Be able to integrate their ideas with those of others using summary, paraphrase, quotation, analysis, and synthesis of relevant sources.

Introduction:

When I was ready to implement supporting research into my essay, I used scholarly articles from my school’s online library. When choosing which information to include in my essay, I always make sure to read more than I need. For example, when I find one supporting evidence that can be used in my essay, I don’t just stop there; I continue reading to see if I can find anything else that would support my claim better than the first piece that I found. Whenever I find relevant information, I’m sure to either highlight or make note of it and relate it to one of the claims in my paper. It is important to have more than one source for each of the claims because it establishes credibility. In the following annotated bibliography the second entry (Korabik et al.) was used in my paper. In red is one of the claims in my paper and in blue is the supporting evidence for that claim.

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Weintraub, J., Pattusamy, M., & Dust, S. B. (2019). Mindful multitasking: Disentangling the effect of polychronicity on work-home conflict and life satisfaction. The Journal of Social Psychology, 159(4), 497-502. DOI:10.1080/00224545.2018.1523783 

Multitasking seems like an essential when it comes to working and at-home activities; it can be beneficial because more can be accomplished in a shorter amount of time. “Mindful multitasking” counteracts the reduction of quality in work and allows you to be attentive. I plan to use this for solution 1 which helps argue that multitasking can be beneficial, but we have to recognize which activities it works for and which ones cant use multitasking.

Korabik, K., Rhijn, T. v., Ayman, R., Lero, D. S., & Hammer, L. B. (2017). Gender, polychronicity, and the work-family interface: Is a preference for multitasking beneficial? Community, Work & Family, 20(3), 307-326. doi:10.1080/13668803.2016.1178103

This article highlights the importance of multitasking in today’s fast-paced work world. It allows for success in the work world and accounts for many accomplishments to be made. I can use this source to support solution one, which claims that multitasking can be beneficial when it comes to the work world. A big idea in this article is “results showed a positive association between polychronicity and several job performance indicators.”

Claim: An activity with an order or pattern might rely on multitasking as an element of success, however, when an activity does not have a pattern, multitasking is not necessarily ideal.

Support: In her research, Korabik (2014) acknowledged Kantowitz et al. (2012) who found that “more polychronic call center employees handled calls in less time…. Other research has indicated that polychronicity is related to enhanced creativity and better job performance” (para. 7).

Rekart, J. L. (2011). Taking on multitasking. The Phi Delta Kappan, 93(4), 60-63. doi:10.1177/003172171109300415

Rekart provides statistics for how many students multitask while they study and the amount of time in the day that they are using technology. Later in the article, the effects on the brain of multitasking and long term memory retention are focused on. I am planning to use this article to demonstrate that learning is an activity that does not benefit from multitasking. I would like to use the statistics for logical reasoning and maybe some of the research that covers the effects on the brain