In a more simplistic study, we documented how many high school students were looking at their cell phones while sitting versus standing while listening to the teacher. The results were remarkable. In the case of sitting, upwards of 50% of students looked at their cell phones at least once in a five-minute interval. For the students standing, that number dropped to less than 10%. This likely has something to do with the sense of anonymity discussed in Chapter 3, but it also has to do with the degree to which students are engaged. Whereas disengaged students look for distraction, engaged
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