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3 studies argue against fidget spinners in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

So 2017, right? Results from at least three scientific studies argue against allowing students to use fidget spinners in the classroom — even among children with attention disorders — despite marketing claims that the objects can be helpful. Assigning them active classroom jobs, such as being the door opener, can help too.

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What is evidence-based education?

Jonathan Firth

Meanwhile, a lot of the research evidence from cognitive psychology in areas such as working memory and learning is based on laboratory studies with university students. Dunlosky et al (2013) The authors are psychologists and memory researchers, and this paper reviews a number of different findings from cognitive psychology.