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Gender Differences and Middle School Students’ Views of Smartphone and Social Media for Learning, Social Connection, and Entertainment
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, , University of North Texas, United States ; , Jasper High School, United States

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Tampere, Finland ISBN 978-1-939797-08-7 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

Abstract

Both educators and researchers have lately shown increasing interest in use of mobile devices and social media for learning. Researchers seek to discover how these technology tools are best used, mostly used, and how they contribute to social presence through collaboration when used in both formal and informal learning environments. Up-to-date, research has, however, focused on university students and their habits. How smartphones and social media are used by the younger generation of current Middle School students in formal and informal settings has not been studied in detail. With this in mind, this survey research looked at Middle School students and their use of these tools for learning, social connection, and entertainment. We share that girls already in their young teens are highly attached to their smartphones, have higher perceptions of social media’s benefits for learning, and also enjoy using social media significantly more than boys.

Citation

Wakefield, J., Mills, L. & Wakefield, A. (2014). Gender Differences and Middle School Students’ Views of Smartphone and Social Media for Learning, Social Connection, and Entertainment. In J. Viteli & M. Leikomaa (Eds.), Proceedings of EdMedia 2014--World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (pp. 684-690). Tampere, Finland: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from .

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