The Effects of Internet Use on Academic Results at Nigerian University

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LITERATURE REVIEW
Peter et al., (2012) study on the extent of the Internet usage of Nigerian University undergraduate and how is their academic result affected by it. The designed research questions is used to help in making a good questionaire which is use for data collection. The first research question is to understand the way of students in the university use the Internet which concentrate on whether students is use the Internet; the time per day that students preferred to browse; the frequency of browse the Internet by students in a week; purpose of the Internet use; and whether students do visit to cyber cafe or Computer Centre. In second research question, the study is to determine the academic performance of those students who use the Internet. The question is focus on whether the students are computer literate; the student's perception of the Internet use in enhancing their academic performance; and the way that the Internet services help students in their academic pursuit. The third research question is use to investigate the relationship of the Internet use and and students' academic performance. Students are request to provide the informations on the questions of a popular website they often visit; do students get any information relevant to their course while browsing the Internet and its frequency; and also students' best serve facilities in term of academic work improvement.
This research found that the exists positive correlation between Internet usage and academic achievement. This study also showed that students are often use Internet (73%) and prefer to use Internet overnight (53%). 45% of the students use Internet for academic purpose to enhance their study and they agree that the use of the Internet has enhan...

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...btaining from Federal Urdu University students is not the same as the first university. As compared to the first university, Federal Urdu University students are spend less time on the Internet and have more time for outdoor games and social life.
This study had show the impacts of the Internet use on the academic achievement and social life of university students in Pakistan. The frequency of the Internet use will affect the CGPA of students. The students who used the Internet for academic purposes show a good achievement of CGPA. Besides, the maximum use of the Internet have minimize the social activities of students which may lead to poor physical health of students. Overall, the result shows that use of internet for study purpose and academic performance are directly proportional to each other while inversely proportional to social life of university students.

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