Table III Percentage students engaging...

Table III

Percentage students engaging in texting while in the classroom

	Frequency
Survey item	Never	Once or twice	On occasion	Almost daily	Daily
Student has seen another texting (%)
Before class (n=144)	1	8	23	27	41
During class (n=144)	1	8	25	29	36
During exam (n=144)	81	13	2	3	1
Student has him/herself texted (%)
Before class (n=144)	5	32	33	18	13
During class (n=144)	8	27	38	17	10
During exam (n=144)	94	3	1	2	0

	Frequency
Survey item	Never	Once or twice	On occasion	Almost daily	Daily
Student has seen another texting (%)
Before class (n=144)	1	8	23	27	41
During class (n=144)	1	8	25	29	36
During exam (n=144)	81	13	2	3	1
Student has him/herself texted (%)
Before class (n=144)	5	32	33	18	13
During class (n=144)	8	27	38	17	10
During exam (n=144)	94	3	1	2	0

Notes: This table examines the texting behavior of students in the classroom setting. In terms of frequency observed by the students themselves and other students, 92 percent have themselves engaged in texting during class, with a slightly higher 95 percent engaged in texting “at least once” before class. An even higher 99 percent of the respondents have observed other students engaged in texting before and during class “at least once”

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