Almira R. Bayanova - Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Institute of Psychology and Education, Kazan, Russia.
Vladimir V Kuznetsov - Orenburg State University, Department of General and Professional Pedagogy, Orenburg, Russia.
Lyudmila V. Merculova - Orenburg State Pedagogical University, Department of Pedagogics of High School, Orenburg, Russia.
Larisa N.Gorbunova - Academy of Public Administration, Vice Rector for Research and Information Technology, Moscow, Russia.
Olga A.Pervozvanskaya - Gzhel State University, Department of Decorative Arts and Design, Elektroizolyator, Russia.
Olga O. Shalamova - Pacific State University, Faculty of Oriental Languages, Khabarovsk, Russia.

Purpose: The relevance of the article is conditioned by the use of gadgets is increasing rapidly every year. The purpose of thisstudy is to establish the relationship of students performance with their use of gadgets in the classroom. Methodology: The leadingmethods for the study of this problem are the methods of questioning and testing, allowing to make a qualitative analysis of theleading type’s characteristics of students’ attitude to the study. Result: Positive impact on academic performance consists in the factthat with the help of technical devices, students receive a share of information, prepare for classes, record lectures, view the textbookon the discipline. Negative impact on academic performance manifests itself in peeping answers and solutions to tasks on the test andon independent work; sitting in social networks during classes; distraction of students from educational material. Applications: Thedata obtained in the article can be used in social psychology, pedagogy, psychology of education, age psychology, sociology, as wellas for further theoretical development of this issue. Novelty/Originality: The novelty and originality of the study lies in the fact thatauthors of the article reveal the positive and negative consequences of gadgets use by students in the classroom, as well as themotives for the use of gadgets in the educational process by teachers and students are shown.

students, gadgets, University education, attitude to learning, academic performance