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By 1I group 5. A research on how smartphone addiction can negatively affect the academic performance of Year 1-4 Rafflesians. Why we chose this topic. Smartphone usage affects many Rafflesians Raise awareness of smartphone addiction

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  1. By 1I group 5 A research on how smartphone addiction can negatively affect the academic performance of Year 1-4 Rafflesians

  2. Why we chose this topic • Smartphone usage affects many Rafflesians • Raise awareness of smartphone addiction • Findings can help generate methods on how to curb smartphone addiction

  3. SURVEY METHODOLOGY • HOW THE SURVEY WAS DESIGNED • Not too many questions with quantitative answers • Designed with indirect questions • 2 different surveys were created • Confidentiality was assured to the surveyees

  4. SURVEY METHODOLOGY • HOW THE SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT • Distribution done on generally non-cca days • We went around requesting for people to do our survey • We asked whether they owned a smartphone • We asked for their age • Choice of surveyees was random

  5. Demographics

  6. Survey Findings Fig. 1: Respondents who observe friends using smartphones frequently

  7. Survey Findings Fig. 2: Number of hours spent on their smartphone

  8. Survey Findings Fig. 3: Percentage of respondents who suffered a academic decrease

  9. Survey Analysis • All the non smartphone surveyees observed friends using smartphones regularly • Most of the surveyees experienced a drop in academic grades • Only 1 person did not use his smartphone • Co-relation between usage of smartphones and academic results

  10. Interview Methodology • HOW THE QUESTIONS WERE DESIGNED • Questions were direct to the point. • Answers adise on how to recognize, prevent and curb addiction. • Questions require interviewee to draw from personal experience. • Questions are relevant to the subject at hand.

  11. Interview Methodology • WAYTHE INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED • 3 different teachers were emailed • Their replies did not come so Sheng Yeow’s father, Si Cheng Choon, was interviewed. • multiple recorders were used. • The interview was casual and honest • Questions were not given beforehand

  12. Interview Findings • INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION: • ..\Downloads\RE_INTERVIEWREPORT_TRANSCRIPT.doc

  13. Interview Analysis • HOW TO RECOGNIZE ADDICTION • Early teen years are the most prone to addiction. • starts to play at every opportunity. • Becomes agitated at well-meant advice. • Oblivious to the outside world while playing. • Finds ways around rules • Lies or gives sly answers regarding the topic

  14. Interview Analysis • CURBING OR SOLVING THE PROBLEM • Different solutions may work for students with different backgrounds • Worst case-scenario the smartphone has to be confiscated and the student bought a traditional phone. • Whether the pros and cons outweigh each other or not, depends on the user himself.

  15. Conclusion • Our research on the how smartphone addiction enabled us to: • identify the underlying problem. • raise our awareness about the problems. • present some possible solutions. • The survey has helped us to: • get the big picture of addiction in Rafflesians. • Understand individual scenarios rather than just the interviewee’s experience • The interview has helped us to: • find out how to recognize that someone is addicted. • Provide solutions to the problems based on the experience of the interviewee.

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