Smartphone use during class is a distraction with potential to compromise grades (review attribution)¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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Reading the evidence codes

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This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? The review reports, citing Synnott (2015), that students' use of smartphones during class time is a distraction and has the potential to compromise grades. → Walls 2016

Evidence¶

Walls 2016¶

Walls, J. K. (2016). A Theoretically Grounded Framework for Integrating the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v16i2.19217

q2 · i? · theoretical · r2

Narrative review attribution in the Context (microsystem) section: the article states smartphone use "during class time is a distraction and has the potential to compromise grades". The claim is hedged as potential, and no effect size is printed.

"On campus, students' use of smartphones during class time is a distraction and has the potential to compromise grades (Synnott, 2015)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Attention — outcome: instruction changes it

Smartphone attachment is associated with impatience and impulsive behavior in young children, per cited literature — related

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`title`	`Smartphone use during class is a distraction with potential to compromise grades (review attribution)`
`description`	`Smartphone use during class is a distraction with potential to compromise grades (review attribution)`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`weak`
`newest_evidence`	`2016`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-09-25`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	1 — `walls-2016`

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