Stopped reading after [b]'a INSERTRANDOMPLACEHERE study suggests'[/b]
It would be more surprising if this was found to not be the case
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;48610837]Correlation =/= causation[/QUOTE]
It makes sense though. Less time spent studying = lower grades.
The biggest issue in our schools is actually their attitude and methods, maybe they should focus on that first rather than a million studies into other things like this.
Breaking news: When kids get distracted at home, they don't do as well at school!
I think you'll find the guys who use that extra hour if screen time care less about school, and not TV and stuff make you stupid.
Who would of guessed. Spending more time having a life than doing homework makes you academically dumber.
Hmmm...I could be brilliant and cure cancer but be socially inept, or I could be the guy who comes to fix your car on Saturday but never graduated highschool because I partied and hung out with people all week. These slopes are pretty slippery.
No shit, when I get home my first instinct is MGSV, not Physiology :v:
The person using that computer is using Internet Explorer. Obviously, a dirty casual.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;48626100]The person using that computer is using Internet Explorer. Obviously, a dirty casual.[/QUOTE]
that was the cheap trick in the book back in my old school, would sit there watching youtube videos on chrome while having another window open on internet explorer looking at "work"
little mug is probably watching lets plays
I think they should try to study the mental states, and see if there's more to it than just spending more times by their screens.
the way GCSE subjects are being taught, it does not surprise me that kids aren't interested.
[editline]6th September 2015[/editline]
hint: what else they're doing instead isn't to blame
[QUOTE=Neddy;48610847]Stopped reading after [b]'a INSERTRANDOMPLACEHERE study suggests'[/b][/QUOTE]
you're from the UK, i have a hard time believing that you honestly have no idea what cambridge university is
[QUOTE=Ylsid;48612054]It makes sense though. Less time spent studying = lower grades.[/QUOTE]
More like those who don't take their studies seriously are more likely to do things other than studying. The issue is far more likely to be apathy than it is that people are just watching too much tv or some bullshit.
[QUOTE=Ylsid;48612054]It makes sense though. Less time spent studying = lower grades.[/QUOTE]
Good grades come from good teaching.
[QUOTE=Ylsid;48612054]It makes sense though. Less time spent studying = lower grades.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=wickedplayer494;48610837]Correlation =/= causation[/QUOTE]
my biology teacher makes biology the most fucking boring and shittiest thing ever and therefore I'm put off studying for it.
Meanwhile, my legal and history teachers keep the classes interesting which makes me actually want to study for it.
Teachers can make all the difference for some people
I personally don't think you can ever prove that more study = better grades since there are so many layers behind it. There's too many factors: maybe one student has better teachers, maybe one is having troubles at home, maybe one cares less etc. Furthermore different amounts and styles work for different students, some students do no study and do really well, others do no study and do poorly, some study like hell and do shit and others study like hell and do really well. People study differently, some have different priorities. Some students get great grades but because they're doing easy subjects, others do somewhat worse but in harder subjects.
The people in education and the factors involved in education and the people in education that generalizing and doing statistical studies will never prove any causation or even much significant correlation that isn't extremely questionable.
[editline]6th September 2015[/editline]
Maybe that's me just being salty about being a relatively poor student though.
[QUOTE]Those spending an extra hour a day on screens saw a fall in GCSE results equivalent to two grades overall.[/QUOTE]
I'm curious about the wording of this too? Is it, they made A grade students spend an hour more a day on screens and their grades feel to Cs or that C grade students spend an hour more a day on screens? One feels amoral and the other reflects apathy more than it does stupidity. And the fault for apathy is on our education system primarily and not our students. Either way this study is clearly attempting to push and agenda and that will obviously lead to bias. Then you could argue that bias or not the numbers are then and I'd reply with correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation, these results likely have more to do with the individual mindsets and experiences of each student than the actual screen time itself.
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