The Problem and Its Setting

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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
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MALIGAYA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Palayan City, Nueva Ecija
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Chapter 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
Introduction
“We are all connected by the Internet, like neurons in

a giant brain.”
– Stephen Hawking (2018)
Today with more than 1.5 billion Internet users around
the world (Jaffe A. & Chen A., 2010), the Internet has
become an integral part of our society. It has spawned a
revolution not only for commerce but also in communication
and interpersonal behavior. This technology changed the way
people are socializing, studying, working, shopping,
searching for jobs and spending their leisure time.
(Dinicola, 2014)
Around the world more than 80% of our youth are
spending a large amount of time on the internet. It was
introduced at a very young age into their lives, the new
generation of children and adolescents became one of the
first groups to use internet on a large scale and among the
first to begin experiencing problems associated with
excessive internet use. (Dinicola, 2014) Therefore, it
becomes essential for us to be aware of its impact on

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adolescent behavior, their psychological well-being and
development. (Villamor, 2012)
Given these descriptions, internet is a collection of
millions of computers around the world that are connected
between each other. It is also a medium does not have the
limitation of information on each user and many people are
highly dependent on the Internet because it has many
advantages that can simplify a lot of work, the internet is
helpful for effectiveness and efficiency. The shape of the
effectiveness and efficiency of a given Internet and has
many services for its users so much to give ease and pamper
users. With the presence of the internet which is the
development of information and communication technologies.
(Samañego, 2011)
Sainz, (2010) said that online activity on social media
such as Facebook in Indonesia has reached 42.5 million,
which is the fourth highest in the world, about 18% of the
population of Indonesia has had the most popular social
media accounts in this world.
As a matter of fact, the number of Twitter users in
Indonesia amounted to 5.7 million, the third largest in the
world. The number of mobile phone users in Indonesia has

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reached 266 million numbers, exceeding the population of
Indonesia itself Indonesian population as a whole reached
245 million people, including one of the countries with the
largest population in the world. (Sainz, 2010)
The number of Internet users reached 55 million people.
Number of Internet users in Indonesia dominate Asia amounted
to 22.4%, after Japan Technological developments are
increasingly modern and sophisticated this is not the only
benefit users but also have an impact that is not good for
users especially among students.
It is perceived very well by Sainz (2010) that the
development of Internet technology has changed the pattern
of community interaction among in business interaction,
economic, social and cultural interactions. Internet has
contributed so much to society, company, industry, education
and government, communication, publications, as well as to
obtain the information needed by everyone, especially among
students who are essentially still in the process of self,
is still full of flavor curious and unstable. With this fact
it is possible to abuse the use of the internet.
The researchers who were Senior High School Students
for two years and has been looking for the effective
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learning style to enhance the knowledge and skills in
understanding subject under the K to 12 Curriculum decided
to conduct this study to determine the internet usage in
academic subjects and help them to be connected in internet
like neurons in a giant brain as what mentioned by Stephen
Hawking (2018) in his book.
Statement of the Problem
This study aimed to determine the relationship of using
internet in the Grades 11 and 12 academic performance of the
students.
Specifically, it sought to answer the following
questions:
1. How the profile of the respondents may be described in
terms of:
1.1 Age;
1.2 Gender; and
1.3 Time?
2. How the Internet Web browser may affect academic
performance of students be described in terms:
2.1 Academic Performance;
2.2 Gaming;
2.3 Social Networking;

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2.4 Entertainment; and
2.5 News?
3. Is there a significant relationship between the profile
Internet browser as:
3.1 Academic Performance
3.2 Gaming
3.3 Social Networking
3.4 Entertainment; and
3.5 News?
Null Hypothesis
There is no significant effect between the academic
performance and internet usage of senior high school
students in Maligaya National High School.
Theoretical Framework
This study was anchored to Ghana’s (2014). It is a
study were a mass adoption of learning to leverage
technology resources Theory where he described the general
learning processes. Along with all computers, connected
devices such as Smartphone, Tablet, Switches, routers, hubs
and other connecting devices as well as the computer itself
into a single container world's computer networks.

