Electronic Media Usage GPA Science Fair Projects

Modern Conveniences

Modern conveniences include everything from washing machines to the Internet. While these conveniences are intended to reduce the amount of work we do this is not always the case.

Snap Circuits Wireless	Electronics Lab for Students	Young Scientists Club Set 8	OWI-535 Robotic Arm Edge	ER-6 Programmable Robot
Age 12 thru College	Ages 10 and up	Age 9 - 12	Age 10 thru College	Age 10 +

Objectives/Goals

My goal was to show a correlation, if any, between a student's electronic media usage on a school night and his/her GPA.

Methods/Materials

I asked my school principal to give me the grade sheets of the 8th-10th graders. To maintain privacy she cut out all the names on the sheets and left only the student identification numbers. I had each student I was testing find his/her grade sheet and write down his/her gender and how many hours he/she spent on electronic media on a school night. I defined electronic media as using any kind of electronic screen that had nothing to do with school work. T.V., video games, and computer use were the most commonly used.

Results

The calculation coefficient that I calculated from my data showed no significant correlation.

Conclusions/Discussion

My conclusion, based on the correlation coefficient from my data, is that there is no correlation between electronic media use on school nights and GPA in 8th-10th graders. 3rd party contributor