Impact of Smartphone Usage on Students’ Academic Performance
Priyesh Patil1*, Saish Tandel2, Sahil Kawale3, Ruturaj Desai4
1 F2 2024-26 – 021330124029, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India
2 F2 2024-26 – 021330024405, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India
3 F2 2024-26 – 021330124036, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India
4 F2 2024-26 – 021330124019, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author E-mail: priyeshpatil750@gmail.com
Introduction: In today’s digital world, students heavily rely on their smartphones usually for accessing information, social media, or entertainment. Smartphones offer convenience but they may also be a cause of distractions. This article analyses the effect of smartphone usage on students’ academic performance, based on our survey findings on how the use of smartphones while studying has influenced students’ focus and productivity. Through this, we can understand how smartphone dependence is impacting their educational performance.
Objective: To understand the impact of smartphone usage on students’ academic performance.
Literature Review:
- According to Muhammad, K., Aziz, U. R., Muhammad K. J. & Dr. Sumbal, J. (2020), “Most of the people agreed that smartphones are reducing quality of education besides, the results have discovered that the smartphones negatively affect the performance of students.”
- According to Pamela, C., Hrudaya, K. T. (2018), “There is a negative correlation between academic performance and smartphone addiction. This clearly indicates that the use of smartphone should be discouraged amongst the student community.”
Data Collection: Following questions were framed on liked scale with the help of google forms.
Q1. I need my smartphone while studying.
Q2. I feel that smartphone distracts me from studying.
Q3. My grades were impacted by smartphone.
Q4. My academic performance will improve if I limit smartphone usage.
Q5. I find it difficult to focus on tasks without checking smartphone.
Students of ITM Business School were surveyed. For every question, mean, standard error, and Z value was calculated.
Data Analysis:
|
|
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Q5 |
|
Mean |
3.30189 |
3.49057 |
3.07547 |
3.66038 |
3.28302 |
|
Standard Error |
0.11927 |
0.13014 |
0.11967 |
0.12638 |
0.12770 |
|
Z Value |
0.24584 |
0.36614 |
0.06125 |
0.50752 |
0.21526 |
|
Result |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Conclusion:
- Students are neutral about needing their smartphones while studying.
- Students neither strongly agree or disagree that smartphones distract them from studying.
- Students are neutral on whether their grades have been impacted by smartphone usage.
- Students are neutral on whether limiting smartphone usage would improve their academic performance.
- Students are neutral on whether they find it difficult to focus on tasks without checking their smartphones.
References:
- Muhammad, K., Aziz, U. R., Muhammad K. J. & Dr. Sumbal, J. (2020). Smartphone: A Big Threat for Student’s Education. Pakistan: Irish Interdisciplinary Journal of Science & Research (IIJSR) 2020.
- Pamela, C., Hrudaya, K. T. (2018). A Study on impact of smartphone addiction on academic performance. India: International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (2.6) (2018) 50-53.
