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Direct linkBillur Aksoy; Lester R. Lusher; Scott E. Carrell – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2025
Phone usage in the classroom has been linked to worsened academic outcomes. We present findings from a field experiment conducted at a large public university in partnership with an app marketed as a soft commitment device that provides incentives to reduce phone use in the classroom. We find that app usage led to improvements in classroom focus,…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Universities
