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The effects of social media usage on attention, motivation, and academic performance - Bianca A Barton, Katharine S Adams, Blaine L Browne, Meagan C Arrastia-Chisholm, 2021 Accessing social media is common and although concerns have been raised regarding the impact of social media on academic success, research in this area is spars...

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They conclude:

"... students should be mindful of the potential impact high social media use could have on their overall academic success and learning skills. Educators should also be mindful of the impact social media can have on students when incorporating it into their curriculum."

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Their study produced nuanced findings, including a significant, negative relationship between social media usage and student GPA.

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In a 2021 @active-learning.bsky.social article, Barton and colleagues investigated the social media use of 659 undergraduate and graduates.

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The authors conclude that: "in order for feedback to be useful, students need to understand the information, it needs to be sufficiently detailed and it needs to be usable"

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Getting #feedback right in #highereducation requires careful thought and reflection.

In a study of students' thoughts on the usefulness of feedback published in @active-learning.bsky.social in 2019, Henderson et al. examine when feedback is more and less likely to be helpful.

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