BBC – Sean Coughlan
“Students cannot successfully multi-task in using mobile phones while they are studying, US research suggests. Researchers found that students sending and receiving messages while studying scored lower test results and were less effective at tasks such as note taking. The study examined how a generation of “voracious texters” might be affected by so many online distractions. It found that when students did not use mobiles, they were better at being able to recall information. With the exam season under way, the research by academics at Ohio University, Illinois State University and Nebraska University might add to family arguments about whether teenagers really can learn at the same time as using several online devices.”(more)