Do mobile phones effect student learning?

Interesting new article from Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff, Stevie Munz & Scott Titsworth published online, on 21st May 2015, in Communication Education.  Using the example of 145 American undergraduates it examines the impact on  student learning of  using Twitter and other mobile phone social media while in the classroom.  Results found that distraction caused less efficient note taking.

This follows on from a recent Centre for Economic Performance working paper which found that schools which banned mobile phone usage achieved higher results, with the largest difference being shown in lower grade students.