Abstract:

Students' Digital Technological Experience, Academic Engagement and Academic Achievement have always been a prerequisite for effective learning. Especially their relationship in determining academic achievement has been a debate in the field of psychology. Digital Technology from the onsets in the 21st century, has been instrumental to easy access to knowledge, research integration as well as achievement and experience for manpower production in national growth and development. The study examined the relationship that exists among tertiary students' digital Technological experience, academic engagement and academic achievement in three tertiary schools in Delta State Nigeria, -such as the university, Polytechnic and the college of Education. A correlational research design was used for the study. Population of the study comprised 12,500 students drawn from the three different tertiary schools, while the sample was made up of 600 students. Multistage sampling distribution through simple random sampling was used to select the 600 students. Instruments for data collections were the Digital Media Technology (DMT), Students Engagement and Experience Questionnaire (SEEQ) and Students Academic Achievement Questionnaire (SAAQ). The Cronbach's alpha reliability method was used to determine the consistency of the items. A reliability indices of 0.84, 0.85 and 0.74 were high enough for the instruments. Three research questions were raised and answered, using Pearson correlation, while three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level, using multiple regression. The findings after the analysis indicated that academic achievement of students in Psychology showed a very low positive relationship with technology. It also showed a very low positive relationship engagement with students in Psychology. Students technological experience and academic engagement do not significantly predict their achievement in Psychology. Recommendations based on the findings were given such that, parents and lecturers should help to guide undergraduate students on their healthy use of digital Technology to match with their academic engagement and exercises so as to lead to high academic achievement.

Keywords:

Digital Technology, experience, academic engagement, academic achievement, Tertiary Students.