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Moreover, (Ghana, 2014) said that time spent using e-
mail and surfing online has increased significantly between
years 1996 and 2011, various types of Internet use has been
associated with positive and negative effects, symptoms of
dysphoric has been associated with several types of internet
use like shopping, playing games or doing a research,
conclusions drawn from this study is that the use of the
Internet is one of the main factors which affects academic
performance and social life of students. Social media sites
have become common and giving people new ways to interact
with each other and communicate with the world. Social
networking became popular between 2004 and 2006, after
Facebook and MySpace were created.
At this time the increasingly widespread use of the
Internet not only in developed countries but also in many
developing countries, including Indonesia, India and China.
Although the time spent on people in general to perform
online access can be very productive and compulsive.
However, the Internet use can be a bad influence on the
life, works and relationships within the family. If your
child or your child feels more comfortable with friends
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refrain from playing online games or unlock your smart phone
or other gadgets. It is a possible that you or your children
already using the Internet too much.
However, internet addiction is a typical use of the
internet that causes the psychological, social, educational
or occupational problems for the people. Students need the
internet more than other people due to their educational or
research needs. The rate and type of the internet use may
affect their information-seeking behavior too. This study
aims to investigate the effect of the internet addiction on
the information-seeking behavior of the post-graduate
students. Internet helps a wide range of the researchers and
the students to satisfy their information needs with no
physical presence in the libraries or other information
centers.
The theory where Ghana (2014) described the general
learning processes internet use for social networking, news,
time, poor academic performance and entertainment results
school dodging were reported uses among secondary students
that may shed light on the most effective use of internet.
Conceptual Framework
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The internet represented the greatest collection of
human knowledge and has enabled many communities in the
world to manage communication and solve problems faster than
education, a wide range of ideas, teaching and learning
resources, techniques and innovations have been widely
shared. This explore internet used among Tazania secondary
schools students and its effects on their learning.
Descriptive method of research was used involved in this
study. The finding report that internet use for the internet
as social media for chatting and socializing, watching
movies, news and listening to music. Waste of time, delay on
schoolwork submission, poor academic performance results and
school dodging were reported uses among secondary students.
The result of this study shed light on the most effective
use of internet. It is also important for educators and
policymakers need to devise proper way in which school
students will utilized the internet for effective learning.
(Researchgate.com, 2017)
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Independent
Dependent
Variables
Variables
Demographic
- Academic
Profile Internet
Browser Performance
- Age
- Gaming
- Gender
- Social
- Time
Networking
- Entertainment
Academic
- News
Performance
FIGURE 1. Research Paradigm

The independent variable of the study are the
demographic profile of the respondents such as age, gender,
time and academic performance. The second process which was
dependent variables using Internet in academic performance,
gaming, social networking, entertainment and news. The
process includes the gathering data, survey, questionnaire
for respondents, and statistical treatment for data tally
and computation.
Significance of the Study
The present study will be beneficial to the following:
Learners. The findings of the study will help students
to be aware of their own performance in school. The study
will serve as a guide in what track or strand the students
to enroll in and participate in learning subjects.

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Teachers. The findings of the study may serve them as a
reference on how to choose the most appropriate activities
that will arouse and hold the interest of the secondary
learners, thus making learning a more enjoyable experience
for them.
School Administrators. The findings of the study will
guide them to have a quality Science teaching instruction,
achievement test questions and effective Science assessment
that may enhance the secondary learners’ performance.
DepEd Administrators. The findings of the study will
serve as their indicators for diagnosing the cognitive
skills of the 21st learners in both private and public
schools. The findings of the study may be one of their
guides on how to help the learners in the right tract or
strand to enroll in.
Parents. The findings of the study will help them to
lead their children to the right path of quality education,
develop their children’s skills and knowledge about subject.
Future Researchers. This study may be used as their
reference or guide to conduct another study related to the
present study.
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Scope and Delimitation of the Study
This study focused on the Internet Usage and Academic
Performance of Senior High School Students. The study was
conducted in public school in Barangay Maligaya in Palayan
City, Nueva Ecija for the Academic Year 2018-2019. The study
was limited to in Senior High School students particularly
GAS and TVL strands with the total of 151.
Definition of Terms
For better understanding of the study, the following
words were defined operationally and conceptually.
Academic performance refers to a person who is academic
in background or outlook on method using the internet in
school.
Approach refers to set of principles, beliefs or ideas
about the nature of learning which is translated into the
classroom. (Corpuz, et. al. 2011)
Authentic assessment refers to an approach in direct
and relevant way to see if learning was met and uses
projects such as journals, speeches, videos and interviews
in order to measure their understanding of the subject
material (Concordia University, 2017)

