Virgen Del Pilar School

Sisters of charity of St. Anne

Iloilo St., Burgos, Rodriguez, Rizal

The Effects of Electronic Gadgets and Conventional Books on

Students Rate of Learning

A research study presented to

Ms. Ma. Krizia V. Guillermo
Science 10 Teacher

In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements in

Science 10 (Junior High School)

By
Ligan, Bianca Marie A.
Castro, Ernesto Sabino L. III
Dagook, Kisen Kaisha D.
Aguilar, Marra Fredilyn Joy L.

March 12, 2018

 CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the background of the study, statement of the
problems, significance of the study, and the scope and delimitation.

Background of the Study

The youth’s education is essential to the society’s growth so whatever
they do, learn, or use is important. Over these past years, students have been
using Conventional Books in studying and notebooks for taking notes. In this
century, people wanted a change. People wanted an upgrade in their children’s
way of studying, thus introducing the use of Electronic Gadgets in education.
Electronic Gadgets may be helpful for students, for e.g. students can see a
model of a bacterium in Science, and they can easily write notes and highlight
texts.
But there’s a problem, Electronic Gadgets isn’t what others think of it.
People didn’t seem to look more into it, to know that Electronic Gadgets could
also be a risk in the students’ or in everyone’s health, it could take our sleeping
hours and overstep the limitations of what their eyes can handle.
This research will find out the advantages and disadvantages in using
Electronic Gadgets or Conventional Books in studying. The researchers use the
process of survey to a school that uses Electronic Gadgets and a school that
uses Conventional Books to gather information.

Statement of the Problem

The main objective of this study is to determine the most efficient way for
students to learn, either by Conventional Books or Electronic Gadgets.
Specific Questions
1) Can Electronic Gadgets be a way of distraction in class?
2) How can Electronic Gadgets affect the students’ performance in class?
3) How much do students in a school that uses Conventional Books wish to
use Electronic Gadgets in studying?

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 4) What health issues can students get in using Electronic Gadgets?
Conventional Books?

Hypotheses
Null Hypothesis: Electronic Gadgets are not capable of doing Conventional
Books’ job in helping the students to learn.
Alternative Hypothesis: Electronic Gadgets are capable of doing Conventional
Books’ job in helping the students to learn.

Significance of the Study

The results of this study can show people the effect on students learning
using Electronic Gadgets thus leading schools in making the wisest decisions on
adding Electronic Gadgets as a way of learning or not.

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

The study only affects Preparatory, Elementary, and High school students.
College students are excluded.
Given that College students are learning for their future professions, they
must use the objects needed for their profession, most are gadgets, thus making
them exempted for this study.

Definition of Terms
1) Electronic Gadgets -- Electronic gadgets are based on transistors and
integrated circuits. Unlike the mechanical gadgets one needs a
source of electric power to use it. The most common electronic
gadgets include transistor radio, television, cell phones and the
quartz watch.
2) Conventional Books -- a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or
sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
3) Educational Apps -- apps that provide an interactive learning experience on a
specific skill or subject

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4) Tablet PC -- a small portable computer that accepts input directly onto its
screen rather than via a keyboard or mouse.

CHAPTER 2- RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This chapter includes the purpose of the literature review, a review of the
literature on contract instructors from federal training agencies, academe, and
other literature sources.

Foreign Research
There are several big upsides to growing up with streaming audio, one of
which is accessibility: assuming I was interested enough, I could have explored,
for free, the Beatles' catalogue on the internet far beyond the scope of my
parents' collection.
But in our digital conversion of media, physical objects have been
expunged at a cost. Aside from the disappearance of record crates and CD
towers, the loss of print books and periodicals can have significant repercussions
on children's intellectual development.
Perhaps the strongest case for a household full of print books came from
a 2014 study published in the sociology journal Social Forces. Researchers
measured the impact of the size of home libraries on the reading level of 15-year-
old students across 42 nations, controlling for wealth, parents' education and
occupations, gender and the country's gross national product. (Wayne, 2015)

The study by the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine,

published in the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, has concluded that,
used in the right way, tablet PCs can be of great use in this particular educational
discipline.
Coordinator of instructional technology and design at the college Hong
Wang stated: "The use of tablet PCs, or personal computers, has been
investigated in many disciplines such as engineering, mathematics, science and

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education, but we wanted to explore student and faculty attitudes and
experiences in veterinary medical education."

