Cell Phone Ownership Linked To Lower Reading Skills In Elementary Students
Education,Schools,Smart Phones,Children,Reading
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Cell phones could be blunting young children's reading skills, a new study says.
Elementary school students who simply owned a cell phone scored worse on reading comprehension tests, researchers reported recently in the journal Behavioral Sciences.
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