ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF IN-CLASS LAPTOP USE ON STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCEBogdan Daraban |
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In recent years, laptop use in the college classroom has become a topic of intense debate in the academic community and not only. While the consensus is that the learning process can greatly benefit from the use of technology, not everyone agrees that Internet connected laptops in the classroom are beneficial (Fried, 2008). In this paper, I use a unique panel data set to measure the impact of laptop use in the classroom on student learning and participation. Although estimation results indicate that both measures are negatively affected by laptop use, I conclude that laptop use policies should be based on careful cost-benefit analyses. |
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