The Effects and Predictor Value of In-Class Texting Behavior on Final Course Grades

Autor/in	McDonald, Sylvia E.
Titel	The Effects and Predictor Value of In-Class Texting Behavior on Final Course Grades
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 47 (2013) 1, S.34-40 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	Student Behavior; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Grades (Scholastic); Introductory Courses; Social Sciences; Student Surveys; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Grade Point Average; Scores; College Entrance Examinations; Attendance; Predictor Variables; Undergraduate Students; ACT Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Telekommunikationstechnik; Notenspiegel; Einführungskurs; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Schülerbefragung; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Aufnahmeprüfung; Anwesenheit; Prädiktor; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	Cell phones have become a norm within the collegiate environment but little research has examined their impact on academic attainment. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects that in-class texting behavior had on the final grade score in a freshmen level introductory social science course. Students in three different sections were given three different texting policies to elicit a variety of in-class texting behaviors. Students were given after-course-surveys examining in class texting behaviors. Final exam scores and texting behaviors were subjected to a Pearson's correlation as well as a regression analysis. Students GPA as well as ACT scores were also examined in the regression analysis. The study showed there was a negative correlation in the relationship between in-class texting and final grade score. In-class texting was significant in negatively impacting grades after GPA, ACT, and attendance were controlled. While GPA and ACT were still the strongest predictor values, in-class texting behavior still contributed to 22% of the predictor value in final grade. (As Provided).
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