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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Laptop use"”.
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The ergonomic evaluation of laptop use in university students: the development and test-retest reliability of the student laptop use and musculoskeletal posture questionnaire
Laptop computer use is associated with health problems such as musculoskeletal pain. Few methods exist to measure ergonomic exposures to laptop use. My thesis aimed to develop and evaluate the test-retest reliability of the Student Laptop Use and Musculoskeletal Posture (SLUMP) questionnaire in …
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The impact of exposure to restorative settings and laptop use on cognitive functioning
… have a common distraction – the screen on their laptop computer or mobile device. The goal of this study was to examine the extent to which the benefits of green spaces on attention restoration are in any way compromised by laptop use. If a person is constantly looking at his or her laptop and …
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An examination of laptop-based off-task behaviours in secondary school classrooms
… school students’ off-task behaviours in laptop-based classrooms. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 224 secondary school students from four private schools in Canada (156 males, 65 females, 3 no response). The perceived advantages of laptop use in the classroom were …
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The Use of Electronic Technology by High School Principals in Virginia
… school principals in Virginia have made in the use of electronic technology since 1989, and how the following variables have affected computer use by principals: training, access to hardware and software, top-management support, number of years of administrative experience, Local Composite Index …
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Development of instruments to access physiological and physical neck pain risk factors
… students, particularly given the growing use of laptop computers in the university setting. This thesis presents two pilot studies which aim to develop and assess instruments to use as screening tools for risk factors associated with neck pain. The first study explores the environment in …
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Middle School Students' Perceptions of the Teaching and Learning Initiative: Laptops for Every Student
Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS) deployed laptop computers to over 23,000 middle and high school students in the division. Access to the computer network was through a wireless system that provided convenient and unlimited classroom arrangements without the restrictions required with cabled …