weren’t solved when they learned not to have their phone out. Thos…or use another coping strategy when they were avoiding the stressful work of a 7 period school day. From talking to my students I had the feeling that the students who had the biggest problems with phone use had underlying problems with motivation, anxiety, and focus that weren’t solved when they learned not to have their phone out. Those underlying problems still kept them from learning and they found a new way to cope.