How does your usage of Internet

affect your school work?

By Alan Molina, Crystal Valera , Brianda Granados Rubio
 Questions we asked:
1.Do you have access to the stable Internet at home and if not where do you get access
to the Internet?
2.Do you procrastinate more/less when your coursework is done online?
3.Are you less likely to ask questions in class and/or do you just look up the answers
because you have Internet access?
4.Do you often get distracted/procrastinate from doing your work because of the
Internet?
5.Do you believe that having to do your schoolwork online improves your grades?
6.How many hours do you spend on the Internet a day?
7.How many hours do you spend on school work weekly?
 Do you have access to the stable Internet at home and if not where do
you get access to the Internet?

● 94% percent of students

had stable Internet at
home.
● 6% of students did not
have stable Internet at
home.
● No students stated that
they used stable Internet
at their work.
Do you procrastinate more/less when your coursework is done online?

● 43 out of 90 students (47%)

stated that they procrastinate
more when their coursework
is online.
● 30 of these students say they
forget to do their online
coursework.
 Are you less likely to ask questions in class and/or do you just look up
the answers because you have Internet access?

● 47 of students are less likely

to ask questions in class
because of Internet access.
● 29 participants stated that
they look up answers online,
but also participate in class.
● 3 students stated that they
don’t look up answers but do
ask questions in class.
Do you often get distracted/procrastinate from doing your work
because of the Internet?

● 72% of students said they

sometimes or often/always get
distracted when doing work
online.
● 28% states that they rarely or
never get distracted.
Do you believe that having to do your schoolwork online
improves your grades?
● 26% of students stated
that having to do their
schoolwork online worsens
their grade.
● 36% states that there is an
improvement in their
grade.
● With the majority of people
stating there is no change.
 How many hours do you spend on the Internet a day?

● On average, students spend 5-6

hours online a day.
● We found no correlation between
students’ average Internet use
per day and their reported grade
improvements.
 How many hours do you spend on school work weekly?

● On average students spend 4

hours on school work.
● Only 7 people spend about 10
hours a day on school work
● However, this question was
poorly phrased.
● Although we know how many
hours a student spend on
school work, it does not state if
this work is done in class,
outside of class or online.
What does all this data mean
● Access to the Internet decreases overall productivity.
● There are strong polarizing opinions on whether online course work improves
grades.
● When coursework is online, students tend to forget about it or push it back to
a later time.
● Students prefer to look up answers online outside of the classroom.
● Everyone uses the Internet for school work to some degree
● Most people have access to the Internet at any given time
So how does your usage of Internet affect your
school work?
● Internet access can improves a students grade
● Students tend to forget to do their online classwork
● Students struggle with doing their work online because of the vast
distractions
● Students rush doing their assignments, doing worse than if they had started
earlier
● Students tend to ask less question in class
● Class participation is decreased in the classroom