Multitasking Has Consequences Imagine you are a student, working on an essay you do not want to write. Boredom strikes and you begin dozing off, so what do you do? Instead of diligently working, you resort to social media or put some earbuds in to make the essay disappear, but this disregard only has the result of a messy, good-for-nothing paper. Every time students study, are in class, or working on an assignment the same process happens over again. The lack of motivation leads to numerous detrimental effects, such as shallow learning among students, the impairment of memory, and an addiction to the harmful use of technology. Why could students possibly want these consequences? Multitasking promotes inefficiency and damages students’ potential
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First of all, multitasking slows students down, decreases the quality of students’ work, and comprises their efforts to learn (Bradberry, 2). According to the vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, Victoria Rideout, “It’s multitasking while learning that has the biggest potential downside…when students are doing serious work with their minds, they have to focus” (“Students Can’t Resist”). The independent research and policy consultant’s statement shows that teenagers are unable to retain information, provided that they would be able if they had been paying attention in class. In addition, the more that people use technology, the less they are able to recognize emotions. Researchers of the University of California, Los Angeles published a study where one group of sixth graders went five days without using technology and the other group did use technology. One of the senior authors of the study and a distinguished professor explained, “We found that the kids who had been to camp without any screens but with lots of those opportunities and necessities for interacting with other people in person improved significantly more” (Summers, 2). Most importantly, the brain engages in different forms of memory when forced to pay attention to numerous things at the same time (Bradberry, 2). The scientists wrote of an experiment established by Russell Poldrack: “Even if distraction …show more content…
One example of this is that even in classes students still attempt to check their electronic devices. Robert Earl of The Atlantic pointed out, “When the teacher is busy helping out another student or writing on the board, out come the phones as students send instant messages to friends, listen to music, or watch videos on the Internet.” In other words, every time an opportunity arrives for pupils to check their cell phones a second thought doesn’t even occur to them about whether they should examine their social media when the teacher is looking away. A better example of this is that students are reluctant to reduce their use of technology; motivation is necessary for both parents and their children to end this habit (Summers, 4). Rosen strongly believes that “device checking is a compulsive behavior that must be managed if young people are to learn and perform at their best” (Paul, 1). Furthermore, students must be taught to love learning and to embrace the process of finding answers, based on the opinion critic Robert Earl states. The media is an important part of people’s lives in this day and age, however, it needs to be controlled. A final example of how students’ addiction to technology has become out of hand is that they need rewards in order to accomplish
First of all, multitasking slows students down, decreases the quality of students’ work, and comprises their efforts to learn (Bradberry, 2). According to the vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, Victoria Rideout, “It’s multitasking while learning that has the biggest potential downside…when students are doing serious work with their minds, they have to focus” (“Students Can’t Resist”). The independent research and policy consultant’s statement shows that teenagers are unable to retain information, provided that they would be able if they had been paying attention in class. In addition, the more that people use technology, the less they are able to recognize emotions. Researchers of the University of California, Los Angeles published a study where one group of sixth graders went five days without using technology and the other group did use technology. One of the senior authors of the study and a distinguished professor explained, “We found that the kids who had been to camp without any screens but with lots of those opportunities and necessities for interacting with other people in person improved significantly more” (Summers, 2). Most importantly, the brain engages in different forms of memory when forced to pay attention to numerous things at the same time (Bradberry, 2). The scientists wrote of an experiment established by Russell Poldrack: “Even if distraction …show more content…
One example of this is that even in classes students still attempt to check their electronic devices. Robert Earl of The Atlantic pointed out, “When the teacher is busy helping out another student or writing on the board, out come the phones as students send instant messages to friends, listen to music, or watch videos on the Internet.” In other words, every time an opportunity arrives for pupils to check their cell phones a second thought doesn’t even occur to them about whether they should examine their social media when the teacher is looking away. A better example of this is that students are reluctant to reduce their use of technology; motivation is necessary for both parents and their children to end this habit (Summers, 4). Rosen strongly believes that “device checking is a compulsive behavior that must be managed if young people are to learn and perform at their best” (Paul, 1). Furthermore, students must be taught to love learning and to embrace the process of finding answers, based on the opinion critic Robert Earl states. The media is an important part of people’s lives in this day and age, however, it needs to be controlled. A final example of how students’ addiction to technology has become out of hand is that they need rewards in order to accomplish