The inquiry focused on the impact of a change to a paperless format that

started in 2007 when veterinary students were issued with tablet PCs, on which
they could download data, as well as organize and write notes.
It found that between the autumns of 2007 and 2011, students found they
could improve their organization and learn more. Study co-author Bonnie Rush,
head of the clinical sciences department at the college, noted: "The tablet PC
program provides our faculty the potential to pursue technology integration
strategies that support learning outcomes and provides students with problem-
solving skills that support lifelong learning."
However, the research noted, the effects were not all positive as the
tablets could provide distractions, since students could access material
unconnected with their courses. This prompted some academics to introduce
software designed to block access to any content that was not relevant to
studies.( http://www.iansyst.co.uk /news/assistive-technology/electronic-
devices-benefit-students-and-teachers-/801726876, 2014)

Reasons why books are better than e-books: (The National Book Review,
2016)
1. Print books have pages that are nice and soft to the touch. Paper makes
reading physically pleasurable. Reading an e-book, on the other hand,
feels like using an ATM.
2. Print books are better at conveying information. A study reported in the
Guardian last year found that readers using a Kindle were less likely to
recall events in a mystery novel than people who read the same novel in
print.
3. Print books are yours for life. The books you bought in college will still be
readable in 50 years.

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 4. Print books are great to share. There is nothing quite like putting a book into a
friend’s hand and saying, “You’ve got to read this.”
5. Print books are better for your health. A Harvard Medical School study last
year found that reading a light-emitting e-book before bed interferes with
your ability to sleep, with your alertness the following morning, and with
your overall health.
6. Print books are theft-resistant. If you leave a book in your car, you can be
pretty sure it will be there when you return.

Reasons Why Print Books are better than eBooks: (Perry, 2015)
1. Privacy – No muti-national corporation knows what I am reading. When I am
reading. How long I am reading. Where I am reading. The fact that
Amazon, Apple, Google etal can actually know exactly where I am in a
book is disarming.
2. Note Taking – I like to write in my books. I like to underline in many colors. I
like to draw in my books. I like scribbling in them. Again, although there
are digital tools available to do that – it is inferior. More personal.
3. Unplugged – I spend so much time looking at a screen, whether it is this
blog post, reading endless emails, getting my news – I am online a lot.
Reading a physical book gets me away from the screen.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Students’ opinion
Survey forms for Conducting the
towards the use of
the students of survey at Roosevelt
Electronic Gadgets
Roosevelt College College of
in studying
of Rodriguez Rodriguez

Fig.1: Paradigm showing the collection of data in Roosevelt College of Rodriguez

The input in figure 1 shows the materials needed for the survey. We then
conduct it in Roosevelt College of Rodriguez. The results that we might get are
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 the student’s agreement or disagreement in using Electronic Gadgets in
studying.

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Survey forms for
the students of
Virgen Del Pilar
School
Conducting the
survey at Virgen
Del Pilar School
Students’ opinion
towards the use of
Conventional
Books in studying

Fig.2: Paradigm showing the collection of data in Virgen Del Pilar School

The input in figure 2 shows the materials needed for the survey. We then
conduct it in Virgen Del Pilar School. The results that we might get are the
student’s agreement or disagreement in using Conventional Books in studying
and how strong do student’s wish to use Electronic Gadgets in studying.

CHAPTER 3- METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the population of the study, the sample, the
procedures done, and the statistical treatment.

