Author(s)

Tuo Tong ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ China University of Geoscience, Beijing, China

Corresponding Author

Tuo Tong

ABSTRACT

Since the development of modern technology, smart mobile phone and internet has changed people's life. We designed a questionnaire to find out how such technologies can affect the concentration during class among college students. 182 students from China University of Geoscience (Beijing) were enrolled in our study. Through the analysis of the data collected, it showed that male ones distracted more. According to their self-reported concentration level during class, students were divided into two groups with "good" or "bad" concentration level respectively. Students with bad concentration level distracted more during public fundamental courses and specialized courses. Compared with their counterparts with better concentration level they played mobile phone and dozed off more often during class. And these two activities were the main risk factors affecting the learning experiences during class. There were no significant differences of usages of wireless internet between the two groups of students with good or bad concentration.

KEYWORDS

College student, internet, smart mobile phone, in-class concentration

CITE THIS PAPER

Tuo Tong, A Research on the Effect of Smart Mobile Phone and Wireless Internet on the Distraction of Chinese College Students During Class. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2023) Vol. 7: 87-91. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2023.070516.

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