Using Mobile Devices for Educational Purposes in Compulsory Secondary Education to Improve Student’s Learning Achievements

Melchor Gómez-García, Roberto Soto-Varela, Juan Agustín Morón-Marchena and María José del Pino-Espejo
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Melchor Gómez-García: Department of Pedagogy, Faculty, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Roberto Soto-Varela: Department of Applied Languages and Education, Faculty of Languages and Education, Nebrija University, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Juan Agustín Morón-Marchena: Department of Education and Social Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain
María José del Pino-Espejo: Department of Education and Social Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-12

Abstract: The number of mobiles surpassed the population of the planet in 2018. Without a doubt, they have become the tool of reference in our social life, as well as in our work and leisure, but in educational centers, they continue to be used inefficiently or are declared off limits to some classrooms. This study aims to establish the relationship that the use of mobile phones in secondary education schools may have in regard to the student’s academic performance. For this purpose, we will carry out a secondary exploitation of the Ministry of Education database for 2017 with the data of 1,887,027 students from 7381 compulsory secondary education schools in Spain. As a method of analysis, a multilevel correlation study is carried out. The results show a strong correlation between centers and territories that allow the usage of mobile devices in education and academic performance. Although the methodology that accompanies the use of the smartphone as an educational tool is very important, the data obtained leads us to think that using mobile phones in schools is a proposal that somehow influences the achievement of better academic results, with almost any methodology used.

Keywords: information technologies; academic achievement; educational resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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