{"id":5348,"date":"2019-09-24T16:14:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T16:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=5348"},"modified":"2019-09-24T16:14:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T16:14:56","slug":"screen-time-and-academic-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2019\/09\/24\/screen-time-and-academic-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Screen time and academic achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new study from the American Medical Association journal Pediatrics attempts to integrate the many studies on screen time, specific screen activities, and academic achievement. The <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapediatrics\/fullarticle\/2751330?guestAccessKey=f02523bb-1adb-4566-8f9f-02bab8189b69&amp;utm_source=For_The_Media&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ftm_links&amp;utm_content=tfl&amp;utm_term=092319\">study is available online<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2019\/09\/24\/screen-time-and-academic-achievement\/noun_screen-time_1818002\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/noun_screen-time_1818002.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"noun_screen-time_1818002\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/noun_screen-time_1818002-1024x1024.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/noun_screen-time_1818002-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5349\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/noun_screen-time_1818002-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/noun_screen-time_1818002-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/noun_screen-time_1818002-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/noun_screen-time_1818002-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/noun_screen-time_1818002.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Findings<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0In this systematic review and meta-analysis of 58 cross-sectional studies, television viewing and video game playing (but not overall screen media) were inversely associated with the academic performance of children and adolescents. In addition, the negative association between these screen-based activities and academic performance seemed greater for adolescents than for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/09\/23\/health\/screen-time-tv-computer-video-games-schoolwork-wellness\/index.html\">CNN offers a simplified analysis of the results<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_5348\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"5348\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study from the American Medical Association journal Pediatrics attempts to integrate the many studies on screen time, specific screen activities, and academic achievement. 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