Relationship of Mobile Phone Usage and GPA among Undergraduates: Global Awareness Society...
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Communication & connectedness play essential roles in human relationships Markham et al., 2010Catalano et al., 2004Pittman et al., 2003
Students - mobile phones - most important ICTChen & Katz, 2009
Mobile phone use in many settings,
– restaurants, – grocery stores, – buses, trains, and – movie theatres
Campbell, 2004 Campbell & Russo, 2003
Rice & Katz, 2003
Research Gap
but not many looking at its undergraduate college students usage
Bomhold, 2013
Relationship of Mobile Phone usage and GPA among Undergraduates
Literature SuggestsCell phone use frequency may have a negative effect on academic performance
Ellis, Daniels, & Jauregui, 2010
Martínez & Otero, 2009
But• Not all mobile phone use in educational contexts is objectionable – support learning – E learning Katz, 2005 Mifsud, 2003Milrad, 2003Nyiri, 2002
SoIs there any impact of student’s overall frequency of cell phone usage on their GPA ?
Research Methodology
• Questionnaires– 196 undergraduate University students,
– voluntarily, no extra-credit •shared their GPA, mobile phone usage habits
Limitations of method• Sample Selection: Availability
– Generalizable? Yin, 2009
• Data/GPA is self reported
Demographics• 83% - between the ages of 19 and 23; • Average age - 21.27 years. Age Mode - 21. • Age range 17 – 31 years.
• 47 % - males : 53% - females
• 65 first year (30 males – 35 females), • 65 second year (33 males – 32 females) • 66 third year (30 males – 36 females) students.
Different people students speak with per day
Different people students send text per day
GPA 3.00-3.49 3.50 &
above
Mean 6.04 3.95
GPA 3.00-3.49 3.50 & above
Mean 8.00 8.23
Initial Findings
Average phone calls made per day
Average phone calls received per day
GPA 3.00-3.49 3.50 &
above
Mean 7.25 3.79
GPA 3.00-3.49 3.50 & above
Mean 7.40 8.06
Average text messages sent per day
Average text messages received per day
GPA 3.00-3.49 3.50 &
above
Mean 86.00 110.47
GPA 3.00-3.49 3.50 & above
Mean 87.73 139.46
Concluding Remarks
Raising AwarenessSharing Best Practices
