手機成學習成績下降罪魁禍首

　　9月8日口譯文章：電話成進修成就降低禍首罪魁

　　他們被稱為“智能”電話，但是這些電子裝備大概正在影響門生們的作業成就。

　　在一項試驗中，研討職員向門生們發放了免費的蘋果電話，門生們卻未將電話用作進修對象，而是用電話刷交際收集、聽音樂，而且他們認可本身沒法會合精力完成進修義務。

　　賴斯大學的生理學家們想要懂得最新的挪動技巧可否贊助門生們進步他們的學業成就。

　　當加入試驗的門生們剛得到新電話的時刻，他們信念滿滿的宣稱，新電話不會滋擾他們進修，還會讓他們學得更好，獲得更好的成就。

　　在試驗開端之初，當門生們被問及，是不是以為電話能贊助本身獲得更好的學業成就的時刻，門生們給出的回答評分的均勻分數為3.71分，這是一個表現確定的分值。

　　但是一年以後，當門生們被問及電話是不是確切贊助他們得到了更好的測驗成就時，門生們給出的均勻分值還不到以前的一半，在統一個分值表上，只有1.54分，這象征著門生們對高科技的夢幻幻滅了。

　　研討者們得出結論，即——僅向門生們供給前沿的電子技巧是不敷的，他們還須要長期的引誘，須要咱們告知他們若何準確應用挪動裝備。

　　【參考譯文】

　　They may be called smartphones but the handsets could be damaging some students’ grades。

　　In an experiment, pupils who were given a free iPhone used it for social networking and listening to music rather than helping with their studies, and they admitted being distracted from their work。

　　Psychologists at Rice University wanted to see if the latest mobile technology would be used by the students to improve their learning。

　　When given their new handsets, the students overwhelmingly said that the devices would help them do better in tests and get better grades without being a distraction。

　　When asked at the beginning if they thought the phones would get them higher grades, the average response was a positive score of 3.71 on the scale。

　　But a year later, when asked if it had helped perform better in tests, the average score had more than halved to 1.54 on the same scale, indicating disillusionment with the technology。

　　The researchers concluded that it’s not enough to give students the right technology, but said they need constant guidance about how to use it。