SOCIAL MEDIA AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS QUESTIONNAIRE

Research Questions
SECTION B: LIKERT SCALE

SECTION A: GENERAL INFORMATION Instructions: Please read each statement carefully.

All information gathered shall be used purely for research SA- Strongly Agree A-Agree N-Neutral D- Disagree
purposes and shall be treated with confidentiality.
SD- Strongly disagree
1. Name (optional): __________________________ Statement: SA A N D SD
2. Age: __________ 1. The time I spend online on social
3. Sex: networks takes away from my time
□Male □Female studying
2. Online social networks distract me
4. Grade, Strand and Section: from my studies
___________________________________. 3. The hours I spend online on social
5. What is your GWA? ____________. media are more than the hours I
6. Which forms of social media do you use the most? spend reading
4. My unlimited access to Facebook
□ Facebook through my cell phone has
□Instagram affected my academic
□Twitter performance negatively.
□Snapchat 5. I engage in academic discussions
on social media platforms
□ If other please specify ______________. 6. I make use of social media to share
information with my classmate
5. How much time do you spend studying per day? 7. Social media has improved my
communication
□ Below 5 hours 8. The usage of social media for
□ 5 hours research has helped improve my
□ 10 hours grades
□ Above 10 hours 9. I solely rely on information gotten
from social media to do my
assignments without consulting
6.How much time do you spend using social media per day?
other sources
10. I will not perform well in my
□ Below 5 hours
academics even if I stop using
□ 5 hours social media
□ 10 hours 11. I use social media for
□ Above 10 hours making new friends and socializing
more than I use it for academic
purposes
12. I have to use social media
extensively because most of my
course assignments/projects are in
the forms of blogs/online
presentations
13. Social media is encouraged
by professors as part of class
assignments.
14. Once I interrupt my study
time with social media, I lose
concentration
15. I communicate with the professor
through social media.
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Research Questions