1. Does procrastination play the largest part in distracting us?
1.1. Procrastination plays a large part in how we are distracted. Studies have long shown that students who begin or submit their work later tend to have negative academic outcomes. The measures of procrastination used in those studies may not have provided information timely enough for instructor intervention.
1.1.1. This will begin the descent of my paper. I will have used logical writing as explained in the purdue owl. Angeli, E., Baker, J., Brizee, A. (2013)
2. Is technology the most common form of distraction?
2.1. In the writing of Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence. It states that 90% of students use electronic devices during class. The study was based off of the survey of 777 students by associate Professor Barney McCoy at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
2.1.1. In our reading of the APU library of What is the difference between an opinion paper and a research paper. I found resourceful writing through Jaschik, S. (2013). Texting in Class. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/21/study-documents-how-much-students-text-during-class. It was very informative and related the topic to another study and hyper links to those studies. It also had correlating charts for someone like me who is a visual learner.
3. Does every one have the ability to control themselves to not be distracted?
3.1. To find out if every one has the ability to control themselves I looked up the definition of self-discipline. Self-discipline is the control or restraint of oneself, one’s actions, or ones feelings. I retrieved this information from dictionary.com (2014).
3.1.1. I trust this website to be scholarly because it is not a blogging site. It also references in a hyperlink APA style of where you can also get the information. In Barbra Abercrombie's writing Personal Essays It asks if the essay gets right to the subject. Abercrombie (2010) I believe that self-discipline is the root of what everyone needs to have to not become distracted as an online learner.
4. Are friends and family the most common form of modern distractions?
4.1. I found a top 10 list of how people can be distracted when working from home. Family demanding attention was actually number one at 59%. Working from home is not exactly the same , but it does correlate. We deal with very similar distractions. Not to give away to much juicy info number ten was having bad posture at 20%.
4.1.1. I found this resourceful because of our reading of 5 Ways to Develop Personal Essays by Rachel Eddey (2011). She tells us that essays are twofold. First the exploration of a relationship, and second the take away implications of that relationship. Eddy (2011)