Pop Quiz Debacle

2012 ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Leanne Spinale
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
Very High

It is now commonplace for students to bring PDAs and smart phones into the classroom, which gives them swift access to the internet. While this technology is a benefit for students conducting research for a project, it can also be detrimental for educators conducting assessments. “Pop Quiz Debacle” describes a particular quandary for educators who work with advanced placement or Gifted/Talented students. For students with a very high GPA and other academic performance, what distinguishes them is how perfect they are, so there’s no room for any kind of error. If there’s no room for error, students tend to cheat–even though these students would have done just fine on the test. They say they cheat because, “this is my safety net.”

India Goes Digital..Smartphone is the New Shopping Destination

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 289
Author(s):  
Shankar Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Online Shopping ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Mobile Commerce ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World ◽  
Shopping Experience ◽  
User Friendly

Despite being in nascent stage m-commerce is gaining momentum in India. The explosive growth of smart-phone users has made India much loved business destination for whole world. Indian internet user is becoming the second largest in the world next to China surpassing US, which throws open plenty of e-commerce opportunities, not only for Indian players, offshore players as well. Mobile commerce is likely to overtake e-commerce in the next few years, spurred by the continued uptrend in online shopping and increasing use of mobile apps.The optimism comes from the fact that people accessing the Internet through their mobiles had jumped 33 per cent in 2014 to 173 million and is expected to grow 21 per cent year-on-year till 2019 to touch 457 million. e-Commerce brands are eyeing on the mobile app segment by developing user-friendly and secure mobile apps offering a risk-free and easy shopping experience to its users. Budget 4G smart phones coupled with affordable plans, can very well drive 4G growth in India.

Participant recruitment and data collection through Facebook: the role of personality factors

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Chandler Rife ◽  
Kelly L. Cate ◽  
Michal Kosinski ◽  
David Stillwell
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Social Networking Service ◽  
Participant Recruitment ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Promising Avenue

As participant recruitment and data collection over the Internet have become more common, numerous observers have expressed concern regarding the validity of research conducted in this fashion. One growing method of conducting research over the Internet involves recruiting participants and administering questionnaires over Facebook, the world’s largest social networking service. If Facebook is to be considered a viable platform for social research, it is necessary to demonstrate that Facebook users are sufficiently heterogeneous and that research conducted through Facebook is likely to produce results that can be generalized to a larger population. The present study examines these questions by comparing demographic and personality data collected over Facebook with data collected through a standalone website, and data collected from college undergraduates at two universities. Results indicate that statistically significant differences exist between Facebook data and the comparison data-sets, but since 80% of analyses exhibited partial η2 < .05, such differences are small or practically nonsignificant in magnitude. We conclude that Facebook is a viable research platform, and that recruiting Facebook users for research purposes is a promising avenue that offers numerous advantages over traditional samples.

Concept and Applications of M-Commerce in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-60
Author(s):  
Katanakal Sarada ◽  
◽  
Dr. K. Nirmalamma ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Online Shopping ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Desktop Computer ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The People

Mobile commerce is the buying and selling of goods and Services through wireless handled devices such as smart phones and tablets etc. Ecommerce Users to access M-commerce enables online shopping platforms without needing to use & a desktop computer. For example, purchase and sale of products. Online like banking and paying bills. (Virtual market place apps the Amazon mobile App, Android pay, Samsung pay etc...) The main idea behind M. commerce Is to enable various applications and services available on the internet to portable devices (mobiles, laptops, tables etc.) to overcome the constraints of a desktop computer. M commerce aims Serve all information and material needs of the people in a convenient and easy way.

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.

scholarly journals Relationship between Internet addictions and academic performance among Afghan universities students

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Rahnaward Ghulami ◽  
Mohd Rashid Ab Hamid ◽  
Mohd Reza Ibrahim ◽  
Ali Hikmat ◽  
Hussein Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
Performance Results ◽  
The Relationship

This study evaluates the relationship between Internet addiction and academic performance among students of eight Afghan universities. The differences between internet addiction in terms of gender was also identified. The survey/research method adopted the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) based on Young’s survey applied with some modifications. From 1000 distributed questionnaires only 976 participants (358 females, and 618 males) were responded completely. The descriptive analysis was used to identify the demographic characteristics of student’s Internet usage profile. The independents sample t-test was performed to determine the differences in the level of Internet addiction in terms of gender. Statistical significance was set at a value of p <0.01. Likewise, the correlation test was implemented to identify the relationship between Internet addiction and academic performance, with referencing of sample. The results indicated that statistically there is a significant correlation among Internet addiction and academic performance. Results also indicated that statistically there were significant differences between Internet addictions in terms of demographic characteristics. This study suggests that future researchers need to work on large sample while conducting the related research. It emphasizes that students should concentrate more on their academic activities than spending time on unnecessary Internet surfing. Findings also revealed that, in Afghanistan the problem of Internet addiction is not a serious challenge, but this information should be disseminated among undergraduate university students to stop the indulgent in using the Internet.

