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Maybe it's a translation issue, but it seems in this article that the effect on school work (i.e. tests, quizzes, reports, homework assignments, etc.) was not s
by karaterobot 2y ago
Maybe it's a translation issue, but it seems in this article that the effect on school work (i.e. tests, quizzes, reports, homework assignments, etc.) was not studied, as I think the title of the article implies it was. Rather, they studied the phone ban's effect on school culture and bullying.
To be clear, I believe a phone ban in schools would have a positive effect on academics, and that that would show up if it were studied. It's just that it doesn't seem like that's what they did in this case. Thus, arguing about whether phones affect attention span, memory, even reading time, is not relevant in the context of this article.
- fleb 2y agoThere are fewer tests, quizzes, reports and homework assignments in Icelandic grade schools than there used to be, and the results are not great: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/pisa-2022-results-volume-i-and-ii-country-notes_ed6fbcc5-en/iceland_4e941265-en.html https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/pisa-2022-results-volum... https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2023/12/05/concerning_pisa_survey_showing_icelandic_students_l/ https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2023/12/05/concernin... Academic performance is somewhat of a burning fire - I'd guess there is less of a translation issue with the article than a cultural and political issue around the topic.