“FYI”: The Effects of New Communication Tools on Student

performance in SW Illinois

Talayna McQuillan

Introduction

* Belleville West High School* Mckendree College* SIUE

Methods

* Semi structured interviews– Open and close ended– Face- to- face

* Self administered questionnaire– Close ended

Other

Games

Music

Internet

Photography

Picture

Messag

ing

Long D

istan

ce phone

Local

Phone

Text

Messag

ing0

20

40

60

80

100

120

10

3136

44 4549

59

81

99

90

6964

56 5551

41

19

1

The percentage of each phone applications used

YesNo

Phone applications

Percentage ofrespondents

A B C D F0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

25

34

9

01

Total for each letter grade

Total

Grades

Number of respondents

A B C0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

60

7678

40

2422

Students' grades compared to : do they text during class

YesNo

Grades

Percentage of respondents

Teacher Interviews

* 4 out of the 6 teachers said they noticed a difference in student performance

* Misspellings, abbreviations, punctuations, and capitilizations

* Textspeak affects how they speak and write

A B C0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

36

15

0

1215

118

12

22

44

58

67

Grades compared to the amount of texts received in one day

0-1011-2021-3031+

Grades

Percentage of respondents

Initialism

s and Acro

nyms

Shorte

nings

Non-stan

dard sp

ellings

Pictogra

ms and Lo

gogra

ms

Omitted le

ttersOther

Genuine n

ovelties

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

6967

6056

54

7 6

3133

4044

46

93 94

The percentage that each form of text speak is used

YesNo

Forms of text speak

Percentage of respondents

0 Forms 1 Form 2 Forms 3 Forms 4 Forms 5 Forms 6 Forms0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

3

14

11

20

14

34

3

0

26 26

6

20

17

6

The amount that each form of textspeak is used compared to Freshmen and Seniors

SeniorFreshmen

Amount of textspwak forms

Percentage of respondents

Question: Ways in which media might affect face to face interaction with friends, family, and others

Statements: Seniors Freshmen Totalreduces interactions 10 15 25easier to communicate 11 10 21

more accesible using new media 8 4 12

keep in contact because of distance 9 3 12

face to face interaction withering 3 5 8loose interaction skills 5 3 8media has no affect 3 3 6new media is distracting 1 4 5new media can cause conflict 3 0 3dislike media 1 1 2help maintain contact 1 1 2creates friendships 1 1 2creates unity 2 0 2

creates distance between others 1 0 1use media very little 1 0 1avoids conflict 1 0 1keeps u in contact 1 0 1Face to face is crucial 1 0 1makes u more outgoing 0 1 1media creates unintelligence 0 1 1

Acknowledgments

Dr. Cory WillmottAnthropology teachersStudents at SIUE and McKendreeTeachers at Belleville WestParents