Are gadgets bad for learning

Apparently a recent study shows that gadget addiction is bad for pupils spelling and concentration. Research was conducted on 267 pupils aged from 11 to 18, all Internet and mobile phone user. 63% were feeling addicted to Internet and 53% to their mobile phone.

Dr Nada Kakabadse from the research team said new technoligies like mobile phone and computer games were having a bad impct on attention.

They are hiding these things under the desks so their concentration cannot be equally divided, they are not focusing on what’s going on in class.

They can’t get motivated to read for a long period of time.

Internet seems also to encourage plagiarism and 84% admitted coping pieces of information straight to their work.

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