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Correlation between Facebook use for educational purposes and academic performance of students

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Dragan LambićAuthors Info & Claims

Volume 61, Issue C

Pages 313 - 320

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.052

Published: 01 August 2016 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper a research on the application of Facebook in education is presented. A total of 139 students of the Faculty of Education in Sombor (Serbia) participated in the research. The results establish a positive correlation between the academic performance of students and the frequency of use of Facebook for educational purposes. The factor of perceived usefulness greatly affected the decision of students to use Facebook as a learning aid. No significant difference in the frequency of use of Facebook for general purposes has been reported between the groups of students divided by the academic performance.

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Frequency of educational use of Facebook positively influenced the academic performance.

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Perceived usefulness affected students use of Facebook as a learning aid.

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Facebook use for general purposes does not affect the academic performance.

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Computers in Human Behavior Volume 61, Issue C

Aug 2016

691 pages

ISSN:0747-5632

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