Research Shows Texting in Class is a Distraction In the journal article “OMG! Texting in Class,” by Amanda Gingerich and Tara Lineweaver the researchers explained how they set up two separate experiments in order to truly be able to tell if texting in class is a distraction. For the first experiment, several students volunteered to be part of the text group that would be texting a pre-written conversation with others who also volunteered (Gingerich & Lineweaver, 2014). Before the lecture began, all of the students were informed that there would indeed be a multiple choice quiz at the conclusion of the lecture in order to test the researchers hypothesis that texting in class is indeed a distraction and can significantly lower test results
