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Bored in Class? 9 Out of 10 College Students Text During Class
Once upon a time, students passed handwritten notes to one other during class. Oh, how times have changed! These days they send text messages, and more college students than you may think text during class.
The newly released results of an anonymous study conducted by two Wilkes University professors show that 91% of college students surveyed have text messaged during class.
Wilkes University Text Message Study
Wilkes University is a small private college located in Wilkes-Barr, Pennsylvania. Wilkes psychology professors Dr. Deborah Tindell and Dr. Robert Bohlander created a 32-question survey to learn about the in-class text messaging habits of college students.
A total of 269 students representing 21 majors and all class levels responded anonymously to the survey.
Their findings?
- 99% of students think they should be allowed to have their cell phones in class
- 95% bring phones to the classroom
- 62% believe texting should be allowed in class, provided it doesn’t distract others
- 10% have sent or received texts during exams
- 3% have used texts to cheat during exams
Ironically, nearly 25% of respondents reported that other students
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