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There is news for students who like to use their mobile phones while they study. New shows that students do not learn very when they are texting and checking their social media . The research is called: "Mobile Phones in the Classroom: Examining the of Texting, Twitter, and Message Content on Student Learning". Researchers looked at 145 American students in the classroom. Some of the students used their mobile phones during , while the others had their phones switched off. The researcher, Dr Jeffrey Kuznekoff, said students who did not use their mobile phones while the teacher was talking got scores on tests they took at the of the class.

Kuznekoff said that one of the challenges teachers have in the is the non-stop of keeping students working. He said many students felt they needed to be and checking messages even when they had important work to do in class. The researchers said it is very for students to be physically present in class, but absent because they are using their mobiles. Kuznekoff said teachers were fighting a " battle" because students were more in social media than learning. The London School of Economics did a study in England and found that scores increased by six per cent after mobile phones were banned in .

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