@article{Sakyi Larbi_Kwami Apoenchir_2021, title={Statistical Modelling in Examining Social Media Usage on Academic Performance of Students}, volume={4}, url={https://journals.adrri.org/index.php/adrrijpns/article/view/643}, DOI={10.55058/adrrijpns.v4i1(4) April, 2021-June.643}, abstractNote={<p>This study examines social media usage on academic performance of students in the Colleges of Education<br>in Ghana. To achieve this, ordinal logistic regression and linear models were used on a sample of 400<br>students chosen at random from the four zonal Colleges of Education. The result uncovered that social<br>network usage for non-educational purposes has an adverse effect on students’ academic performance. The<br>findings of the study indicate that a student using social media mainly for educational purposes has a<br>greater chance of obtaining a better grade in Further Algebra (one of the mathematics courses in Colleges<br>of Education in Ghana) than that of a student who uses it for mainly non-educational purposes. The study<br>therefore suggests that the time used on social media for educational purposes should be increased while<br>that for non-educational purposes should be reduced in order to aid academic performance. Parents and<br>teachers should monitor student’s usage of social media in order to deter them from using it for noneducational purposes. Since most educational activities can be done through the social media, parents and<br>teachers should engage the students on those media in order to help improve their performances as well<br>as reducing its usage for non-educational purposes.</p>}, number={1(4) April, 2021-June}, journal={ADRRI Journal of Physical and Natural Sciences}, author={Sakyi Larbi, Lawrence and Kwami Apoenchir, Henry}, year={2021}, month={Jun.} }