Tag: distraction

Restriction as low-cost policy

We find that student performance in high stakes exams significantly increases post ban, by about 0.07 standard deviations on average. These increases in performance are driven by the lowest-achieving…

Student performance increases post ban

By surveying schools in four English cities regarding their mobile phone policies and combining it with administrative data, we find that student performance in high stakes exams significantly…

Digitale ressourcer forstyrrer eleverne

27 % af lærerne i undersøgelsen er enige eller overvejende enige i, at digitale ressourcer forstyrrer eleverne , så de har svært ved at koncentrere sig. 38 %…

The onlife manifesto

We believe that societies must protect, cherish and nurture humans’ attentional capabilities. This does not mean giving up searching for improvements: that shall always be useful. Rather, we…