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Multitask Me

Multitask Me . Hannah Grippo Grade 10 New Castle Jr / Sr High School . Observation. One day after school my brother and I were doing homework at our dining room table. We were both texting while doing our homework, but I finished my homework much faster than he did. I wondered why I

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Multitask Me

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  1. Multitask Me Hannah Grippo Grade 10 New Castle Jr/Sr High School

  2. Observation One day after school my brother and I were doing homework at our dining room table. We were both texting while doing our homework, but I finished my homework much faster than he did. I wondered why I finished much quicker than him because we started at the same time. I remembered my mom saying boys can only handle one thing at a time while girls can handle many things at once.

  3. Question Does gender affect multitasking differently?

  4. Research Multitask: to work at several different tasks simultaneously • The human brain is comprised of both gray matter, which represents information processing centers, and white matter, which works to network these processing centers. • In a new study, UC-Irvine psychology Richard Haier found that men have 6.5 times the amount of grey matter than women. However, women have almost 10 times the amount of white matter. These findings suggest that human evolution has created two different types of brains designed for equally intelligent behavior

  5. Research • Doctors say when the brain tries to do two things at once, it divides and conquers, dedicating one-half of our gray matter to each task.

  6. Hypothesis Girls will be able to multitask better than boys

  7. Controls and Variables Controls • the number of participants • same 100 piece puzzle being used • same environment for each participant Independent Variable • gender Dependent Variable • time to complete the puzzle

  8. Materials • pencil • notebook • 100 piece puzzle • stopwatch • cell phone • participants

  9. Procedure • Select an equal amount of boys and girls (9th-12th grade) • Create a list of random questions to text the participant. • Set a 100 piece puzzle in front of each participant. • Have the participant take out their cell phone. • Have students open the puzzle box to begin. Start stopwatch as soon as they lay the first piece onto the table.

  10. List of Questions • What is the first and last name of the president of the United States? • In what city do you live? • In what state do you live in? • What is your favorite amusement park? • Who is your principal? • Who is your favorite science teacher? • What is your full birth date? • What is your full name? first-middle-last • What is your full address? • Do you like football or baseball better? • How old are you?

  11. Procedure 6. While the participant is trying to complete the puzzle select questions from the list made to text them. 7. When the participant puts the last piece to the puzzle together stop the stopwatch and record there name, grade, age, and time it took to complete the task while multitasking. 8. When the participant is done put puzzle away and shake the box to mix up the pieces for the next participant. 9. Repeat steps 3-8 with each participant.

  12. Girls Times

  13. Boys Times

  14. Conclusion My data shows that girls resulted in a faster time of putting together the puzzle while texting at an average of 22 minutes. In contrast, the boys had a slower time of putting together the puzzle while texting at an average of 31 Minutes. Since my data is so close, I included a T-test to make a valid conclusion that there is a difference. This data and t-test results agree with my hypothesis which stated that girls would be able to multitask better than boys.

  15. Future Research If I were to rerun or make changes to this experiment, I would: • use more boys and girls • test if age makes a difference • test different ways to make the participant multitask • use a puzzle that appeals to both the male and female.

  16. Possible Error • the stopwatch could have been started to late or early • the text could have failed or not went through • the puzzle may have been to hard for the participant

  17. Resources http://news.sciencemag.org/scien enow/2010/04/multitasking-splits the-brain.html

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