Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoStudy finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focuswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down15
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minus-squareslackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-219 hours agoYou can conclude that teachers experience a better classroom environment. There was also 1/3 that did observe academic improvement. E: Also, a teachers subjective experience is still an objective result if you are considering the qol aspect of the policy.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 hours agoI mostly care about longer term impacts. The ban has only been in place for a year and a half, so it’s really not much to go on.
minus-squareslackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoShort term and long term impacts are both worthy of study, surely.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoSure, but short term impacts are generally unreliable, since there are a lot of cases of coincidence, like a good policy having no immediate impact or a bad policy having the desired impact. Longer term studies account for that randomness.
You can conclude that teachers experience a better classroom environment. There was also 1/3 that did observe academic improvement.
E: Also, a teachers subjective experience is still an objective result if you are considering the qol aspect of the policy.
I mostly care about longer term impacts. The ban has only been in place for a year and a half, so it’s really not much to go on.
Short term and long term impacts are both worthy of study, surely.
Sure, but short term impacts are generally unreliable, since there are a lot of cases of coincidence, like a good policy having no immediate impact or a bad policy having the desired impact. Longer term studies account for that randomness.