challenges to help students engage in learning. Particularly, one of the main problems with the traditional lecture format to … teach non-economists economics is that students tend to lack interest in the subject and therefore have a low level of … engagement. Student response systems (i.e. "clickers") have been used in classes for about 20 years and become more popular on …

The author examined the literature regarding college students' use of smartphones during class time. Findings included … the following: Students believe they are capable of multitasking with smartphones, but they are not and earn lower grades … as a result; students misperceive that their peers use smartphones during class time more than they do to text other …