuality: Important or Not?
Do you think punctuality is important?
Are you ever late?
When you are in a classroom setting and someone enters late, what are your thoughts and feelings?
Cultural Norms Studies on multi-cultural concepts of
time
Balance between promoting US expectations of timeliness and multi-cultural inclusivity?
Learning
Time on task = time for learning
Does the disruption of a tardy student impact the classmates’ learning?
Research MethodsExperimental design:
Random selection into two groups Some deception was involved Video recording used for consistency Knowledge level post-test on video’s
contents Comparison of post-tests scores
Control and Intervention Group A: Control group. Signage to
prevent people from entering the room.
Group B: Intervention group. Recruited a confederate to enter the room late.
*Confederate entered on a prearranged signal, thereby creating a distraction for the entire class.
Murphy’s Law Corollary: This rule especially applies to
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research!
IRB Process Technology Confederate’s emergency
Third Time is the Charm!Regrouped Modified IRB request Included an “in-class” student Obtained initial results
Results and Conclusions
Implemented the experiment two days ago.
Results and conclusions are pending. Initial observations
Implications for Research Easy to implement!
Need to replicate the study and obtain a larger “n”
The study was geared for one department at one university
References Johnson, L. M., (2010). Dynamics of the Classroom Learning
Environment: Classroom Distractions. NAAAS & Affiliates Conference Monographs, 470-485.
Macduff, I. (2006). Your Pace or Mine? Culture, Time, and Negotiation. Negotiation Journal, 22(1), 31-45. Doi:10:1111/j.1571-9979.2006.00084x
Tesch, F., Coelho, D., & Drozdenko, R. (2011). We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us: Relative Potencies of Classroom Distractions. Business Education Innovation Journal, 3(2), 13-19.
White, L. T., Valk, R., & Dialmy, A. (2011). What Is the Meaning of “OnTime”? The Sociocultural Nature of Punctuality. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 24(3), 482-493.