Technology Causing Short Attention Span

Teachers are saying that students that play video games and watch too much TV are developing short attention spans.  Ms. Hope Molina-Porter says that teachers are part of the reason attention spans are getting shorter, because teachers are changing their lessons for students with short attention spans.  Vicky Rideout is a researcher  who has found that children and teenagers from ages 8 to 18 spend twice as much time on their electronics than at school.  Around 75% of 2,462 teachers say that computers help students to find resources for reports.  Though, nearly 90% of the same teachers say that electronics make students easily distracted.  If you want to read the full article on the New York Times click here.

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