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Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus (www.reuters.com)
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[โ€“] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, but there's a huge degree of bias whenever you ask people anything. Obviously teachers are going to think phones are detrimental to class focus, and thus they're more likely to say their ban helped with that same focus

Same thing If you asked students, but reversed

[โ€“] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Both great metrics to have, true.