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北京市房山区2019届高三上学期英语期末考试试卷
Does Using Technology in the Classroom Help College Students?
Almost anywhere in the world, you are likely to find people doing the same thing in public places, on trains and buses or wherever else you look. They spend their day looking at laptop computers, smartphones or other personal electronic devices. They are thinking mainly about their electronic devices, and not much else.
More and more college students have no problem walking into a classroom and immediately opening their laptops. Others may spend an entire study period with a smartphone in hand. But recent research suggests that using technology during class time may harm college students' ability to remember and process the subject material they are learning.
Arnold Glass, a professor in Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a student researcher investigated the issue of divided student attention. During half of their daily class periods, the students in their study were permitted to use any electronic device as much as they wanted.
The students' academic performance was measured in several ways throughout the semester. They took a short test every day, longer tests every few weeks and a final exam covering all the class material. The researchers found that the average daily quiz results showed no evidence of harmful effects from the use of technology. They showed that all the students performed poorly on questions covering material taught on days when they were permitted to use technology in the classroom.
Glass says that it shows the use of electronic devices in the classroom prevents students from processing information. The students hear what the professor is saying. But they might be buying things online or reading unrelated emails at the same time, for example. So they are not thinking deeply about the subject matter as they are hearing it.
A. The same can be said about the world of college education.
B. However, the average results of the larger tests and final exam told a different story.
C. And that, Glass says, makes it harder for the information to enter their long-term memory.
D. Technology, in general, is not the only way that students find to distract themselves in class.
E. But even if technology is helpful to some students, there are times when it needs to be turned off.
F. Some students argue that the increasing use of technology can have many helpful effects on society.
G. During the other half, researchers closely watched them to make sure no one was using any technology.
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