Transcript How do students in year 5 and 6 feel about handing their phone in to school reception?

By Vivek
Why did I research this question?
 I chose to research this specific question because I
myself take my phone in to school and I wanted to see
who takes their phone in to school and why they do so.
 I find this subject thoroughly interesting seen as this
generation have such a close relationship with
technology.
How did I make my research
ethical?
 I gained consent before handing out my questionnaire so
that I could make sure the participants were confident
about giving their personal opinions to me
 Even though I wouldn’t criticize their thoughts, I still made
sure the participants didn’t put their names on the
questionnaires. Therefore I can’t say “ooh, ooh. Look at
Jake’s answer, it is rubbish”. (Of course, I’m not like that!)
 Confidential means to keep it top secret. In this case, I only
shared my results with the other people working with the
Open University. To maintain the confidentiality, I have
shredded the results.
My research method
I made a questionnaire to collect my data.
Data analysis
With my closed questions (yes or no questions), I simply
tallied up the results for the sake of time and
convenience. But for the open questions, I did what is
called coding. You make codes by simplifying answers
that make come up again. This makes analysing open
questions a lot easier.
My spreadsheet to record my
outcomes
As you can see, I have put a lot of hard effort in to this project!
My results
Are you in year 5 or 6 and are you
boy or girl?
My Results
My results
My Results
My Results
My Results
My results
Conclusion
Overall, I found that opinions varied between year
groups on how they feel about handing their phone in to
reception, with yr5’s more concerned about school staff
gaining access to their property.
The changes I would make next
time
 I would prefer a slightly more advanced questionnaire
with a more in depth outcome. Therefore my research
would become even more useful.
 I would be more organised about my approach to
ensure that I have plenty of time to analyse and
organise my results.
 I would like to do interviews because you are free to
ask questions of your own accord. The advantage
would be because it would allow them to develop their
answer in more detail.
What else I want to find out
If I were to further my research I would ask the following
questions:
 What phone the students possess
 What they do with their phone at home
 Are they supervised by their parents
 Restricted access?
 What they use the internet for as compared to the
home computer
Any questions?