If you have had issues in your schools regarding student cell phone use and texting, here is a piece of information you may want to add to your thoughts about the issue. A recent study at Penn State University’s Media Effects Research Lab of children ages 10-14 indicates that continual use of texting “language” affects student grammar development. The results indicate that children who text at this stage of development are less likely to switch back to acceptable grammar when appropriate. Share this with your language arts staff and watch their response; it should be interesting.
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