Correlation Discovery Between High School Student Web Queries and their Grade Point Average

In recent years, the K-12 learning space has been utilizing mobile devices to supplement student learning. To support the funding of school-issued mobile devices, the schools are interested in determining the degree to which the students use these devices for school-related activities. This study examined high school student web queries performed on school issued iPads using anonymized data from web filter l ogs. T hese web queries were first classified as either school-related or non-schoolrelated using an earlier-developed algorithm. The classification results were then used to examine whether a correlation exists between web queries, especially the school-related ones, and the student's Grade Point Average. Regression analysis found a highly significant c orrelation (p < 0 .00005) b etween the percentage of school-related web queries and the student's Grade Point Average.