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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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Impact of Smartphones Usage on the Learning Behaviour and Academic Performance of Students: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

Faheem Shakoor, Ayesha Fakhar, Jawad Abbas

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i2/8902

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Students are the main users and sensitive to the smartphone and it affects the general population because of their persuasiveness. Several results show that there is a positive correlation between smartphone usage and academic performance since they lead to the behaviours that affect student’s careers and learning behaviour, e.g. addictedness, excess screen usage. However, these studies only focus on smartphone usage behaviour which only provides some usage patterns. We propose to fulfil the gap by measuring smartphone usage and academic performance by combining them both to keep track of users. We analyse this study by study on 150 students studying in Islamabad enrolled in different departments. They all used Smartphones in their daily life routine to learn academic content and lectures. By analysing the results, we provide a quantitative estimate of positive and negative results and correlations. Our result shows the positive correlation and impact of smartphone usage on academic performance.

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In-Text Citation: (Shakoor et al., 2021)
To Cite this Article: Shakoor, F., Fakhar, A., & Abbas, J. (2021). Impact of Smartphones Usage on the Learning Behaviour and Academic Performance of Students: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(2), 862–881.