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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w18436
来源ID	Working Paper 18436
	The Impact of Time Between Cognitive Tasks on Performance: Evidence from Advanced Placement Exams
	Ian Fillmore; Devin G. Pope
发表日期	2012-10-05
出版年	2012
语种	英语
摘要	In many education and work environments, economic agents must perform several mental tasks in a short period of time. As with physical fatigue, it is likely that cognitive fatigue can occur and affect performance if a series of mental tasks are scheduled close together. In this paper, we identify the impact of time between cognitive tasks on performance in a particular context: the taking of Advanced Placement (AP) exams by high-school students. We exploit the fact that AP exam dates change from year to year, so that students who take two subject exams in one year may have a different number of days between the exams than students who take the same two exams in a different year. We find strong evidence that a shorter amount of time between exams is associated with lower scores, particularly on the second exam. Our estimates suggest that students who take exams with 10 days of separation are 8% more likely to pass both exams than students who take the same two exams with only 1 day of separation.
主题	Microeconomics ; Behavioral Economics ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w18436
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/576112
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ian Fillmore,Devin G. Pope. The Impact of Time Between Cognitive Tasks on Performance: Evidence from Advanced Placement Exams. 2012.

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