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August 4, 2018 04:34 pm
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Using Electronic Devices During Lectures Led To Lower Grades, Study Finds
schwit1 quotes UPI: For the study, researchers followed 118 cognitive psychology students at Rutgers University in New Jersey. For one term, electronic devices were banned in half of the lectures and permitted in the other half. When the devices were allowed, students reported whether they had used them for non-learning purposes during the lecture. Having an electronic device wasn't associated with lower students' scores in comprehension tests within lectures, but was associated with at least a 5 percent (half-a-grade) lower score in end-of-term exams. The study was published July 27 in the journal Educational Psychology.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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