A year ago, Susan Dynarski, economics professor at the University of Michigan, decided to ban the use of non-specially formulated electronics during lectures. On an op-ed for the New York Times, she mentioned the body of research evidence linking electronics with distraction from learning. The evidence, she admits, sounds reasonable but is not systematic. Not […]
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