They may be called smartphones but the handsets could be damaging some students’ grades。他們被稱為“智能”手機，然而這些電子設備也許正在影響學生們的功課成績。

　　In an experiment, pupils who were given a free iPhone used it for social networking and listening to music rather than helping with their studies, and they admitted being distracted from their work。在一項實驗中，研究人員向學生們發放了免費的蘋果手機，學生們卻沒有將手機用作學習工具，而是用手機刷社交網絡、聽音樂，并且他們承認自己無法集中精神完成學習任務。

　　Psychologists at Rice University wanted to see if the latest mobile technology would be used by the students to improve their learning。賴斯大學的心理學家們想要了解最新的移動技術能否幫助學生們提高他們的學業成績。

　　When given their new handsets, the students overwhelmingly said that the devices would help them do better in tests and get better grades without being a distraction。當參加實驗的學生們剛獲得新手機的時候，他們信心滿滿的聲稱，新手機不會干擾他們學習，還會讓他們學得更好，取得更好的成績。

　　When asked at the beginning if they thought the phones would get them higher grades, the average response was a positive score of 3.71 on the scale。在實驗開始之初，當學生們被問及，是否認為手機能幫助自己取得更好的學業成績的時候，學生們給出的答復評分的平均分數為3.71分，這是一個表示肯定的分值。

　　But a year later, when asked if it had helped perform better in tests, the average score had more than halved to 1.54 on the same scale, indicating disillusionment with the technology. 然而一年之后，當學生們被問及手機是否確實幫助他們獲得了更好的考試成績時，學生們給出的平均分值還不到之前的一半，在同一個分值表上，只有1.54分，這意味著學生們對高科技的夢幻破滅了。

　　The researchers concluded that it’s not enough to give students the right technology, but said they need constant guidance about how to use it. 研究者們得出結論，即——僅向學生們提供前沿的電子技術是不夠的，他們還需要長時間的引導，需要我們告訴他們如何正確運用移動設備。

（來源：滬江英語）