This study examines university students’ multitasking with computers and mobile phones in an authentic self-study context, with the primary focus being on off-task multitasking and interruption as precursor to multitasking. The study drew on interviews, observation, and video-stimulated recall to reveal the triggers for and processes of multitasking. It has identified pop-up notifications as the main external interruption and task completion as well as boredom as the internal sources of interruption. The results also pinpointed task as an important dimension associated with both internal and external interruptions. A framework of multitasking triggers was constructed encompassing user, technology and task. The implications of the findings for students, teachers and researchers are also discussed.

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自学时的笔记本电脑和手机：检查中断和多任务处理背后的机制

这项研究在真实的自学环境中研究了大学生使用计算机和手机进行的多任务处理，主要重点是非任务型多任务处理和中断作为多任务处理的先驱。该研究利用访谈，观察和视频刺激的回忆来揭示多任务的触发因素和过程。它已将弹出通知标识为主要的外部中断和任务完成以及无聊是内部中断的来源。结果还确定了任务是与内部和外部中断相关的重要方面。构建了包含用户，技术和任务的多任务触发器框架。还讨论了研究结果对学生，教师和研究人员的意义。