Not that long ago, the biggest distractions for college students were alcohol, sex, and parties. Now, there’s another reason they aren’t reading their textbooks and aren’t paying attention in class: the siren song of the smartphone. Traditional-age college students are now iGen, the post-1995 generation who were the first to spend their entire adolescence with smartphones.
They are spending an extraordinary amount of time on electronic devices — according to Common Sense Media, nine hours a day. Perhaps as a result, many students have a difficult time focusing, are distracted by devices during class and are sleep-deprived. As with many things, however, the solution is education.
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Not that long ago, the biggest distractions for college students were alcohol, sex, and parties. Now, there’s another reason they aren’t reading their textbooks and aren’t paying attention in class: the siren song of the smartphone. Traditional-age college students are now iGen, the post-1995 generation who were the first to spend their entire adolescence with smartphones.
They are spending an extraordinary amount of time on electronic devices — according to Common Sense Media, nine hours a day. Perhaps as a result, many students have a difficult time focusing, are distracted by devices during class and are sleep-deprived. As with many things, however, the solution is education.