The Atlantic:
Do smartphones have a place in the classroom?
27 April 2016
The findings of a recent study on student phone access and the achievement gap by Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy for the London School of Economics and Political Science echoed my concerns. ''We find that mobile phone bans have very different effects on different types of students,'' the authors wrote. ''Banning mobile phones improves outcomes for the low-achieving students ... the most, and has no significant impact on high achievers.''
This article was published online by The Atlantic on April 27, 2016
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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
In brief... Phone home: should mobiles be banned in schools?, Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy. Article in CentrePiece Volume 20, Issue 1, Summer 2015
Related links
Richard Murphy webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage