{"id":20961,"date":"2024-10-03T14:46:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T09:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/?p=20961"},"modified":"2024-10-03T14:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T09:16:20","slug":"impact-of-smartphone-usage-on-students-academic-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/?p=20961","title":{"rendered":"Impact of Smartphone Usage on Students&#8217; Academic Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Impact of Smartphone Usage on Students&#8217; Academic Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Priyesh Patil<sup>1<\/sup>*, Saish Tandel<sup>2<\/sup>, Sahil Kawale<sup>3<\/sup>, Ruturaj Desai<sup>4<\/sup><\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><em><sup>1 <\/sup><\/em><em>F2 2024-26 \u00a0\u2013 021330124029, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India<br \/><sup>2<\/sup> F2 2024-26 \u00a0\u2013 021330024405, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India<br \/><sup>3<\/sup> F2 2024-26 \u00a0\u2013 021330124036, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India<br \/><sup>4<\/sup> F2 2024-26 \u00a0\u2013 021330124019, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India<br \/>* Corresponding Author E-mail: <\/em><a href=\"mailto:priyeshpatil750@gmail.com\"><em>priyeshpatil750@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<pre><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Introduction: <\/strong>In today\u2019s 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\u2019 academic performance, based on our survey findings on how the use of smartphones while studying has influenced students\u2019 focus and productivity. Through this, we can understand how smartphone dependence is impacting their educational performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective:<\/strong> To understand the impact of smartphone usage on students\u2019 academic performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literature Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>According to Muhammad, K., Aziz, U. R., Muhammad K. J. &amp; Dr. Sumbal, J. (2020), \u201cMost 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.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>According to Pamela, C., Hrudaya, K. T. (2018), \u201cThere 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.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Collection:<\/strong> Following questions were framed on liked scale with the help of google forms.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Q1. I need my smartphone while studying.<\/p>\n<p>Q2. I feel that smartphone distracts me from studying.<\/p>\n<p>Q3. My grades were impacted by smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>Q4. My academic performance will improve if I limit smartphone usage.<\/p>\n<p>Q5. I find it difficult to focus on tasks without checking smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>Students of ITM Business School were surveyed. For every question, mean, standard error, and Z value was calculated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Analysis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">\n<p>Q1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\">\n<p>Q2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">\n<p>Q3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\">\n<p>Q4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\">\n<p>Q5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\">\n<p>Mean<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">\n<p>3.30189<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\">\n<p>3.49057<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">\n<p>3.07547<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\">\n<p>3.66038<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\">\n<p>3.28302<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\">\n<p>Standard Error<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">\n<p>0.11927<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\">\n<p>0.13014<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">\n<p>0.11967<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\">\n<p>0.12638<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\">\n<p>0.12770<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\">\n<p>Z Value<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">\n<p>0.24584<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\">\n<p>0.36614<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">\n<p>0.06125<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\">\n<p>0.50752<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\">\n<p>0.21526<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\">\n<p>Result<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">\n<p>Neutral<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\">\n<p>Neutral<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">\n<p>Neutral<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\">\n<p>Neutral<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\">\n<p>Neutral<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students are neutral about needing their smartphones while studying.<\/li>\n<li>Students neither strongly agree or disagree that smartphones distract them from studying.<\/li>\n<li>Students are neutral on whether their grades have been impacted by smartphone usage.<\/li>\n<li>Students are neutral on whether limiting smartphone usage would improve their academic performance.<\/li>\n<li>Students are neutral on whether they find it difficult to focus on tasks without checking their smartphones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Muhammad, K., Aziz, U. R., Muhammad K. J. &amp; Dr. Sumbal, J. (2020). <em>Smartphone: A Big Threat for Student\u2019s Education<\/em>. Pakistan: Irish Interdisciplinary Journal of Science &amp; Research (IIJSR) 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Pamela, C., Hrudaya, K. T. (2018). <em>A Study on impact of smartphone addiction on academic performance<\/em>. India: International Journal of Engineering &amp; Technology, 7 (2.6) (2018) 50-53.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impact of Smartphone Usage on Students&#8217; Academic Performance Priyesh Patil1*, Saish Tandel2, Sahil Kawale3, Ruturaj Desai4 1 F2 2024-26 \u00a0\u2013 021330124029, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India2 F2 2024-26 \u00a0\u2013 021330024405, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India3 F2 2024-26 \u00a0\u2013 021330124036, ITM Business School, Kharghar, Maharashtra, India4 F2 2024-26 \u00a0\u2013 021330124019, ITM Business School, Kharghar,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/?p=20961\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Impact of Smartphone Usage on Students&#8217; Academic Performance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1983],"class_list":["post-20961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance","tag-smartphone-impact-on-students","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/139423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20962,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20961\/revisions\/20962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}