More and more students spend the day looking at their personal electronic devices. They are thinking mainly about these devices, and not much . But recent research suggests that using technology during class time may (significance) harm college students' ability (process) the subject material they are learning.
In the study (involve) 118 students who were taking the class in psychology, the students (permit) to use any electronic device as much as they wanted during half of their daily class periods. During the other half, researchers closely watched them to make sure no one was using any technology.
The students' academic (perform) was measured in several ways throughout the term. The researchers found that the average daily quiz results showed no evidence of harmful effects. However, the results of the lager tests and final exam told different story. They showed that all the students performed poorly on questions covering material taught on days they used technology in the classroom. The students hear what the professor is saying. But they might (buy) things online or reading unrelated emails at the same time. So they are not thinking deeply about the subject, which makes harder for theinformation to enter their long term memory.
