Research
Researchers tested what happens to student grades when schools completely ban cell phones in classrooms
Earth.com · By Eric Ralls ·
The Brief
- Schools around the world remove phones at the classroom door, mostly on the belief that this helps.
- Almost no large randomized experiment had tested whether full classroom phone bans improve grades.
- The new randomized study involved college students in eastern India, with phones stored in wooden boxes.
Why it matters
It offers rigorous experimental evidence on a widely adopted school policy, which is useful for anyone weighing classroom phone rules.
Who’s affected
- Schools and universities weighing classroom phone bans
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Schools around the world are taking phones away at the classroom door, mostly in the belief that such a ban has to help. Almost no large randomized experiment had tested whether it does. Now one has, and the phones went into wooden boxes. College students in eastern India who…