Texting as a distraction to learning in college students

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Highlights:

• Participants were randomly assigned to texting or control groups during a lecture.

• Participants in the texting group scored significantly lower on a quiz.

• No moderating effects were found for texting’s effect on the quiz score.

• Participants believe text messaging is distracting to other users, but not them.

摘要

•Participants were randomly assigned to texting or control groups during a lecture.•Participants in the texting group scored significantly lower on a quiz.•No moderating effects were found for texting’s effect on the quiz score.•Participants believe text messaging is distracting to other users, but not them.

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论文评审过程:Available online 17 April 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.045