Are children smarter today because of the internet ?

Prepared By,Name: Md Jahirul Islam SojibID # 133 0152 640Prepared For,Faculty Name : Dr. Deena P Forkan

Area of Research•I intended to find out if the parents agree

with the hypothesis that internet is the main reason of children being smarter today. In order to find my desired information I analyzed the following research areas

•Monthly Income•Do they allow children to use the internet•What electronics they use to access the

internet•And many more

Methodology•For my primary research, I have

conducted a survey of 30 participants who are parents of the children and provided them with a questionnaire with 10 different type of questions in order to get a series of useful data

•For my secondary research, I used the resources of the library , online journals and also used the help of search engine ( Google )

Primary Data Analysis

100 % participants are positive about their children using the internet.

In both graphs, 80 % of the participants agree that children performs better after using educational website and they enjoy it.

70 % of the participants think that children understanding on the educational website depends on the layout of the website. And majority of the children learn very quickly (according to the pie chart.)

According to the bar graph,Children neglect their study and making them lazy. 90 % of the participants say so.

Lastly, I got 70 % positive response that internet is the source of making the children smarter. According to the response, I can conclude that my hypothesis has been proven true.

Secondary data presentation •Children of 2 years old, more than 90% of

them have an online history. At 5, more than 50% regularly interact with a computer or tablet device, and by 7 or 8, many kids regularly play video games

•( Chelsea C., 2012 )

Limitation•The only limitation encountered during

the course of this research is the sample size. It was difficult to get a proper representation of the population, as 30 parents cannot be said to be enough to actually represent the number of parents’ with children who use the internet worldwide

Recommendation• Since the hypothesis has been proven true, it means the

internet plays a direct role in the children being smarter today.

• I have some recommendations :1. Parents and teachers should spend time with children in

the online environment.2. Parents should (in consultation with their children) set

reasonable use and time limits of Internet use.3. Full use of filtering and parental controls should be

made both in the house and in the school environment.4. Parents and educators should emphasize that the

principle ‘Don’t speak to strangers’ also applies in the online environment.

Thanks for your valuable timeReference

• Bremer, J. (2005). The internet and children. K. V. Kukil (Ed.). New York, NY: Anchor.• Roosevelt, A. (2014). Internet. Retrieved from

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15936666• Raze, K. (2010). World Today. Retrieved from

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/• Gatwick, A. L., Robb, M., Takeuchi, L, &Kilter, J. (2010). Always connected: The new• digital media habits of young children. New York: The Joan Gens Coney Center• Livingstone, S. (2003). Children's use of the internet: Reflections on the emerging• research agenda. New Media & Society 5(2), 147-166.• Livingstone, S., &Helsper, E. (2007). Gradation in digital inclusion: Children, young• people and the digital divide. New Media & Society 9(4), 671-696.• Livingstone, S. (2009). Children and the internet. British Journal of Educational• Technology, 41(1), 144.• Mesh, G. (2001). Social relationships and internet use among adolescents in Israel.• Social Science Quarterly, 82(2), 329-339.*All the above reference are in APA Style/Format.