Information for teachers This Power Point presentation supports

Information for teachers This Power. Point presentation supports students to understand the context for the AS 91035 practice task Driven to distraction! It uses a whole class brainstorm to share prior knowledge about driver distraction and the effect of fatigue on concentration. This could be substituted with one of the other activities suggested in the teacher guide to these resources. The activity on slide 5 on multitasking shows students that adding in another activity (reciting the alphabet) makes the original task (writing down numbers) harder. There alternative tasks you could use in place of this, including timed tasks. NZ Transport Agency Education Portal: www. education. nzta. govt. nz

Driver fatigue and distraction – AS 1. 10 DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION! NZTA EDUCATION PORTAL INFERENCE RESOURCE

Driver distraction Brainstorm • What sorts of things can distract you when you’re driving? • Which ones do you think will be the most common driver distractions?

How do these compare to the biggest distractions in NZTA’s Infographic? Does anything on this list surprise you? From the NZTA Distraction Infographic

Multitasking How well do you think you can multitask? 1. Write down the numbers 1 -26 as quickly as you can 2. Now, write the numbers again, this time while singing the alphabet (in your head or out loud) Was the task harder the second time? Why was this?

Which type(s) of distraction did this task use? From the NZTA Distraction Infographic

Fatigue 1. How do you think tiredness affects your ability to carry out a task? 2. Can you think of examples of tasks that are more difficult to do when you’re tired?

Driven to distraction! To better understand driver fatigue and distraction, students at Te Horo High School in 2019 decided to investigate distraction and fatigue and whethere are differences when concentrating on tasks.

The continuous variables Variable Measurement made Rxn time (milliseconds) Reaction time as measured on an online reaction test site Speed (characters per minute) Speed as measured on an online typing site Accuracy (% of words correct) Accuracy rate as measured on an online typing site You can try the online tests similar to the ones used to collect the data here: • Reaction times: http: //www. bbc. co. uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version 5. swf (requires Flash) https: //www. humanbenchmark. com/tests/reactiontime • Typing test: http: //10 fastfingers. com/typing-test/english

The categorical variables Variable Tired Texting Description of variable Self-assessment as to whether or not the student is tired (Tired or Not. Tired) Whether or not the student was reading a text message while taking the tests: Text = were reading a text message, Not. Text = were not reading a text message • What are the limitations of the Tired variable? • The Texting variable is whether or not the student is reading a text message. How do you think the data might change if the student was typing a text message?

Understanding the context Find out more with these interactive units from the learn to drive site Drive: • Feeling tired? https: //drive. govt. nz/get-your-learners/interactive-road-code/high-speed-and-longdrives/feeling-tired/ • The dangers of distraction https: //drive. govt. nz/get-your-learners/interactive-road-code/conditions-and-distractions/thedangers-of-distraction