Regularly texting and checking the Internet during class lectures make test performance:

A) worse.
B) unchanged, as multitasking is "easy" for kids who have grown up in the digital age.
C) better, as it helps to focus the mind.
D) unchanged if students have already practiced that ability.


Ans: A) worse.

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