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CCL02: How Do Cell Phones and Self-Control Affect Your Grade?
CCL02: How Do Cell Phones and Self-Control Affect Your Grade?
Many students use cell phones in class, but how does this affect their grades? Some studies have found that cell phone use and self-control have an interactive influence on students' academic performance. This means that students who use their cell phones less and have more self-control tend to do better in school than students who use their cell phones more and have less self-control¹⁴
interactive influence: a situation where two or more things affect each other in different ways
What is Self-Control?
What is Self-Control?
Self-control is the ability to resist temptations and focus on goals. Self-control can help students pay attention in class, study for tests, and complete assignments. Self-control can also help students avoid distractions, such as games, texts, or social media on their cell phones⁴.
- resist: to fight against something or someone; to not do something that you want to do
- focus: to pay attention to one thing and not get distracted by other things
- pay attention: to listen or watch carefully; to be interested in something
- study: to learn about something by reading, writing, or practicing
- complete: to finish something; to make something whole or perfect
- avoid: to stay away from something or someone; to not do something that you don't want to do
How to Use Cell Phones Wisely?
How to Use Cell Phones Wisely?
Some experts say that cell phones can be useful for learning if students use them wisely. For example, cell phones can help students research topics, share knowledge, stay connected with school events, learn digital responsibility, and communicate with teachers and peers³⁵. However, cell phones can also be harmful for learning if students use them too much or in the wrong way. For example, cell phones can tempt students to cheat, disrupt the class, reduce their focus, and affect their health¹².
- research: to look for information about something; to study something carefully
- share: to give some of what you have to someone else; to let someone else use or enjoy something that you have
- stay connected: to keep in touch with someone or something; to not lose contact or communication
- learn digital responsibility: to understand how to use technology in a safe and respectful way; to follow rules and laws when using the internet or other devices
- communicate: to exchange information or ideas with someone; to talk or write to someone
- tempt: to make someone want to do something that they should not do; to attract or persuade someone
- disrupt: to interrupt something; to cause problems or trouble for something
- reduce: to make something smaller or less; to decrease or lower something
- affect: to have an impact on something or someone; to change or influence something
Some tips for using cell phones wisely are:
Some tips for using cell phones wisely are:
- Turn off or silence your cell phone during class unless you need it for learning.
- Keep your cell phone off your desk during class.
- Set a limit on how much time you spend on your cell phone each day.
- Use your cell phone for educational purposes, such as looking up information or taking notes.
- Avoid using your cell phone for entertainment, such as playing games or watching videos.
- Keep your cell phone away from your bed at night to avoid sleep problems.
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Sources
Sources
(1) The impact of students’ cellphone-use and self-control on academic .... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12564-023-09824-6.
(2) How students’ self-control and smartphone-use explain their academic .... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074756322030371X.
(3) Why Students Should Be Using Their Phones in Class. https://mirrornews.hfcc.edu/news/2018/01-29/why-students-should-be-using-their-phones-class.
(4) How students’ self-control and smartphone-use explain their academic .... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S074756322030371X.
(5) The impact of students’ cellphone-use and self-control on academic .... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367970128_The_impact_of_students'_cellphone-use_and_self-control_on_academic_performance_in_traditional_classroom.
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