Time and tide wait for no student: What adolescents spend time online and social networks affect their academic performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Myint Swe Khine ◽  
Ernest Afari ◽  
Yang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Academic Performance

scholarly journals Cyberdependency and School Performance among Students in 3rd Grade of Bingerville High School

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. p47
Author(s):  
DJELLE Opely Patrice-Aime
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Female Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Scoring Matrices ◽  
School Learning ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
3Rd Grade

This study examines the link between cyberdependency and school performance among students in the 3rd grade of the Mamie Houphouët Fêtai High School in Bingerville. It covers a sample of one hundred and ninety (190) female students between the ages of 14 and 17. Students’ addiction to the Internet and social networks is measured using a questionnaire based on Vavassori et al. (2002) and Young’s Internet Addiction Test in its French version validated by Khazaal (2008). As for academic performance, they are verified using the end-of-term scoring matrices. The results, obtained using student T and Anova, show that students in the third grade using the Internet as teaching tools have higher academic performance than their peers who use it as entertaining instruments. All these different results are explained by the models of Zuckerman (1969) and Viau (1994). Ultimately, this study will inform and raise awareness among students, educational system actors and parents about the risks of excessive use of the Internet and social networks on school learning.

The Effects of Internet Addiction on the Academic Performance of Medical Students at Omdurman Islamic University: An Online Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salih Boushra Hamza ◽  
Yassin A. Abdalla ◽  
Tibyan Hassan Mustafa Alkabashi ◽  
Ahmed A. M. Mustafa ◽  
Khadija Ala Abdelmaqsud Muhmmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
The Internet ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Background:In general, the emergence of new technologies such as the internet, social networks and providing opportunities to facilitate and improve global communications quality have created some threats, as Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD), which is an emerging psychological problem across the globe. Young defined it as “an individual’s inability to control his or her use of the internet, which eventually causes psychological, social, school, and/or work difficulties in a person’s life”. Students are among the most critical internet and social networks, particularly during the coronavirus recent pandemic. The prevalence of internet addiction and its association with academic performance among Sudanese medical students has not been discussed yet. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the effects of internet addiction on medical students’ academic performance. Methods:This study was an observational descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on medical students at Omdurman Islamic University in Sudan from 321 sample size by stratified random technique. Data were collected using a questionnaire that contains four sections; the last one is the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), a 20-item scale that measures the presence and severity of internet addiction, developed by Young. Data were analyzed using the statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 24. A P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results:Out of 321 medical students, 186 (57.9%) were females, and 135 (42.1%) were males, with no general differences regarding the addiction score. Social media was the leading platform for internet use purposes (88%), mean internet addiction score was 47.7; most of the respondents (55.8%) fit into the moderate-level addiction. There is an association between the duration of internet time consumption and the IAT score, with 5-6 hour/day scoring the highest (mean 50.1 ± 14.3) (P-value 0.001). There is a significant association between platforms that consume most of the participant time and IAT score, with games scoring the highest (IAT mean 56.4 ± 15) (P-value 0.001). There is an insignificant negative correlation between Internet Addiction Test (IAT) grade and CGPA (p-value 0.07).Conclusion:The mean internet addiction score is 47.7, and most of the respondents (55.8%) show moderate-level addiction. The Internet Addiction Test’s application to medical students’ sample concerning the academic performance found no significant association between Internet Addiction Test score and CGPA score.

