新奇事件簿 手机影响学生考试分数（在线收听）

There is bad news for students who like to use their mobile phones while they study. New research shows that students do not learn very well when they are texting and checking their social media accounts. The research is called: "Mobile Phones in the Classroom: Examining the Effects of Texting, Twitter, and Message Content on Student Learning". Researchers looked at 145 American university students in the classroom. Some of the students used their mobile phones during class, while the others had their phones switched off. The head researcher, Dr Jeffrey Kuznekoff, said students who did not use their mobile phones while the teacher was talking got higher scores on tests they took at the end of the class.

对于那些一边学习一边用手机的学生来说这是一个坏消息。一项新的研究表明一边发短信，一边玩社交媒体的学生学习不好。这项研究名叫“教室中的手机：短信、推特、即时信息对学生学习的影响”。研究人员对145名美国大学生在课堂上的表现进行了调查。一些学生在上课时使用手机，一些人上课时关机。首席研究员Jeffrey Kuznekoff称上课不使用手机的学生在课堂结束时的测试中分数更高。

Kuznekoff said that one of the biggest challenges teachers have in the classroom is the non-stop battle of keeping students working. He said many students felt they needed to be online and checking messages even when they had important work to do in class. The researchers said it is very common for students to be physically present in class, but mentally absent because they are using their mobiles. Kuznekoff said teachers were fighting a "losing battle" because students were more interested in social media than learning. The London School of Economics did a study in England and found that test scores increased by six per cent after mobile phones were banned in class.

Kuznekoff称老师在课堂上遇到的最大挑战是让学生始终处于学习状态。他说许多学生认为即使在课堂中有非常重要的任务也要需要网看短信。研究人员称由于使用手机，学生身在课堂心在手机的状态非常普遍。Kuznekoff称老师总会败下阵来，因为学生对社交媒体比对学习更感兴趣。伦敦经济学院在英格兰进行了一项调查发现，禁止在课堂上使用手机后考试分数提高了6%。