The Effects of Cellphones to the Study Habits among Grade 12 Senior High

School Students

Researchers

Bayanban,Joel
Francisco,Jhonpaol
Gulle,Aldwin
Omelda,Ernie
Timario, Mark
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Introduction

Throughout the years, technology has always been advancing and it has made a

big effect on students especially on their academic performance. Students are so

engrossed in using gadgets that they want to buy the latest device to follow the present

generation trends in terms of entertainment, games, and other social media platforms

like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. As a result, students drawn to gadgets

not only in their everyday lives but including their studies as well.

Gadgets has been found to have its negative impact on students’ study habits.

Students’ waste their time on gadgets instead of worrying their studies. In result, they

have poor performance in school. Due to the upgrade of gadgets, students’ most likely

focus on what entertains them than on what may help them in their studies.Gadgets

impact us in several ways, one of those effects is how gadgets impact students in their

academic performance. According to Mendoza (2012), these gadgets may improve

students or be a distraction in their studies and a reason to fail during their test and

exams.

Kahari (2013) stressed that cell phone is a very important tool for study as most

of the respondents used their phones for study purposes. Cell phones are increasingly

one of the most popular information access devices and what stands out from the study

is the high use of interactive, multi user functions which can at times be disruptive or

beneficial during study. In essence, the study revealed that cell phones are beneficial

for learning but learners have a tendency to abuse them. The presence of cell phones
presents a host of options and challenges for today’s students. Cell phone is undeniably

convenient, helpful tools for study. However, it can be a hurtful source of distraction

depending on the attitude and use pattern of a student.

Similarly, Coughlan (2015) emphasized that students are always busy sending

and receiving messages while studying. As a result, they got lower score in the test and

were less effective at tasks such as note taking. This generation of "voracious texters"

might be affected by so many online distractions. When students did not use mobiles,

they were better at being able to recall information. In addition he said, mobiles and

portable devices are now such a pervasive part of young people's lives, how much

students could really study at the same time as interacting online.

Today mobile phones easily promote collaborative and different types of learning

through their wireless connection to the internet. Their adoption in learning processes

by the higher institution management as student study habits and communication

device tools is useful. In the classroom, cellphone is to motivate students to be more

engaged to the lesson promoting learner centered participation. The impacts of mobile

phone technologies on learning are, collaboration and motivation enhancing students,

parents and teachers’ education system. mobile phone portability enables student

learning to be ubiquitous in obtaining or retrieving course information through their

mobile phones as they are carried from class to class or wherever. Their portability can

improve a wide variety of learning settings, namely a field trip, the classroom, or outside

the campus. Collaboration Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter accessed on

students’ mobile phones allow students to form groups to distribute and add

together their knowledge, and share information with ease, and this could result in
a more successful collaborative learning. The use of mobile phones results in

increasing parents’ involvement in education, and thus their children’s learning And

capabilities motivation where mobile phones are incorporated in a large classroom,

students appear to be more engaged in learning processes. Mobile phones in

education increase students’ will to learn. They take the initiative in using the device as

a learning tool. Teachers report that the use of mobile phones in learning increases

group participation in activities done during learning in class.

The aim of this research is to assess the impact of mobile phones in learning as

they enhance student’s study habits in different ways to the study habits of Grade 12

Senior High School. The researchers want to know the gadgets impact in students’

learning and aimed to show the readers the benefits of privileges that they will get from

the findings that the researcher will acquire through the causes of their study.

Statement of the Problem

This study determined the impact of gadgets in the study habitsof Senior High

School students of Bukidnon National High School (BNHS) S.Y. 2019-2020.

Specifically, it would answer the following questions:

1. What is the frequency of students using gadgets in learning?

a. Cell phones/Tablets

b. Computers and

c. Laptop

2. What is the impact of the use of gadgets in learning as perceived by the students?
 3. What is the most visited site by the students and their reasons?

Scope and Delimitation

This study focuses on the effects of gadgets to the study habits in grade 12

students. The data collection will be conducted only to the 7 section of Grade 12- General

Academic Strand students of Bukidnon National High School located at Malaybalay City,

Bukidnon, Philippines. The research was conducted within school year 2019-2020. The

other strands which do not fall as part of grade 12-GAS students are not within the scope

of this research. The study would be done through utilization of questionnaire to the

students as a survey and reference. The respondents’ answers were the basis to justify

the conclusion of the study.

Significance of the Study

This study determined the impact of gadgets in students’ academic performance

of Bukidnon National High School (BNHS) SY: 2019-2020. This was significant to the

following:

Students. This studygive them awareness of their responsibilities while using their

gadgets.They will know the negative effects of using gadgets while studying. In this study

the students can be aware on things that gadgets can do to them.

Teachers. This study help them examine whether the use of gadget has negative impact

on students’ academic performance on exam and study habits.

School Administrator. This study is useful for them to impose corrective action for

students who spends more time on gadgets than study their lessons especially whose

grades and attendance are greatly affected.

Parents. The result serves as a reminder to check their children’s behavior on gadgets

and school performance.

