How do children in my school
use the internet?
3.7.15
By Josh Mistry
Introduction
• My name is Josh Mistry. I am 9 years old in Year 4 at
Wavendon Gate School.
• My research topic is how do children in my school
use the internet.
• I chose this topic because I enjoy using the internet
myself and wanted to find out what other children in
my school thought.
• Also I wanted to find out if there was a difference
between how boys used the internet compared to
girls.
Methodology
• I gave out 70 questionnaires and received 47 back.
• My questionnaire had both open and closed
questions.
• I analysed my closed questions by tallying a mark for
each answer given.
• I analysed my open questions by coding them and
tallying the most popular answers.
Ethical
___________
issues
• I kept my research anonymous by not saying
anyone's names who completed my research.
• I kept all of my data that I received
confidential.
• All of the participants in my research had to
sign a consent form.
Who responded
myquestionnaire?
questionnaire?
Who
respondedtomy
6
5
4
Male
Female
3
2
1
0
FS
Y1
Y2
Y3
Y4
Y5
Y6
Q.3 How often do you use
the internet?
Daily
Every 2-3 Weekly
days
Monthly
Never
Other
23
8
5
0
1
10
Q.4 What device do you use
the internet on?
Computer Tablet
10
15
Smart TV/
Phone/
Smartphone Games
console
Multiple
devices
4
3
14
Q.5 Which of these do you
most use the internet for?
Music Sport News Videos Games Other Multiple
answers
6
0
0
13
10
1
17
Q.6 How long do you spend
on the internet each day?
Less than
15-30
15 minutes minutes
30-45
minutes
45-60
minutes
More than
60 minutes
3
8
11
9
16
Q.6a Do you think the time you
spend on the internet is
appropriate?
Yes - appropriate No No response
31
5
11
Q.6b How long do you think you
should have on the internet
each day?
5-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41
No
Other
mins mins mins mins mins + response
4
5
8
3
17
8
1
Q.7 What time of day do you
prefer to use the internet?
Before 9:0012:00pm– 3:00pm- 6:00pm9:00am 12:00pm 3:00 pm
6:00pm 9:00pm
5
1
7
20
5
After
Multiple No
9:00pm answers response
3
5
1
Q.8 Please state which websites
you use most often.
The most popular websites
used are YouTube, Google
and Friv.
Q.9 Which room do you use
in your home to access the
internet?
Bedroom Study Multiple Living No
Kitchen Other
rooms
room response
11
4
16
8
4
1
3
Q.10 Who do you use the
internet with?
Alone With
With
No
Other Multiple
parents siblings response
people
22
5
9
3
2
6
Q.11 Which search engine
do you use?
Google Yahoo Bing Ask No response Multiple
answers
38
2
1
1
3
1
Q.12 Are there any sites that
you are not allowed to use?
Yes No No response Other
22 22 2
1
The most popular website not
allowed is Facebook.
Q.13 What is your opinion of
the internet?
Children who answered No response
40
7
The most popular opinion of the
internet is good for learning.
Q.14 If you could change
anything about the internet
what would it be?
Children who No response Nothing
answered
24
9
14
The most popular response
was no rude things.
Conclusion
• Because I only received 47 questionnaires, my
results could not say the whole school said
what I received.
• One of the main findings that I received was
that the most popular website not allowed is
Facebook.
• Also, I was surprised that YouTube was one of
the most popular websites used because there
could be inappropriate videos on there.
If I was to do my research again…
• If I was to do my research again then I would either
make the questions clearer to understand or only
give my questionnaires out to the older years (years
5 and 6)
• This is because a lot of the responses I got back by
the younger years (years 2,3 and 4) didn’t really
make sense to me.
• It is possible that the pupils could have been
influenced by their teacher or other children.
• I would do interviews.
Thank you for watching my
presentation!
Any questions?