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

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