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EFFECTS OF
MOBILE PHONE USAGE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
ABSTRACT
This research
work was aimed at finding out the Effects of Mobile Phone Usage on Academic
Performance of Students in Lagos State. Kosofe Local Government of the state
was the focus and the practical investigation used four secondary schools in
the LGA as a case study. Two questionnaires were drawn up/drafted, one for
teachers, the other for students. 120 copies were made for students and 80
copies for teachers. The investigation was empirical. Teachers and students
were sampled in the study. It was discovered that the use of mobile phones
constituted a distraction to students and have negatively effectively affected
their academic performance. It is essential to develop a curriculum that is
inclusive of strategies of coping with mobile phone usage without impairing academic
performance.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The
performance of secondary school students in their studies has been poor.
Performance of a student often depends on how serious he is with his studies.
And this may not be unconnected with the student’s possession of mobile phones,
among other distracting factors.
Academic
achievement is the outcome of education — the extent to which a student,
teacher or institution has achieved their educational goals, academic
performance is the ability to study and remember facts and being able to
communicate your knowledge verbally or on paper or its how students deal with
their studies and how they copy with or accomplish different tasks given to
them by their teachers.
A mobile
phone (also called mobile cellular telephone, or cell ) is an electronic device
used for two-way radio telecommunication over a cellular network of base
stations known as cell sites. The origin of mobile phones can be traced back to
the late forties (1940s). The concept of the mobile phone was developed from
the innovation of a radio used in a taxicab, police-cabs, ambulances and other
vehicles that used two-way radio to communicate with one another or a main
headquarters. In 1960’s mobile phone technology was available, but the ‘catch’
was that the mobile user had to stay within a certain broadcast area.
We are now
in the third generation mobile phone which we can use our phones to do many
things, for example: text messaging, internet and making calls any wherein the
world. Mobile phones have changed the way we live our lives and to many the
prospect of a world without voice calling, text messaging and mobile internet
access is an unsetting one.
According to
Shreiner (2012) cell phones present new opportunities and challenges for
students. Along with their books and school supplies, many students make their
trip to school with their mobile phone. The presence of cell phone provides a
host of options and challenges for today’s students.
Mobile
phones can be a helpful academic tool, or a hurtful academic disruption
depending upon the attitude and use pattern of the student owner.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In the
recent past, it has been observed that there has been a serious decline in
academic performance of students in the senior secondary school external
examinations. The trend affects the teachers as well as parents who bear the
financial responsibilities of the students. Part of the blame (for poor
performance) has been laid on the door of mobile phone usage. There are a number of negative and unhealthy
impacts and effects of mobile phone on students’ performance. According to
Ansari (2004), these include the
wastage of time and money, its vibration and use may be harmful to health.
With cell
phones, cheating has turned high. Students can text answers to tests, take
pictures of tests or search the internet for answers. Despite rules about cell
phones, students still use them during school hour . Some teachers give zero to
any student caught with a phone during an examination. According to (Watson
2006), many assume that the students are cheating if they have cell phone
during a test.
In view of
this, stakeholders in education are worried by the danger that the poor
performance of students poses. Indeed, they are concerned that the future of
this great nation is at stake. This study will, therefore; investigate the
effects of mobile phone usage on academic performance of secondary school
students in Kosofe L.G.A of Lagos State.
1.3 PURPOSE
OF THE STUDY
The purpose
of studying the effects of mobile phone usage on stakeholders in education specifically, they
study will try.
i. To determine the extent to which
mobile phone usage in the classroom affects students’ academic performance.
ii. To identify the effect of mobile
phone on students learning
iii. To examine the gender differences in
the use of mobile phone.
1.4 RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
The study is
meant to answer the following research questions:
i. How far can mobile phone usage
affect students’ academic performance?
ii. To what extent does the use of
mobile phone affect students’ learning?
iii. In what way does gender affect the
use of mobile phone?
1.5 RESEARCH
HYPOTHESES
i. Students’ academic performance is
not significantly related to mobile phone usage.
ii. There is no significant relationship
between students’ use of mobile phones and their learning.
iii. There will be no significant gender
difference in students’ use of mobile phone.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Improved
academic performance has a tremendous value on educational system of any
nation. This research would therefore be of great assistance to educational
administrators, students and parents as well. The findings of this study would
be of value in the sense that it would:
i. Foster restricting of mobile
phones due to its effects on their academic performance.
ii. Enable parents to be informed on the
consequences of mobile phones during school hour.
iii. Enable students to understand how
mobile technology can be used for learning.
iv. Clear the doubts of the government
about the ban of mobile phones use among secondary school students.
1.7
LIMITATION OF STUDY
The study
was constrained by time, finance and mobility. The study covered only four
secondary schools in Kosofe local Government Area of Lagos State.
1.8
DEFINITION OF TERMS
· Academic performance: is the outcome of
education — the extent to which a student, teacher or institution has achieved
their educational goals.
· Mobile phone: This is a telephone that
does not have wires and works by radio that people carry about and use
everywhere.
· Learning: This is the acquisition of
knowledge.
· Information and communication
Technology (ICT): It refers to the set
of tools that students use to process and communicate data.
1.9
DELIMITATION/SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The scope of
the study covered some randomly selected students and teachers of four schools
within Kosofe Local Government Area.
These
include:
i.Muslim
High School Oworonshoki
ii.Ogudu
grammar school, Ojota
iii.Ifako
comprehensive college
iv.Intel
Westend college Oworo
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