Future Researcher. They can get some information that might needed in their research

and some of their question may possibly be answered by this research.

Definition of Terms

To make the study easier to understand, the following terms are defined lexically

and/ or operationally:

GAS.General Academic Strand.The most flexible strand among the four strands offered

in the Academic Track because students get to learn and experience something from all

the other strands.

Gadgets. A small device or tool that is frequently novel or ingenious. In this study, these

refer to cellphones, tablets, computers and laptops which are used by the respondents in

learning.

Impact. This refers to the effect of gadgets on the students’ academic performance.

Frequency.The rate how often the gadgets are used over a particular period of time.

Social Media Platforms.Websites and applications that enable users to create and share

content or to participate in social networking.

 CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This chapter presents a review of related literature and study which were used by

the researchers as a frame of technology dependency in conceptualizing their study. Due

to the pervasive growth of technology over the years, a number of pertinent studies and

writings from various points of view have been published.The positive and negative effect

between the cited studies and researcher’s proposed study are discussed briefly at the

end of discussion.

On Gadget

Tech Crates (2012), one cannot even dare to imagine life without smart phones,

cell phones, laptops, tablets, iPods and so on because today’s gadgets are one of the

ways to make life more comfortable and easier. Shy (2010) says that no one can deny

the fact that gadgets have not only simplified the lives of people but also made them more

comfortable and luxurious. Indeed, these gadgets really made a huge impact in people’s

lives and became part of it.

Gadgets used in Learning

Today’s classrooms are equipped with the latest technology to enhance

instruction (Gammuac, 2013). Technology users are moving towards being more

mobile, and teachers and students are a significant part of that trend. On 2013, Lenovo,

the world’s top PC vendor reported that they sold more smartphones and tablets than

PCs for the first time ever.Whether a student is listening to his own music while

studying, or a teacher is playing an audio book to her students, mp3 players are an

increasingly common sight in schools. Both teachers and students can make full use of

mp3 players in their school activities (Gammuac, 2013).

Zucker& Light (2009), providing computers to schools increases the technology

skills of teachers and students in both the developed and the developing world. Laptop

programs increase students' engagement with academic work and school, improve

technology skills, and have positive effects on students' writing. Research in many

nations suggests that laptop programs will be most successful as part of comprehensive

initiatives that also address changes in education goals, curricula, teacher training, and

assessment.

An analysis of effective technology use for at-risk students found that simply

replacing teachers with computer-based instruction typically yields no learning benefits.

Rather, blending leads to higher engagement and learning gains (Darling-Hammond et

al., 2014).

Gross (2009), people are very frequent in use of media and modern technologies

in communication at home or at work and feel hard to survive in the absence of modern
means of communications. With the advent rapid new technologies; digital societies are

shaping all across andpeople are relying mainly on these resources from information,

education, and entertainment to social interaction.

Clegg and Bailey (2008) assert that with the utilization of mobile devices such as

laptops and tablet computers, the learning process for the students become more fun

and conducive due to the user-interactivity and appealing visuals present in these

learning tools. Additionally, a vast collection of learning games and applications exist for

these mobile devices, and as a matter of fact, there are about 96,000 educational

applications available (App Store Metrics, 2013).

Former Philippine President - Benigno Aquino announced during the launch of the

country’s K-12 curriculum that the government eyes the use of tablet computers in public

schools in lieu of traditional textbooks (Enterprise Innovation, 2012). Furthermore, there

exist various programs by the government, non-government organizations and private

corporations in the Philippines that aim to provide one laptop computer per child. With the

presence of laptops in the classrooms, students become more engaged and involved in

school-related activities (Oquias, 2011).

Conceptual Framework

Figure 1 shows hypothesized relation between variables on the effect of gadgets

to performance of Grade 12 Senior High School Students.

Independent variables are the cellphones or gadgets (computer, laptop.

Cellphone, net book, cellular phone, and tablet).These gadgets are the response variable

which is observe and measured to determine the effects of cellphones to the study habits

of Grade 12 Senior High School students, which is dependent variable.

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Methodology

This chapter discusses methods and procedures used in the study. The focus of

the research study was to determine the effects of cellphones to the study habits of Grade

12 Senior High School Students. The following information provides details the sources

of data, locale of the study, population/sampling, and the instrumentation and data

collection which the researcher will use in the study.

Research Design

The study conducted was Quantitative research and the researcher gathers data

from existing Grade 12 – GAS students of Bukidnon National High School thru sending

out surveys/questionnaires; the results of which can be depicted in the form of numbers

or statistics. After that an analysis was carried out of the collected facts and figures from

the results achieved from this research method.

Source of Data

The data were gathered from only 10 students each of 7 classes (sections) of

Grade 12 – General Academic Strand (GAS) strand students of Bukidnon National High

School.
Delimitation of the Study

In this study, Grade 12-GAS students of Bukidnon National High School located at

Malaybalay City, Bukidnon will be selected to participate in the survey.

Population of the Study

Instrument for Data Collection

Statistical Treatment