Sorry, I’m Late!The Effects of Tardiness on Classmates’ Learning

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?

Impact of Tardiness

Incivility literature

Classroom distractions

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

What’s a teacher to do?

Classroom management

Questions?

References Johnson, L. M., (2010). Dynamics of the Classroom Learning

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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.