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Direct linkAmmunje, Rithwik Nayak; Prabhu H., Mahesh; Barkur, Gopalakrishna – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the impact of excessive smartphone use on students' academic performance. In today's digitalized world, smartphones have become a vital device in human lives and have taken control over every aspect of day-to-day activities. Design/methodology/approach: After a thorough literature review, the factors associated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Academic Achievement
Lee, Seungyeon; McDonough, Ian M.; Mendoza, Jessica S.; Brasfield, Mikenzi B.; Enam, Tasnuva; Reynolds, Catherine; Pody, Benjamin C. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
Students' cellphone use has been related to poorer learning, possibly due to greater distraction. This study investigated whether cellphone-related anxiety, addiction, and disconnection were related to distraction and learning as well as how practical educational policies could minimize negative effects. Participants (N = 218) watched a video…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Attention
Pearson, Andrew D.; Young, phd, Chelsie M.; Shank, Faith; Neighbors, Clayton – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Smartphones, while useful, can also function as a source of distraction from daily life and may reduce life satisfaction by inhibiting concentration and interrupting attention to ongoing tasks, thoughts, and social interactions. Objectives: The current study tested whether interruptions in flow mediate associations between problematic smartphone…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Life Satisfaction, Behavior Problems
Download full textKaysi, Feyzi; Yavuz, Mehmet; Aydemir, Emrah – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2021
Smartphones are among the most used devices. Considering the high rate of usage by university students, these devices' intended usage is a matter of curiosity. The purpose of this study is to determine the smartphones usage duration and purpose of using for university students. The study was carried out with a qualitative design. In the first…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Use
Asafo-Adjei, Ramos; Mensah, Ronald Osei; Klu, Ernest Kwesi; Swanzy-Impraim, Enock – Cogent Education, 2023
The nexus among social media usage and the English language writing performances of a Ghanaian English as Second Language (ESL) class was investigated in this enquiry. The simple qualitative case study design was used, and the data was collected from a co-educational government secondary school Form 2 General Arts One class in Ghana. A focus group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Emanuel, Richard; Bell, Rodney; Cotton, Cedric; Craig, Jamon; Drummond, Danielle; Gibson, Samuel; Harris, Ashley; Harris, Marcus; Hatcher-Vance, Chelsea; Jones, Staci; Lewis, Jade; Longmire, Trenard; Nash, Brent; Ryans, Torrance; Tyre, Ebony; Walters, Dionne; Williams, Alexis – College Student Journal, 2015
A representative sample of 404 undergraduate students from a public university in the Southeast was surveyed about their smartphone dependency. One in five rated themselves as totally dependent on their phone; about half agreed that they are overly dependent. More females than males reported feeling safer with their phone than without it. More…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Undergraduate Students
