After a year with a smartphone, people who hadn’t used one before reported that the devices had a negative impact on their learning.
“Smartphone technology is penetrating world markets and becoming abundant in most college settings,” said Philip Kortum, assistant professor of psychology at Rice University and the study’s co-author. “We were interested to see how students with no prior experience using smartphones thought they impacted their education.”
The research revealed that while users initially believed the mobile devices would improve their ability to perform well with homework and tests and ultimately help them get better grades, the opposite was reported at the end of the study.
