Relationship between Time-spent on Smartphone for Academic-based Communication Utilization and Pre-service Teachers’ Academic Achievement in Colleges of Education, North-West Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between time-spent on Smartphone utilization and
academic achievement of pre-service teachers in North-West Nigeria. Specifically, the
focused on finding the relationship that exist between time-spent on academic utilization of
Smartphone and pre-service teachers’ academic achievement in Colleges of Education,
North-West Nigeria. Correlational survey design was employed. 367 pre-service teachers
were sampled from eleven Colleges of Education within the geographical scope of the study.
To effectively have a good representation of the population, the researcher used multi-stage
sampling technique such that respondents were randomly selected on the basis of proportion
of each stratum created from the population. A modified Likert-scale questionnaire was
administered to each respondent and the participants academic records (CGPA) were
retrieved from the College authorities and data were analyzed using statistical tools of
frequencies and percentages, mean and standard deviation, and Pearson Product Moment
Correlation Coefficient. The study found that the more the time the pre-service spent on
smart-phone for academic activities the better their academic achievement r= (2,365) 0.512;
p-value=0.00; the more the time the pre-service teachers spent on smart-phone for
communication (Academic) the better their academic achievement r= (2,365) 0.512; p-
value=0.00.; among others. The study concluded that time-spent on smart-phone utilization
for academic and non-academic activities has relationship with Pre-service teachers’
academic achievement. Specifically, time spent on academic-based communication positively
affect pre-service teacher academic achievement. It was thus recommended that management
of Colleges of Education in North-West should mandated the lecturers to adopt blended
learning strategies.