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Billur 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
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Yirong Guo; Yifan Song; Jianpeng Guo – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
The digital transformation in education and the widespread use of mobile devices have blurred the boundaries between students' learning and entertainment, increasing the prevalence of cyberloafing among college students. To address the inconsistent effects of cyberloafing on academic achievement, this study proposed a curvilinear relationship…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Time Management, Cognitive Ability
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Akshay Mendhakar; Katarzyna Sierak; Kirren Chana; Helmut Leder – AILA Review, 2025
Most reading technologies claim to provide experiences similar to reading on print paper. This study compared reading across different digital platforms and print books. Digital reading mediums used in this study were reading on a PC screen, a handheld e-reader and an iPad. A total of eighty participants enrolled in various university courses took…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Modalities, Electronic Books, Handheld Devices
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Rikki Patton; Jessica L. Chou; Diane K. Brown; Asif Zaarur – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Better understanding how behavioral health professions students were impacted by COVID-19 can help educators inform their education practices. Participants: The present study examined the impact of COVID-19 among n = 83 students enrolled in two universities across five graduate-level behavioral health training programs -- clinical…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Graduate Students, Allied Health Occupations Education
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Juliet Cadungog-Uy; Edman P. Flores – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2025
The study examines the impact of screen time and time management practices on the academic performance of Cambodian accountancy students. A quantitative approach was adopted using a structured questionnaire administered to 663 students. The research explores educational and non-educational screen time usage, perceived benefits, and time management…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Business Education, College Students
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P. Pragha; Krantiraditya Dhalmahapatra; Murali Sambasivan; Pradeep Rathore; Esha Saha – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: The study intends to evaluate students' intention to shift from cash payment to mobile payment system for academic fee payments through push, pull and mooring framework. Push factors comprise risk and service-related factors, pull factors consist of subjective and aspect-based factors and mooring factors include cost and cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Graduates, Student Attitudes