Mobile Use in the Classroom is a Mixed Bag, and Lecturers Need to Provide Students With Guidelines

Mehedi Hasan, Md. Karimuzzaman, Faruq Abdulla and Md. Moyazzem Hossain

SAGE Open, 2024, vol. 14, issue 4, 21582440241299481

Abstract: In the era of modern life, the use of mobile devices in the classroom helps to enhance the overall performance of students, however, it has some harmful effects on academic performance. Therefore, this study attempts to identify the association between mobile phone use and the academic performance of the students of Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is used for identifying the relationship among variables. Results revealed that about 80% (269) of the students use mobile phones during class, among them, 65.05% (175) use mobile phones for browsing social sites and texting purposes and 24.54% (66) use them to send and receive phone calls. Moreover, students’ academic results are significantly ( p  

Keywords: mobile phone; academic performance; SEM; university students; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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