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Handys im Unterricht: Lehrer bringt Storsender mit - und wird suspendiert

4 June 2015

That a ban on mobile phone use by pupils in schools may be quite useful, has now been proven by Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy on behalf of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. The scientists compared the performance of students in four English towns with a ban on mobile phones in their schools.

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'Ill Communication: Technology, Distraction and Student Performance', Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1350, May 2015

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Richard Murphy webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage
Richard Murphy CEP publications webpage

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