ABSTRACT

Due to COVID- 19 pandemic, schools all over the world have gone from full face-to-face to online lessons. This paper analyzed the influences of social networking sites (SNS) on secondary school students’ academic achievement. The original studies were extracted from the Web of Science database, and the review of the 27 selected journal articles revealed that the use of SNS is both positively and negatively related to secondary school students’ academic achievement. However, it was found that few studies have reported the positive impacts of SNS use on students’ academic achievement. On the contrary, several studies have shown that excessive usage of SNS, inappropriate SNS use, and usage of SNS for other recreational activities instead of educational purposes harmed students’ academic achievement. Factors that mediate (such as internet addiction, intention to cyberbully, and sexually explicit material use) and moderate (such as gender, sleep time, learning environment, time management skill and school day and non-school day behaviors) the SNS-academic achievement link are discussed. These findings have important implications for parents, teachers, educationalists, and counselors who should be aware of the potential for inappropriate and excessive use of SNS by students, and who should develop intervention mechanisms to address the problem.

摘要

由于新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 大流行，世界各地的学校已从全面面授课程改为在线课程。本文分析了社交网站（SNS）对中学生学业成绩的影响。原始研究摘自 Web of Science 数据库，对所选 27 篇期刊文章的审查显示，SNS 的使用与中学生的学业成绩既有正相关，也有负相关。然而，我们发现很少有研究报道社交网络服务的使用对学生学业成绩的积极影响。相反，一些研究表明，过度使用 SNS、不当使用 SNS 以及将 SNS 用于其他娱乐活动而不是教育目的会损害学生的学业成绩。中介因素（例如网络成瘾、讨论了网络欺凌的意图和露骨的性材料使用）和适度（例如性别、睡眠时间、学习环境、时间管理技能以及上课日和非上课日行为）的 SNS-学业成绩联系。这些发现对家长、教师、教育工作者和辅导员具有重要意义，他们应该意识到学生不恰当和过度使用 SNS 的可能性，并应该制定干预机制来解决该问题。