Impact of Internet Usage on the Academic Performance of Students in Secondary School in Offa Lga
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The following are the objectives of this study:
- To examine the relationship between internet usage and academic achievement of secondary school students in Offa LGA
- To examine the effectiveness of internet usage in teaching and learning process in secondary schools in Offa LGA
- To identify the disadvantages of internet usage in secondary schools in Offa LGA
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Introduction
The usage of internet and technologies extensively used by students can positively impact on students and a major aspect for the students in accomplishing better course grades and finishing the course earlier. Exposure of new and innovative technologies is providing many benefits to the student’s academics related issues and internet as a medium of learning is helpful for students in increasing their leaning capabilities. It has been witnessed that these days majority of the students opt for digital media for the purpose of seeking information related to their studies. Hence the use of internet is helping the students in getting desired information in a quick and efficient way, on the basis of this, one can easily conclude that internet is considered as primary factor that is creating a positive impact over the students’ academic performance. World Wide Web and electronic mail are taken into account for the major use of internet among the college students. Other applications seem to have a comparatively low ratio of time spending on cyber.It has been found that 82% of students accept to counterfeit through the internet resources. Keeping in view the fact that cheating is not plagiarism every time, but there is an increasing ratio of plagiarism due to the comfort of ‘cut’ and ‘paste’ options for the assignments and research projects that make the college students unenergetic and apathetic for innovative output. The utilization of Facebook by the students poorly impacting their mental health and academic grades, and such bad effects are found more in male students, and the reason being the behavior of male students is more focused on spending lot of hours daily on Instagram and Facebook, and consequently they cannot pay more attention to their studies. A research has shown that those instructors are more likely to be preferred by the students who encourage the productivity of internet for assignments and research work. It has been an ease for the college students in a true sense to acquaint World Wide Web for the exploration of desired information, which was a lingering practice only few years back. The students of American Life Project Survey College found that students who are in age group of 16-18, use of internet is being considered as a necessity for them, and more than 86% of the learners are benefited from internet for academic purposes. In this survey, 80% of the respondents’ report that internet is considered an effective and useful tool for their academic charge. Reference demonstrates that the use of e-mail and web browsing is obvious within the undergraduate students.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, we described the research procedure for this study. A research methodology is a research process adopted or employed to systematically and scientifically present the results of a study to the research audience viz. a vis, the study beneficiaries.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Research designs are perceived to be an overall strategy adopted by the researcher whereby different components of the study are integrated in a logical manner to effectively address a research problem. In this study, the researcher employed the survey research design. This is due to the nature of the study whereby the opinion and views of people are sampled. According to Singleton & Straits, (2009), Survey research can use quantitative research strategies (e.g., using questionnaires with numerically rated items), qualitative research strategies (e.g., using open-ended questions), or both strategies (i.e., mixed methods). As it is often used to describe and explore human behaviour, surveys are therefore frequently used in social and psychological research.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the analysis of data derived through the questionnaire and key informant interview administered on the respondents in the study area. The analysis and interpretation were derived from the findings of the study. The data analysis depicts the simple frequency and percentage of the respondents as well as interpretation of the information gathered. A total of eighty (80) questionnaires were administered to respondents of which only seventy-seven (77) were returned and validated. This was due to irregular, incomplete and inappropriate responses to some questionnaire. For this study a total of 77 was validated for the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was on Impact of internet usage on the academic performance of students in secondary school in offa LGA. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of internet usage on the academic performance of students in secondary school Summary
This study was on Impact of internet usage on the academic performance of students in secondary school in offa LGA. Three objectives were raised which included: To examine the relationship between internet usage and academic achievement of secondary school students in Offa LGA, to examine the effectiveness of internet usage in teaching and learning process in secondary schools in Offa LGA and to identify the disadvantages of internet usage in secondary schools in Offa LGA. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The study adopted a survey research design and conveniently enrolled 80 participants in the study. A total of 77 responses were received and validated from the enrolled participants where all respondents were drawn from secondary schools in Offa LGA. Hypothesis was tested using Chi-Square statistical tool (SPSS).
Conclusion
Though the study reveals that there exist a negative correlation between internet usage and academic performance of the secondary students which means increase in internet usage decreases the academic achievement of the students, yet the role of internet in communication, information exchange and the creation of knowledge cannot be denied. Factor like the amount of time spent on the internet has impact on the student’s academic performance. At times the students also uses internet to be active on social media which acts as a great source of distraction. Therefore teacher and parental supervision is required for effective use of the internet which in turn may improve the academic performance of the students
Recommendation
There is a need for extensive training programmes organised at regular intervals so that all categories of users can improve their efficiency in the use of the internet.
- To solve the problem of slow functioning of internet connectivity, the university body should acquire high speed internet connection with maximum bandwidth.
- The cost of browsing should be reviewed downward so that student’s access to internet can increase. iv. Government should as a matter of necessity improve on the present state of power in the country.
- Printing facility should be provided so that users can get print out of their study materials and other important documents
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