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Direct linkDeborah Ann Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The use of social media is swiftly increasing, especially among the adolescent population. At the same time, student engagement in school is waning, leading to poor grades, dropping out, health problems, and low lifetime earning potential. The purpose of this quantitative nonexperimental study was to determine if a relationship exists between…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Use, High School Students, Learner Engagement
Jenna Weber Kramer – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation is comprised of three studies that examine the likelihood of exiting the college-going pipeline, test the framing of a text messaging intervention, and explore the transition and enrollment experience for high school seniors eligible for Tennessee's tuition-free college scholarship, TN Promise. In a discrete-time survival…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, College Bound Students, Academic Persistence, Telecommunications
Phillips, Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study offers insight into students' use and desire to use mobile devices for educational purposes. I examined college students' mobile device usage on the basis of demographic factors including sex, age, ethnicity, class standing, mode of delivery, and socioeconomic status. This study also investigated factors that affect students' likelihood…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Howard, Brendan James – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The iPad and other mobile devices have become so popular over the past few years that many school districts are purchasing these devices and implementing them in the classroom with little to no research. Because there has been no previous research at one rural school district in Michigan, the primary purpose of this quantitative causal-comparative…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices
Kho, Kevin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Chapter 1: School Cellphone Bans and Student Substance Abuse: Evidence From California Public High Schools: Following high profile school shootings and the September 11th terrorist attacks, public concern over school emergency preparedness prompted the California State Legislature in 2003 to overturn a statewide ban against student possession of…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Substance Abuse, State Legislation
Jonas, Denise D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The excitement and interest in innovative technologies has spanned centuries. However, the invention of the cellular phone has surpassed previous technology interests, and changed the way we communicate today. Teens make up the fastest growing market of current cellular phone users. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to determine teen…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes
