Use of Mobile Phones Affects Academic Performance
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They say that new generations are born with a cell phone in their hands and that they cannot
to live without him. The serious thing is that a study from the University of Los Andes showed that there is
relationship between the excessive use of this device and the average grades of students.
The research "Effects of mobile phone addiction in schools" was carried out by the
academics Ricardo Leiva and David Kimber, who interviewed 300 students from
schools in Santiago between the ages of 10 and 18 and their parents. The problem of addiction was
addressed by three specialists from the neurological, educational, and
communicational.
The first data says that the average age of receiving the first cellphone is 10.3
years, that 59% use their cell phone for more than 6 hours a day, and that they mainly use it to
to play, watch videos, listen to music and use WhatsApp. When asked if they carry the
cell phone to school, 86% admitted to doing so every day. And the most notable conclusion
It is important that when moving from 1 hour of use to 2 hours, the grades would drop by 3.3 tenths.
average.
Experts claim that there are also other consequences such as problems in the
learning process, declines in social interaction, increases in health problems
mental and even sleep disturbances.
WHAT TO DO
Among the recommendations provided by the academics to avoid the decline of
performance in school due to the cellphone is found:
Delay the delivery of the first mobile phone until at least 14 years old.
Avoid letting children and teenagers go to bed with their mobile phones, as half of them wake up to
send messages and can sleep up to 40 minutes less.
Do not allow them to play with screens for more than two hours a day, as long as
they have studied and done their homework beforehand, without the mobile device in front.
Children should not do their homework with the phone in front of them. They should turn off the phone.
until he finishes his tasks and duties. Thus, the cell phone becomes an incentive and
reward.
• Set an example. If parents are not able to turn off their cell phones when they sit down to...
table or talking with their children without the constant interruptions of their mobile phone,
They will hardly be able to require them to study or read without looking at their phones.
On the other hand, in France, President Emmanuel Macron announced that starting in September, minors will
15-year-olds are absolutely prohibited from bringing their mobile phones to their educational establishments. This
