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Survey Gets Law-School Students' Thoughts on Laptops, Writing, and Ethics

Survey Gets Law-School Students' Thoughts on Laptops, Writing, and Ethics
By STEVEN BUSHONG
Chronicle of Higher Education Wed Jan 7, 2009

An excerpt:
Law-school professors are fed up with students using laptop computers in class to surf to Facebook, eBay, everything but LexisNexis. And some have even banned the distracting machines. But results from a new survey show that an outright ban might not be such a good idea.

The 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement, released today, suggests that, when used wisely, laptops can actually enhance student engagement. The survey found that class-related laptop use correlates highly with reported gains in several areas, including critical and analytical thinking.

Read the rest of the article at: http://chronicle.com/daily/2009/01/9153n.htm

View the whole survey report at: http://www.lssse.iub.edu/index.cfm

Full post as published by LexLibris on January 07, 2009 (boomark / email).