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The Consequences of Cellphone Restrictions in Classrooms
Shi & Villarroel 2026 · natural experiment (no random assignment) · touches 2 claims · used in 1 attack
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Which beliefs it touches
- C6 Phones in lessons sets a limit on it
Chile classroom-level teacher restrictions (working paper): null on standardised scores (rule out ~0.03–0.06 SD); modest grade-8 recreational-use drop; small capability drop. C6 weakened 2026-10-09 (classroom-restriction bound).
- C36 Phone bans and lower achievers pushes against it
Chile classroom-level teacher restrictions (preprint): test scores near zero; no systematic differential effects by prior achievement, gender or socioeconomic background. The prior-achievement split (above vs below median) is shown only in a figure, without printed estimates. Full text checked 2026-11-13.
Attacks that used it
- C6 attack #2, 9 October 2026: narrowed