MOTIVATION TO USE SMART MOBILE GADGETS AND PERCIEVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES, SOUTH-WEST,NIGERIA

Abstract

The aim and objectives of the study is to investigate the influence of motivation to use smart mobile   gadgets and perceived academic performance of undergraduate students in Lead City University   Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria and Mountain Top University, Prayer City Ibafo, Ogun State, Nigeria.   Descriptive research was adopted. Population consists of six thousand five hundred and eighty-two   (6,582) undergraduate students in LCU, Ibadan and MTU, Ibafo, Ogun State, Nigeria. Three hundred   and seventy-seven (377) undergraduate students served as the sample size after Taro Yemmane table.   Purposive sampling technique was used before multistage and validated questionnaire was used   to collect data. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings   revealed that motivation to use smart mobile gadgets had significant influence on perceived academic   performance of undergraduate students in LCU and MTU at (r=0.442, p<0.001). The study concluded   that motivation to use smart mobile gadgets influenced perceived academic performance. The study   recommends that the application and utilization of motivation to use smart mobile gadgets which   makes learning and teaching interesting, interactive and collaborative should be promoted among   students, lecturers and instructors at all levels of education by the parent institutions   K