Subject of the Study

This study only affects Preparatory, Elementary, and High school
students. Given that this study concerns the use of electronic gadgets, we
excluded the College students in the population of this Investigatory Project.
Courses like Information Technology use electronic gadgets for topics like
network security, computer programming, and cloud computing. There might be
courses like Culinary Arts that often use electronic gadgets, so we excluded them
as a whole.
With them excluded, we gathered information from a school that uses
electronic gadgets for learning and a school that doesn’t use one. We asked
Roosevelt College of Rodriquez the permission to conduct our survey to the

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Grade 7 students. We also conducted our survey to the Grade 7 students in our
school, Virgen Del Pilar School.

Procedure
We were assigned to make a qualitative report about the issue between
electronic gadgets and conventional books. We decided to conduct our survey in
Roosevelt College of Rodriguez and in Virgen Del Pilar School. We thought for
the best questions that will help us with our report.
We printed 50 survey forms, different per school, with the total of 100
survey forms. 50 students from Roosevelt College of Rodriguez and 50 students
from Virgen Del Pilar School were able to take a huge part on our thesis report.
We were hoping that the students will cooperate towards this important matter
and will answer truthfully.

Statistical Treatment
We gave one survey form per student sample in Roosevelt College of
Rodriguez to see if Electronic Gadgets could help the students learn better.
We then gave survey forms to 50 students in Virgen Del Pilar School to
see the advantages or disadvantages of the use of Conventional Books over
Electronic Gadgets in education.

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 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Internet
Wayne, Teddy. “Our (Bare) Shelves, Our Selves”
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/fashion/our-bare-shelves-our-
selves.html, 2015
Ltd, iansyst. “Electronic devices 'benefit students and teachers'”
http://www.iansyst.co.uk/news/assistive-technology/electronic-
devices-benefit-students-and-teachers-/801726876, 2014
National Book Review, The. “Drop That Kindle! 10 Reasons Print Books
Are Better Than E-Books”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-national-book-review/drop-that-
kindle-10-reaso_b_8234890.html, 2015
Perry, Jack W. “10 Reasons Why Print Books are Better than eBooks”
http://38enso.com/?p=1949, 2015

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 Virgen Del Pilar School
Sisters of charity of St. Anne
Iloilo St., Burgos, Rodriguez, Rizal

APPROVAL SHEET

This investigatory project hereto entitled:

THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRONIC GADGETS AND

CONVENTIONAL BOOKS ON STUDENTS RATE OF LEARNING
PREPARED and submitted by BIANCA MARIE A. LIGAN,

ERNESTO SABINO L. CASTRO III, KISEN KAISHA D. DAGOOK,

MARRA FREDILYN JOY L. AGUILAR, in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the subject SCIENCE 10 (JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL) has
been examined and is recommended for acceptance and approval for ORAL
EXAMINATION.

TR. MA. KRIZIA V. GUILLERMO

Adviser

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 ABSTRACT

In this century, gadgets are the hottest object that everyone wants to have
or use that they also wanted to make it as a teaching technique for the students.
This research aims to find what would be better for students to use in studying.

The researchers decided to make questionnaires for students to answer.

The questions revolve about the accuracy of the lessons, the convenience,
efficiency, and the students’ preferred material to use. The researchers gave 50
copies to a school that uses Electronic Gadgets and 50 copies, with different
questions, to a school that uses Conventional Books. Though the questions for
the school that uses Conventional Books are different, the questions written in
the questionnaires still revolve to the criteria given above.

The researchers thought of the questions carefully, with the help of their
research adviser, to avoid adding unnecessary questions. They made their
questions clear for students’ to answer with the preferred answers. They also
hoped for the students to answer it honestly and clearly to avoid confusion in the
evaluation of data.

The researchers then went to the nearest school that uses Electronic
gadgets with their Letter of Permission ready and checked by the research
adviser. It wasn’t easy to get an approval for the researchers had to try 5 times
before giving up to that school. When the researchers were finding for a new
school, the researches became busy with their examination leaving the research
behind.

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