Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Adolescent computer use and academic achievement.

Sawyer A Hunley1, James H Evans, Maria Delgado-Hachey

  • 1Department of Counselor Education and Human Services, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio 45469, USA. sawyer.hunley@notes.udayton.edu

Adolescence
|August 24, 2005
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same journal

New expressions of racism among young people in Spain: an adaptation of the Meertens and Pettigrew (1992) prejudice scale.

Adolescence·2010
Same journal

Peer influence on adolescent boys' appearance management behaviors.

Adolescence·2010
Same journal

Physical activity levels and patterns of 11-14 year-old Turkish adolescents.

Adolescence·2010
Same journal

The effects of parental monitoring and leisure boredom on adolescents' Internet addiction.

Adolescence·2010
Same journal

Academic correlates of Taiwanese senior high school students' happiness.

Adolescence·2010
Same journal

American Indian youths' perceptions of their environment and their reports of depressive symptoms and alcohol/marijuana use.

Adolescence·2010
See all related articles

This study found no significant link between teen computer time and grades. However, gender differences emerged in academic performance and homework habits related to computer usage.

Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Adolescent Development

Background:

  • Growing prevalence of computers among adolescents.
  • Need to understand the impact of digital technology on education.
  • Limited research on the direct correlation between computer usage duration and academic success.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between adolescent computer use and academic achievement.
  • To explore potential gender-based differences in this relationship.
  • To validate self-reported computer usage data against logged data.

Main Methods:

  • Survey questionnaires administered to 101 tenth-grade students.
  • Seven-day time logs to document computer usage.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Analysis of correlations between computer use metrics and grade point average (GPA).

    • Main Results:

    • No statistically significant correlation was found between overall computer use and GPA.
    • Significant gender differences were observed in GPA and time spent on homework (both online and offline).
    • Adolescents' estimates of weekly computer use time correlated well with their logged time.

    Conclusions:

    • While overall computer usage may not directly impact academic achievement, gender plays a role.
    • Further research is needed to understand the nuances of computer use, homework completion, and academic outcomes.
    • Accurate time logging is a reliable method for assessing adolescent computer habits.