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The Impact of Mobile Phone Usage on Student Learning
Abstract
In this study, we examined the impact of mobile phone usage, during class lecture, on student learning. Participants in three different study groups (control, low-distraction, and high-distraction) watched a video lecture, took notes on that lecture, and took two learning assessments after watching the lecture. Students who were not using their mobile phones wrote down 62% more information in their notes, took more detailed notes, were able to recall more detailed information from the lecture, and scored a full letter grade and a half higher on a multiple choice test than those students who were actively using their mobile phones. Theoretical and pedagogical implications are discussed.
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“Students in the non-multitasking control group wrote down 62% more information, took notes with more details, were able to recall more detailed information, and scored a full letter grade and a half higher than students in the low-distraction and high-distraction groups.”
From Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance (2018) · cites this paper as Kuznekoff & Titsworth, 2013
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“and interference with note-taking (End et al., 2010;Kuznekoff & Titsworth, 2013).”
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“…during academic activities was related to perceived interference with finishing homework (Junco & Cotten, 2011), less academic satisfaction (Gaudreau et al., 2014), lower homework motivation (Calderwood et al., 2014), and interference with note-taking (End et al., 2010; Kuznekoff & Titsworth, 2013).”
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“Kuznekoff and Titsworth (2013) conducted an experimental study to investigate the effect of texting and posting using mobile phone while listening to lecture on students attending (i.e. lecture listening, note taking, recall of knowledge).”
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ResultCauses, effects, and practicalities of everyday multitasking
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kuznekoff, J. H., & Titsworth, S.
- Affiliations
- Ohio University (US)
- Scripps College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kuznekoff, Jeffrey H.
- Venue
- Communication Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-02-12
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 233-252
- ISSN
- 0363-4523 (ISSN-L)
- 1479-5795
- OpenAlex
- W2150206099
- Cited by
- 417
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 63.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Communication Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Mobile Learning in Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Educational Methods
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
- Keywords
- mobile phone use, student learning, lecture notes, note-taking, distraction, video lectures, memory retrieval, multiple-choice test performance
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