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> Engagement was measured by on-task behaviors such as answering a question, raising a hand or participating in active discussion and off-task behaviors like ta
by gurkendoktor 12y ago
> Engagement was measured by on-task behaviors such as answering a question, raising a hand or participating in active discussion and off-task behaviors like talking out of turn.
Funny, these are pretty much the tasks I prefer to do while standing. I love to get my inbox to zero in the morning while dancing from one leg to the other.
When I need THINK, however, I'll lower my desk and sit down in my comfy chair, put on heavy headphones (even when I'm alone), and disconnect from the world.
I'd love to see whether these children would do better at 4-hour exams with a standing-biased desk, as well.
- DanBC 12y agoIt seems some people can't think unless they can also fidget. Fidgeting is something that's normally punished in classrooms as disruptive (and it sometimes is) rather than tolerated as needed for some people, or better diverted into discrete non-distracting fidgeting. I tend to think the "different learning styles" stuff is mostly not right (people might prefer visual over text but when you test them after different styles the results don't show any significant differences) but this - allowing some people to fidget - seems to be getting some evidence.
- bjelkeman-again 12y agoI am pretty much the same. When I write or do something complicated I sit down. Meetings, interviews, working through the mailbox is best done standing up.