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The Smartphone In Self-Regulated Learning And Student Success: Clarifying Relationships And Testing An Intervention, Kendall Hartley, Lisa Bendixen, Dan Gianoutsos, Emily Shreve

Teaching and Learning Faculty Research

This two-part observational and intervention study addressed the role of the smartphone in self-regulated learning (SRL) and student success as measured by achievement. Smartphone usage among students has been identified as contributing to lower academic achievement in a variety of settings. What is unclear is how smartphone usage contributes to lower outcomes. This study surveyed participants’ self-regulated learning skills and smartphone usage at the beginning and end of the term for first semester undergraduates. A regression analysis demonstrated that when controlling for prior achievement, general SRL measures had a positive impact on first semester achievement. Smartphone related SRL did not …