The graph presents data on uses for mobile phone in middle and high school classrooms in the United States as of April 2012. During a Pew Research Center survey, 38 percent of responding teachers stated their students used mobile phones to take pictures or record video for a school assignment.
Do your students ever use their cell phones for the following school-related activities?
Characteristic
Yes
No
Students cannot have cell phones in class
Looking up information in class
42%
9%
49%
Taking pictures or recording video for a school assignment
38%
17%
45%
Uploading school-related content to the internet
18%
34%
48%
Texting in class with you or other students as a part of an assignment or lesson
The source provided the following explanation: " (...) percentages vary for this response category across items because not all teachers responded to each item in this question."
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Pew Research Center. (February 28, 2013). Do your students ever use their cell phones for the following school-related activities? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/273383/uses-for-mobile-phones-in-us-classrooms/
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Pew Research Center. (2013). Do your students ever use their cell phones for the following school-related activities?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/273383/uses-for-mobile-phones-in-us-classrooms/
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