October 21, 2013
If you are leading a class and imagine that students seem more distracted than ever by their digital devices, it's not your imagination. And they aren't just checking their e-mail a single time.
A new study has found that more than 90 percent of students admit to using their devices for non-class activities during class times. Less than eight percent said that they never do so.
The study is based on a survey of 777 students at six colleges and universities. Barney McCoy, associate professor of broadcasting at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, conducted the study and The Journal of Media Education has just published the results. Most of the students were undergraduates, and graduate students were less likely to use their devices for non-class purposes. Undergraduates reporting using their devices for non-class purposes 11 times a day, on average, compared to 4 times a day for graduate students.
Here is the study's breakdown on the proportion of students admitting to different levels of in-class device use:
Frequency of Student Device Use in Class for Non-Class Purposes, Per Day
| Never | 8% |
| 1-3 times | 35% |
| 4-10 times | 27% |
| 11-30 times | 16% |
| More than 30 times | 15% |
Asked why they were using their devices in class, the top answer was texting (86 percent), followed by checking the time (79 percent). e-mail (68 percent), social networking (66 percent), web surfing (38 percent) and games (8 percent).
While students admitted to being distracted by their own devices and those of others, they reported advantages to using the devices in class. The top advantages they cited were staying connected (70 percent), avoiding boredom (55 percent) and doing related classwork (49 percent).
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/21/study-documents-how-much-students-text-during-class#ixzz2iLUqHAgH
Inside Higher Ed
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