Use of cellular phones and study habits of college students in Jose Maria College

Abstract

This study examined the effects of usage of cellular phones to the study habits of the students in Jose Maria College. College students are the main target of this study. A total of two hundred forty-three (243) college students were being surveyed coming from different programs. It is only 18.5% from the whole population of college students in Jose Maria College which has a total population of one thousand one hundred thirty-two (1,132). This study wanted to know how cellular phones affect the study habits of the College students in Jose Maria College. The results of this study showed that majority of college students in Jose Maria College uses cellular phones for academic purposes, Leisure and entertainment, and communication. The researchers predicted that cellular phones give multi-tasking role to the students. It gives them the information they needed and majority of the students also agreed that cellular phone is not a disturbance during studies. Instead, it is their source of all the information needed to complied their academic requirements. In conclusion we observe that the college students of Jose Maria College really relied and active in using cellular phone even though it has a good effect on the study habits of the college student, College students should not rely on them continuously for the leisure and entertainment or for academic purposes it also has a bad effect.