Article: Does watching television affect school performance?(Report)

Many researchers have looked at the effect of television on school performance; however, most of the research has been done in preschool children. Researchers have come to different conclusions, depending on what they analyzed. Two main areas of research are "screen time" (how many hours a day kids watch television) and "content" (what, exactly, they watch). One study that followed children over many years found that girls who watched more hours of television when they were preschoolers ended up with worse grades during high school; on the other hand, boys who watched more television ended up with better grades. When they looked at content, the researchers found that ...

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