Facebook use can lower grades by 20 percent, study says

[seabeyond]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39038581/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/


Does the "F" in Facebook stand for an "F" in school? A new study says that college students who are on Facebook while studying or doing homework wind up getting 20 percent lower grades than students who don't have the social networking site in visual range, or even running in the background on their computers or mobile phones.

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Kirschnera told the Daily Mail that his team studied 219 U.S. university students between ages 19 and 54, and found that Facebook users had a typical grade point average of 3.06, while "non-users" had an average GPA of 3.82.

The psychologist said the study wasn't about whether Facebook's good or bad, but goes more to the stereotype that younger people are fluid multi-taskers —sending text message, listening to music, reading a book, all at the same time, for example — without any problems. (Driving and texting at the same time is, of course, being the among the most dangerous multi-tasking activities anyone can do.)

"The problem is that most people have Facebook or other social networking sites, their e-mails and maybe instant messaging constantly running in the background while they are carrying out other tasks," Kirschnera told the newspaper.
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small study. maybe not significant. interesting.

not something kids have to have. my hubby into high tech, but as adults we have not particpated in any of this. i am closest with du. but we have not allowed kids to do facebook or my space and it works fine in this house. they dont feel like they are missing out on anything. also, they dont have cell phones. when i need for them to have a cell phone, i let them have mine. otherwise, they go without. again, not something they feel "left out" with.

because our house is so abnormal today, i am merely putting up a different perspective.

[howard112211]

1. I'm curious whether that applies to being on DU as well.

;)

[seabeyond]

2. i KNOW it stops me from getting my work done, lol. how about you, lol. ah well.

i get the "must" done. all the rest, ... in time.

[Brickbat]

3. Correlation =/= causation.

Granted, I didn't even read the story.

[Kali]

4. !

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:





:popcorn:

[Lyric]

5. I could re-write this headline to say, "Distraction can lower grades by 20 percent"

Note that it specifically says, using Facebook WHILE doing homework/studying. Whether it's Facebook, television, a movie, a video game, your kids running around making noise and mess, or a phone call from Mom while you're trying to study/do homework...if you're distracted and not paying full attention to what you're doing, then your grades are going to be lower. This is just plain, old-fashioned common sense.

This study is an indictment of "multi-tasking" while studying, not using Facebook during downtime when you AREN'T studying.

[pipi_k]

7. And the sad thing....

is that the distraction doesn't actually have to be going on while the kids are trying to do homework/study at home.

A bad home environment...constant yelling and fighting...worries over parents possibly killing each other...not being able to sleep because the parents are fighting at night while the kids are in bed and can hear every word...

that can have a negative effect, as well.


What I resented most of all when I was a kid going through all that...teachers who, because of The System, or because they were uncaring or too busy or just ignorant of the problem, picked on the kids who failed...or came close to failing...calling them out for their "failures" in front of the entire class.

Told to "shape up or ship out".

OK, thanks teach...

It's not enough for a kid to be sick inside every day wondering if his/her parents are going to be dead when s/he gets home from school...let's shame the kid in front of the entire class as well.

:eyes:

[Lyric]

10. You and me both.

:(

[qb]

6. That's only because the smart kids stubbornly refuse to post the homework answers on Facebook.

[seabeyond]

9. ah hahahaha. that is funny. i like cute. nt

[derby378]

8. It's like texting while driving

The human mind can only multitask to a certain extent.