The Impact of Social Networks on Science Students' Academic Performance in Ondo State Senior Secondary Schools, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-63
Author(s):  
Jethro Oludare OLOJO
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Science Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ondo State ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this study was to examine the impact of social network usage on science students’ academic achievements in Ondo State’s senior secondary schools. The study was also to find the extent to which students under investigation used the social network platforms and the frequencies of their visits. In order to achieve this, a structured questionnaire was designed and administered to students from the three senatorial districts that made up the state. A multistage; which involved simple random and purposive sampling approaches was used to select the sample for the study. 150 copies of the questionnaire were distributed; out of which, 148 (98.78%) copies were returned. For the study, four research questions and two research hypotheses were developed. The hypotheses were assessed using the student's - t statistic at 0.05 significant level; using SPSS version 20 while the research questions formulated were evaluated using frequency counts and percentages. The study revealed that Ondo State senior secondary school science students can efficiently use the social network platforms for academic activities with male students being more proficient than their female counterparts. The study also revealed that the usage of social networks has assisted students to improve their academic performance; irrespective of their classes. Besides, the study showed that Facebook was the most popular of all the social network platforms. To this end, the researcher recommended that teachers, parents, and guidance should monitor the activities of their wards on the social network sites so that they can use the platforms to benefit their lots. Teachers should also use the advantage of students’ exposure to social networking to change their teaching methods from traditional one to online teaching.

STUDENTS' NETWORKING AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: AN ANALYSIS USING SOCIAL NETWORKS MEASURES

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Pelaez-Verdet ◽  
Josefa Garcia-Mestanza ◽  
Maria Jesus Carrasco-Santos ◽  
Eva Isabel Gonzalez-Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Academic Performance

scholarly journals A network’s gender composition and communication pattern predict women’s leadership success

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (6) ◽  
pp. 2033-2038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Nitesh V. Chawla ◽  
Brian Uzzi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Job Placement ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Network Centrality ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Instrumental Variable Regression ◽  
Inner Circle

Many leaders today do not rise through the ranks but are recruited directly out of graduate programs into leadership positions. We use a quasi-experiment and instrumental-variable regression to understand the link between students’ graduate school social networks and placement into leadership positions of varying levels of authority. Our data measure students’ personal characteristics and academic performance, as well as their social network information drawn from 4.5 million email correspondences among hundreds of students who were placed directly into leadership positions. After controlling for students’ personal characteristics, work experience, and academic performance, we find that students’ social networks strongly predict placement into leadership positions. For males, the higher a male student’s centrality in the school-wide network, the higher his leadership-job placement will be. Men with network centrality in the top quartile have an expected job placement level that is 1.5 times greater than men in the bottom quartile of centrality. While centrality also predicts women’s placement, high-placing women students have one thing more: an inner circle of predominantly female contacts who are connected to many nonoverlapping third-party contacts. Women with a network centrality in the top quartile and a female-dominated inner circle have an expected job placement level that is 2.5 times greater than women with low centrality and a male-dominated inner circle. Women who have networks that resemble those of high-placing men are low-placing, despite having leadership qualifications comparable to high-placing women.

scholarly journals Why are some more peer than others? Evidence from a longitudinal study of social networks and individual academic performance

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 1506-1520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Lomi ◽  
Tom A.B. Snijders ◽  
Christian E.G. Steglich ◽  
Vanina Jasmine Torló
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Longitudinal Study

scholarly journals The hidden medical school: A longitudinal study of how social networks form, and how they relate to academic performance

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 577-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Woolf ◽  
Henry W.W. Potts ◽  
Shalini Patel ◽  
I. Chris MCManus
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Medical School

scholarly journals Análisis de las horas de sueño y su repercusión en el desempeño académico de jóvenes de Bachillerato

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Leticia Sesento ◽  
Rodolfo Lucio
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Young People ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
School Students ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Biological Development

The dream is a vital part of the biological development of all living beings, although, with the current rhythm of young people, social networks, television series, parties, etc., daily sleep hours decrease. The objective of this study is to know sleep disorders and their impact on academic performance in high school students; the subjects surveyed were 112. The quantitative methodology, descriptive cut. The average time that young people usually sleep is 12 pm (58 respondents), 28 young people sleep 8 hours, 69 sleep 6 hours and 15 of them only 4 hours a day. The majority of young people (63) have a regular average of 7 to 8.9, which may have several factors, but associating the surveys those who suffer some type of disorder or a few hours of sleep claim to have average of bad to regular. It is important to carry out intervention programs in the classroom and at the Institution to raise awareness about the importance of sleep both at the health level and at the academic level.

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