Playing Computer Games in Class by Secondary School Students in the Czech Republic

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Playing Computer Games in Class by Secondary School Students in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The paper describes the results of a research study aimed at the degree of playing computer games among 18-year-old students in various types of secondary schools in the Czech Republic. For the purposes of the research, a quantitative research approach was selected. The research method was an addictive behaviour questionnaire of the authors’ own design, which also included other student characteristics. The research sample comprised a total of 1,393 students from 22 secondary schools of various types (grammar schools, vocational schools with school leaving qualification, vocational schools without school leaving qualification). The reliability of the questionnaire as determined by Cronbach’s alpha was 0.88. The initial data analysis suggests that 77.32 % (n=1,077) of secondary school students play computer games, of whom 64.44 % (n=694) play on-line games. A startling fact is that of those students who play computer games, 30.27 % (n=326) play computer games in class, for example on a mobile phone. Of the total number of all secondary school students, this corresponds to 23.40%, which is a high proportion. On the basis of an earlier cluster analysis (Chráska, Basler), three typical groups of respondents were identified. The respondents from group 1, compared with other groups, reported frequent playing of computer games in class. Based on a comparison of the students’ addictive behaviour score associated with playing computer games it was confirmed that those students who played computer games in class showed a higher degree of addictive behaviour. The comparison was performed using the t-test (addictive score in the two groups was 13.9 and 11.1, significance p &lt;0.001). The degree of playing computer games by students in class does not depend (p=0.12) on the type of secondary school, and equals 33.02 % in grammar schools, 26.79 % in schools with school leaving qualification, and 31.94 % in schools without school leaving qualification of those students who play computer games. The degree of playing computer games in class also depends (p=0.03) on gender; male students (33.33 % play in class) play more than female students (27.13 %). The degree of playing computer games in class in the schools involved in the study (n=22) significantly varies from 9 % to 66.13 % (p &lt;0.001). An analysis of the data obtained suggests that this degree of playing computer games in class might have a negative effect on the educational process.

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

EDULEARN18 Proceedings

ISBN

978-84-09-02709-5

ISSN

2340-1117

e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

3725-3734

Publisher name

International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)

Place of publication

Madrid

Event location

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Event date

Jul 2, 2018

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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