In praise of boredom at work

Eects of external and internal interruptions on boredom at work: two studies

It is proposed that attentional diculties are central to the experience of boredom. Events which disrupt attention during task performance may contribute to feelings of boredom with the task. Two sources of disruption are explored: external interruptions from the physical environment, and internal interruptions in the form of non-taskrelated thoughts about current concerns. Study 1 found that ...

Testing the predictors of boredom at school: development and validation of the precursors to boredom scales.

BACKGROUND. Boredom has been found to be an important emotion for students' learning processes and achievement outcomes; however, the precursors of this emotion remain largely unexplored. AIM. In the current study, scales assessing the precursors to boredom in academic achievement settings were developed and tested. SAMPLE. Participants were 1,380 grade 5-10 students in mathematics classes. MET...

the role of application of dynamic assessment approach in improvement of iranian efl writing performance at different language proficiency levels

the present study sought to investigate the role of dynamic assessment (da) in improvement of iranian efl writing performance at different language proficiency levels. to this end, after conducting the quick placement test, 60 iranian efl learners were assigned to two groups with different language proficiency levels. in both groups each participant wrote two compositions, one before and one af...

In Place of Boredom

metallicity of starburst galaxies in chandra deep field south (cdf-s) , at 0.5

چکیده یکی از پارامترهای اصلی در دنبال کردن تاریخچه ی تشکیل ستاره ها و تحول کهکشان ها، مطالعه ی میزان فراوانی عناصر آن ها است. در این پایان نامه برای مطالعه ی همبستگی میان فراوانی فلزی و جرم ستاره ای کهکشان ها، از داده های طیفی 89 کهکشانِ ستاره زا استفاده شده است. طیف ها توسط طیف نگار فورس2 از میدان ژرف جنوبی چاندرا گرفته شده و جابه جایی به سرخ طیف ها همه بزرگتر از نیم و کوچکتر از یک هستند. جر...