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Education: Banning mobile phones could lead to better academic results, research suggests

20 May 2015

The Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics has released research that suggests the banning of mobile phones at school could lead to better academic results. The research paper, titled Ill Communication: The Impact of Mobile Phones on Student Performance, investigated the impact of banning mobile phones on student test scores. LSE surveyed schools in four UK cities of Birmingham, London, Leicester and Manchester and found that student performance in high stakes exams significantly increased post mobile phone ban.

This article was published online by HoHoLinks.com Education on May 20, 2015
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Related publications
'Ill Communication: Technology, Distraction and Student Performance', Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1350, May 2015

Related links
Richard Murphy webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage

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