scholarly journals Youth, Parental-determined Strategy towards Tackling Perennial Unemployment in Nigeria as Device for a Safe Future

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Sunday Israel Akinde ◽  
Adejompo Fagbohunka
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Employment Opportunity ◽  
Mental Life ◽  
Ondo State ◽  
Multistage Sampling

This study focuses on the youth and the parent fighting future unemployment through present combination of apprenticeship with studentship.  A phenomenon of which little is known, conducted in 4 selected secondary schools in Ondo state, Nigeria. Data through a multistage sampling technique, from 160 students’ terminal mean scores of third and first terminal results of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 sessions respectively, were analyzed. Results showed that consideration of the possibility of future unemployment has significant relationship with students’ combination of apprenticeship with academics [r (158) = 0.211, p < .05] among others. Although parents seek to play safe regarding future employment opportunity for their children,   differences in mean scores in academic performance indicate that those who did not combine studentship with apprenticeship (M=515.75; SD=171.58) outperformed those who did (M=513.52; SD=146.24). Similarly, combined activities have a direct relationship with stress capable of affecting physical and mental life of students thus casting doubt on the future safety net of the decision. 

scholarly journals مواقع خدمة السنة النبوية على شبكة الإنترنيت نشأتها وتطورها

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuf Ismail
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
High Concern ◽  
Very High

Throughout the centuries, Muslims have shown a very high concern on preserving the Prophetic traditions and spreading its teachings and thoughts. In doing so, they have taken all possible means available to them. In this contemporary world, the spread of knowledge is made more accessible through the internet which, since its invention, has become a powerful tool to disseminate knowledge. This study discusses the roles of the internet and its importance towards the dissemination of Prophetic traditions through the emergence of specialized websites on the matter. It also describes the stages of development and some of the best available examples of these websites that focus on the Prophetic traditions and its studies.  

scholarly journals Lexical abbreviation in English texts of the Internet

2021 ◽  
pp. 116-132
Author(s):  
Nataliya V. Matveeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Continuous Sampling ◽  
Network Media ◽  
Vowel Deletion ◽  
Political Blog ◽  
Very High

This article investigates abbreviations in different Internet discourse types and genres. For the study, continuous sampling method was used to select 76 abbreviations in hypertexts from 7 Internet English-language sites. The selected units were classified into 3 basic types with further subdivisions: letter-number (figure-for-word, figure-for-word-part, contractions as a result of vowel deletion), graphical (both Latin and English) and lexical (acronyms, initialisms, shortening and partial shortening) abbreviations based on the classification adopted in this research. Among the subdivisions, abbreviations involving figures, initialisms and contractions turned out the most frequent. Most of them were found in social networks, blogs, chats and forums. Further, abbreviations were analyzed in 6 types of Internet discourse: legal, political, personal, mass media, advertising and pedagogical. Particular genres representing the types were studied: a business email, a law firm’s website, a political blog, an Instagram personal page, a network media web page, and an academic institution’s page. It was discovered that on the whole (among 57 examples), lexical abbreviations prevail over graphical ones (56% vs 44%). On the whole, 44% were graphical abbreviations, 28% – initialisms, 23% – acronyms and 5% – shortenings. However, in each discourse, the distribution demonstrated considerable variation. This means that the magnitude of the Internet discourse type effect is very high. Further studies are needed to enlarge the number of examples with the increase in the amount of genres and their samples to achieve better balance.

The social inequalities of Internet access, its use, and the impact on children’s academic performance: Evidence from a longitudinal study in Switzerland

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 2489-2508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Linda Camerini ◽  
Peter J Schulz ◽  
Anne-Marie Jeannet
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
School Grades

This longitudinal study explores differences in Internet access and use among school-aged children in Italian-speaking Switzerland and whether and how these differences contribute to inequalities in academic performance. Applying multilevel structural equation modeling with two-wave original survey data from 843 students, their parents, as well as students’ end-term school grades, we show that a family’s socio-economic status indirectly affects children’s school grades as lower parental income leads children to use the Internet more frequently for entertainment and online communication purposes. This form of Internet use also increases as children have more personal digital media devices. As children’s increased use of the Internet for entertainment and online communication worsens their academic performance, our results suggest that social inequalities due to children’s socio-economic status are reinforced by a second-order digital divide. We discuss potential reasons for our findings as well as their implications and recommendations for possible interventions.

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