Tuesday, March 29, 2016

  • Lawson, Dakota and Bruce B. Henderson. "The Costs of Texting in the Classroom." College Teaching63.3 (2015): 119. Web.
  • In Lawson and Henderson's article, "The Costs of Texting in the Classroom," a study was conducted on how texting in the classroom affects the students' learning capabilities. What was found in this study is similar to another study that was conducted in one of the other articles that I researched. Students in a lecture setting were split into two groups; students that text during class and students that do not text during class. At the end of the lecture period, the students were given a multiple choice quiz. In the results, it was found that the students who were texting throughout the lecture score significantly lower on the quiz than those students who were not texting. The issue that was found with texting in the classroom is that most professors believe that texting during class cannot be avoided, and they choose to simply ignore students texting in class. In response to this, Lawson and Henderson offer up some ideas that professors can use to minimize texting in the classroom. I believe that this article can help my research because it backs up some of the evidence that was found in another one of my articles and helps solidify the argument. Due to the fact that both of these authors are professors at Western Carolina University, I believe that the information found in this article is accurate.

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