摘要：Technology classrooms provide a valuable educational environment; however, they mayalso create distractions for students different from a regular classroom. Distractions can resultfrom activities students do themselves or they can be caused by other students in the classroom.Where students sit in the classroom can also have an impact. Students in the back of theclassroom report more distractions from texting and online gaming. Students who are moredistracted indicate it is harder to pay attention in a lab classroom as opposed to a regularclassroom. Distractions, especially texting, have a negative impact on the learning environmentwhich reduces a student’s ability to learn important technology and research skills. Finally,distractions show a negative association with overall course grade.
