Survey: Students Check Their Phones 11 Times Per Lecture

• University students check phones between 3 and 11 times each lesson
• More than half admitted they did so because lessons are boring
• Texting was the most popular form of distraction, while 8% played games
• Over 80% claimed smartphones interfered with their learning while a quarter said their grades had suffered

The rise in smartphones among young people may be having a direct affect on how successful they become as adults.

According to The Daily Mail, research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has discovered the average university student checks their phones 11 times per lesson, and more than 80 per cent believe this tech obsession is interfering with their learning.

A quarter of students across five U.S states also blamed poor grades in exams specifically on the fact they used mobile devices when they should have been concentrating and revising -  and these grades could determine the jobs they end up going into.

Barney McCoy, an associate professor of broadcasting at the university, surveyed 777 students at six universities across five states about how they used digital devices in the classroom.

The students were from UNL and the University of Nebraska at Omaha in Nebraska, Morningside College in Iowa, the University of North Carolina, the University of Kansas and the University of Mississippi.

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