Impact of Social Media Usage and Multitasking During Online Classes by Higher Secondary Student on Class Engagement and Academic Performance: A Quantitative Investigation

Abstract

The schools have to shut down due to covid pandemic and in order to pursue the education the online classes came into existence. Online classes are not a new concept but earlier it was using for higher studies and distance education but due to the pandemic of covid for past two years schools has also adopted the same framework to keep the students in touch of studies. Digital devices have become an integral part of the studies and the social media usage was increasing dramatically. The increased access to devices has changed the whole paradigm of studies moreover it gave privilege to the students to be multitasking during their online studies and the focus of the higher secondary students swiftly shifts between the tasks. The indulgence in two or more tasks while taking their online classes affected the student’s ability. This distraction leads them towards the poor performance and reduced the ability of learning. The present study is empirical in nature in which it was investigated quantitatively from teachers that how the multitasking during the online classes through social media affects the students. In this study the data were collected from 203 teachers of the 9th to 12th standard. The data were collected on five-point Likert scale. Mean and One Sample t-test were applied to analyze the data.