Seven Reasons Students Use Smartphones in Class
http://blog.cengage.com/seven-reasons-students-use-smartphones-in-class/
“77% of students bring a smartphone to class, and 63% of the students said that they weren’t a distraction. On the other hand, 72% of instructors said that they do distract students from the learning process.”
Stephen
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The only way to prevent smartphone distractions from academic learning is for teachers to set and reinforce realistic and consistent expectations on whether, how they are used. The lack of consistency is the biggest problem in the classroom for teachers, and we need to tack back the initiative here.