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The Effects of Habitual Response and Agenda-Driven on Study Time Allocation：Evidence from Eye Movement

LI Wei-Jian1, XIE Rui-Bo1, CHEN Hai-De2, HUANG Jie1   

  1. 1. Institute of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004;
    2. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2014-05-15 Published:2014-05-15

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Abstract: Ariel, Dunlosky and Bailey (2009) proposed Agenda-Based Regulation (ABR) framework. This explains the internal mechanisms of study time allocation from the perspective of information processing, that learners develop an agenda on how to allocate time to various study items and use this agenda when selecting items for study. When the limits of the central executive have been exceeded, habitual responses may gain control of study-time allocation.
This study aims to revealed the habitual response of the study time allocation. It further explored the relationship between the habitual response of the study time allocation and agenda-driven. Using Metcalfe's paradigm, two experiments independently were conducted in present research to examined twenty undergraduates's habitual response on study time allocation on condition of different time limit. Multi-factor experimental design was employed in this study. The independent variables were item difficulty, and words position, and the dependent variables were fixation duration and fixation points. On condition of no time limitation, the result revealed that habitual responses on item selection was found, but no effects on the self-paced study time. On condition of a time limit, there was no habitual response on study time allocation. Learners gave preference to easy items in all three words position. However, for easy items, there were also habitual responses. Which demonstrates learners' agendas can dominate item selection and self-paced study time, but can not completely eliminate the habitual responses to the item selection.

Key words: study time allocation, time limitation, agenda-driven, habitual response, eye tracking technique

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  • G442
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