Mobile phones are getting smarter and the usage through university students becoming more popular. University students using mobile phones for talking, for texting message, for Internet search, for listening music, watching videos, playing games, using social media etc... Mobile phones are not accessory any more, they are integrated like our clothes. There are studies examining the effects of using mobile phones frequently. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between mobile phone usage, satisfaction with life, academic achievement and metacognitive awareness. Metacognitive awareness inventory used to measure the awareness. Total GPA was used to measure the academic achievement and the mobile phone using time, the number of text messaging and callings are used for indicating the mobile phone usage. 250 total university students attended voluntarily to the study. The study carried out in private university in the southeast region of Turkey. The results indicated the usage of mobile phones are very frequent through university students. Many of the students are using mobile phones heavily. There was a positive relationship between mobile phone usage and academic achievement, also between mobile phone usage and metacognitive awareness.
The Relationship between Mobile Phone Use, Metacognitive Awareness and Academic Achievement.
Published 2014 in European journal of educational research
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PUBLICATION RECORD
- Publication year
2014
- Venue
European journal of educational research
- Publication date
2014-10-15
- Fields of study
Education, Psychology
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- External record
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Semantic Scholar
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- academic achievement
Students' academic performance as represented in the study by total GPA.
Aliases: academic performance
- gpa
The grade point average measure used in the study as the indicator of academic achievement.
Aliases: total GPA, grade point average
- metacognitive awareness
Awareness of one's own thinking and learning processes, measured with the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory.
Aliases: MAI
- mobile phone usage
Patterns of phone use measured here by usage time, number of text messages, and number of calls.
Aliases: mobile phone use, phone usage
- phone calls
Voice calling by mobile phone, used as one indicator of phone use.
Aliases: calling, callings
- satisfaction with life
Students' self-reported evaluation of overall life satisfaction, included as a study variable.
Aliases: life satisfaction
- text messaging
Sending short text messages by mobile phone, used as one indicator of phone use.
Aliases: text messages, SMS
- university students
The participant population of 250 voluntary students from a private university in southeast Turkey.
Aliases: college students, students
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