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Peer reviewedPool, Marina M.; Koolstra, Cees M.; van der Voort, Tom H. A. – Journal of Communication, 2003
Examines the impact of background media on Dutch students' performance and time spent on paper-and-pencil and memorization homework assignments. Notes that doing homework combined with watching a soap opera interfered with students' performance on both types of assignments. Indicates that music in the background left homework performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Homework, Mass Media Effects
