The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: When College Students Text In Class They Learn Less

April 06, 2012

When College Students Text In Class They Learn Less

A university professor in Pennsylvania has completed a study and written a soon-to-be-published paper on the effects of text messaging by college students during class.The results? Students who send and receive texts during class have a hard time paying attention to lectures and risk not learning as much as they would if they weren’t texting and were paying attention. Read more at:
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2012/04/new_study_shows_college_studen.html

Apr 6, 2012 2:27:00 AM | Internet Technologies, research studies, Teaching/Learning

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