Observation Of Observing A Class

Texting has fast become the preferred form of communication for young adults; however, students need to be dissuaded from texting during class because of the result in loss of valuable class time, lack of effective communication skills, and consistent use of improper English leading to a negative impact on students’ learning.

One of the most significant ideas that the author mentions is that, a study was made and they found that, “college students who texted while doing homework had lower grades, and students who texted during class took less detailed notes and had poorer recall.” I think this is significant because, it is so true. How is a student going to take notes when they are texting while the teacher is talking or when they are doing homework they are texting? Therefore, they will miss a lot of important details that may be on a

First, I believe this because students can get easily distracted by phones. Students don’t pay much attention to the teacher’s lesson and are disturbed by all the notifications they receive. Some examples of how they can get distracted are social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat etc. Texting in class can also get students easily distracted from school work. Students tend to lack amount of sleep since they stay on their phone for most of the night.

Mrs. Reid has 16 students consisting of five females and eleven males. One of the five females was a minority; she was Asian. Five of the eleven males were also minority decent, such as oriental, African American, ect. On a side note, within the second grade class there was also Hattian decent students. Five of the eleven males left at some point during the week for more specific teachings to their ability, such ESE, ELOS, or gifted; the same five minority males were NOT the same five that left during the week. Only one of the five males that left during the week was for gifted; he was Caucasian. The other four that left were of the minority. None of the four were Asian.

I am currently observing Mr. Grove’s AP Biology class. This class occurs in the first hour of school, and the students clearly show tiredness. This results in the students being laid back and calm, but after discussing with Mr. Grove (and the interview form), we have determined that cell phone usage during lecturing was the negative behavior that he noticed throughout the hour. Mr. Grove did not have a specific student in mind, so I arrived yesterday to observe the students and determine which student used their cell phone the most. One student in particular had their phone out six times during the lecture period. For the sake of privacy, I will be identifying this student by her initials “CG.” Since this student uses her phone for short periods

According to Lenhart, in 2012 three quarters of teens, ages 12-17, owned cell phones. Of those teens, twenty three percent of them indicated they possessed a smartphone. With the technology advancing in cell phones, it has become yet another classroom distraction and a serious concern for cheating. With cell phones on hand, it has created an easy way to become distracted during class. Assistant Professor Campbell from the University of Kansas brought to attention, “one study found that a third of university students in the US play video games on their mobile phones and laptops during class (Gilroy, 2004 as cited in Katz, 2005).” The majority of researchers have found that mobile phones have lead to problematic use in the school environment

Texting in class disrupts the students nearby and distracts the instructor. Do not text during

Teenagers who use their cellphones very often will have their academic progress negatively affected due to being distracted. It is not a rare occurrence for teenagers to have their phones with them while they are in class, but that is mainly because many of them do not realize the impact it is having on their grades. Researchers, Christian M. End, Shaye Worthman, Mary Bridget Matthews, and Katharina Wetterau at Xavier University did a study about the impact of

Luigi Gallimberti, et. al discusses in their article “Problematic Cell Phone Use for Text Messaging and Substance Abuse in Early Adolescence (11- to 13-year-olds),” that problematic cell phone use (PCPU), is associated with psychological distress, low self-esteem, depression, drug abuse, insomnia, and thoughts of suicide (356). The overuse of cellphones can really detriment a person mentally and could cause them to arrive at one of these issues stated. An issue also arises when a person with a cell phone addiction is in school. They tend to remain unfocused while on their phones and they don’t participate during class. In a sample, the students who had better test grades were less likely to have a problematic cell phone addiction (Gallimberti, et. al 360). This finding confirms the positive association between cell phone addiction and poor performance in school. In schools, it was concluded that this overuse of cellphones was positively connected with deficient school performance in teens with an average age of 15.7 years old (Gallimberti, et. al 360). Aviad Hadar studies in his article “Answering the Missed Call: Initial Exploration of Cognitive and Electrophysiological Changes Associated With Smartphone Use and Abuse” that cell phone addiction was studied to be linked with reduced attention, changes in how someone processes, stores, and applies information about other people and social

When analyzing the article at first glance, I immediately pertained the dilemma of texting in the classroom as a problem for many students. However, I presume this dilemma only relevant to students who are given the opportunity to text in class. Whereas, professor prohibiting cellphones in class are inclined to have a student body focused on the discussion rather than worrying about their previous phone conversation.

When a cell phone rings in a class, not only does it disrupt the class but it also breaks everyone’s concentration. Students can use cell phones to exchange work or answers in an examination or in a class.

Many students will play on their phones and not pay attention to the teacher and the lesson that the teacher is giving. Students are sent to school to learn and by playing with cell phones during classes students are not learning anything that will help them with a career or their futures. Students can also text friends in other classrooms and not have their minds in the classroom that they are in. Students may eventually stop coming to school because they can just stay home and use their cell phones and do other things.

Cell phones and technology in general has advanced a lot over the last ten years. Allowing students to be able to take their phones or devices wherever they want in today’s society. Thus bringing forward the issue of cell phone distraction in the classroom.

Unfortunately, cell phones have become one of the biggest challenges instructors face in college classrooms as these devices have become a pervasive part of young people's lives. What used to only make phone calls and send text messages, now does our emailing, sends us Facebook and Snapchat notifications, and plays music. Additionally, our cell phones are not only used for personal activities, but for school and work life. We want to be reachable in case of an emergency, but the constant stream of notifications has led our productivity to significantly tumble down. Recently, I noticed that in many of my classes, even though the professor says there is a “no phone” policy, many students are scrolling through their social media feeds or responding to a text rather than paying attention to the lecture of the day. I admit to using my phone constantly during class, which often has led my grades to suffer poorly. Rather than paying attention to the lesson, I was checking on buzzing notifications of entertainment news and random trivia. Because I was not listening to my professor earlier in the day, I had a difficult time trying to complete the homework assignment. Thus, in an attempt to be epistemic temperate, for the last two days, I tried to not use my phone during class lectures and study time to measure my productivity.

I was observing this communication in the downstairs hallway in Wagner hall waiting for class to begin. As I was standing there another class had just been let out, and the students were filing out of the classroom. From the eleven students that walked by ten were either talking or texting on their phone. Although this example of phone use would not be usual in this context a decade ago, this observation is now normal. A decade ago cell phones were not as prominent, but now as students walk through the hallways they bring out their phones for something to look at.