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Academy chain with 35,000 pupils to be first in England to go phone-free
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LATEST RESEARCH
Mansfield, I., Phillips, S., Webb, N., (2024) The Case for a Smartphone Ban in Schools | Policy Exchange.
Liu, X., Luo, Y., Liu, Z., Yang, Y., Liu, J., Jia, C., (2020). Prolonged Mobile Phone Use Is Associated with Poor Academic Performance in Adolescents | Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.
Beland, L.-P. and Murphy, R. (2016). Ill Communication: Technology, distraction & student performance | Labour Economics.
Sunday, J.S., Adesope, O.O., Marhuis, P.L., (2021). The effects of smartphone addiction on learning: A meta-analysis. Computers in Human Behavior Reports.
The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Cognitive Capacity.
Ward, A., Duke, K., Gneezy, A., Bos, M., (2017.) Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity. diminishes performance. Journal for Association for Consumer Research.
Banning smartphones leads to an improvement in psychological wellbeing for girls.
Abrahamsson, S. (2024). Smartphone Bans, Student Outcomes and Mental Health | Social Science Research Network.
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