Logged In and Zoned Out: How Laptop Internet Use Relates to Classroom Learning

Psychological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 171-180

  Ravizza, Susan M ^a   Uitvlugt, Mitchell G ^a   Fenn, Kimberly M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic performance; Internet; laptop

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011841724     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797616677314     Document Type: Article

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