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Assessment refers to the wide variety of methods or
tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, document the
academic readiness, learning progress and skills acquisition
or educational needs of students (edglossary.org, 2015).
Documentary research refers in serving as both a
complement to and extension of biographical inquiry, takes
on different meaning in the field of education.
Education refers to a knowledge, skills and
understanding that you get from attending a school in
secondary or in senior high school.
Enhance refers to increase or improve academically and
physically.
Facebook refers to a social application online where
majority of the students spending time using the social
network sites such as Facebook, tweeter etc.
Google refers to an online Webster application that
contains information about the World Wide Web.
Internet refers to an electronic communication network
that is connected to computer networks and organizational
computer facilities around the world.
Internet addiction refers to any online related,
compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and

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causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones and
one’s work.
Learner refers to a student from public school and was
enrolled in Senior High School in Maligaya NHS.
News refers to an information that is published in
internet websites, newspapers and broadcast on radio and
television about recent events in the country or world or in
a particular area of activity. (Webopedia, 2016)
Social Networking refers to a form of electronic
communication through which users create online
communication to share information, ideas, personal messages
and other content. (Bruner, 2014)

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Chapter 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
This chapter presents the literature and studies
related to the present research. These related literature
and studies provided the researcher’s insights on the
importance of academic performance that makes the teaching-
learning- coaching-delegating more effective. Local, foreign
literature as well as legal basis will be consulted to guide
the researcher in the completion of this endeavor.
To give you the overview about the internet, the
researchers introduce the meaning of the Internet or
Internetworking as the largest computer network in the world
to connect all existing computer network such as Intranet,
Wide Area Network, Metropolitan Area Network, Personal Area
Network and the like. Along with all computers, connected
devices such as Smartphone, Tablet, Switches, routers, hubs
and other connecting devices as well as the computer itself
into a single container world's computer networks.
(Villamor, 2018)
Age
Ages is one of the most important characteristics in
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and large age indicates level of maturity of individuals in
that sense age becomes more important to examine the
response. (Bitstream, 2014)
Almost all 99% of 16 to 24 year olds had used the
Internet, compared with 37% of adults aged 75 years and
over. 6.4 million Adults had never used the Internet,
falling by 659,000 since 2013. (National Statistics, United
Kingdom, 2013).
More so, around the world more than 80% of our youth
are spending a large amount of time on the internet because
the internet was introduced at a very young age into their
lives, the new generation of students became one of the
excessive internet use. (Di Nicola, 2014)
Gender
As the matter of fact, an expert Samañego, (2012) said
that internet addiction is a typical use of the internet
that causes the psychological, social, educational or
occupational problems for the people. Students need the
internet more than other people due to their educational or

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research needs. The rate and type of the internet use may
affect their information-seeking behavior too.
The study investigated the effect of the internet
addiction on the information-seeking behavior of the post-
graduate students. Based on the findings, there was no sign
of internet addiction among the 86.6% of the students and
13% of the students were exposed to the internet addiction
and only 0.4% of internet addiction was observed among the
students. There was no significant difference between the
information-seeking behavior of the male and female
respondents. There was no sign of the internet addiction in
any dimension of the information-seeking behavior of the
students. (Tuala et. al., 2018)
More so, studies conducted on the students shown that
internet addiction has been accompanied by major problems
such as the educational drop, reduced the curriculum study,
anxiety, reduced interpersonal relationships and reduced
physical activities, irregularity and nutritional diseases.
Studies carried out on the pupils and students showed that
with the increasing the internet use prevalence of the
internet addiction increases. Few studies have reported the

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higher rate of internet addiction in men compared the women.
(Tuala et. al., 2018)
Time
According to Villamor (2018) time spent using e-mail
and surfing online has increased significantly between years
1996 and 2011, various types of Internet use has been
use like shopping, playing games or doing a research.
Villamor’s (2018) conclusions also drawn from this study is
that the use of the Internet is one of the main factors
which affects academic performance and social life of
students.
Most of the people spend a lot of time on the non-
purposeful search in the internet in the process of
searching the scientific information that not only deviates
them from their main aim of searching and developing the
knowledge boundaries in the universities but also causes the
internet addiction. (Tuala et. al., 2018)
The sense of satisfaction that comes along the internet
indulgences feeds a negative cycle where more time spent
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activity, increasing the vulnerability to psychological
disorders. Hence, overuse of internet can genuinely restrain
teenagers’ experiences in life, their academic performance,
social, psychological and physical well-being. (Saisan, et.
al., 2011)
The new generation of students became one of the first
groups to use internet on a large scale and among the first
to begin experiencing problems associated with excessive
internet use. (Di Nicola, 2014)
It becomes essential for us to be aware of its impact
on adolescent behavior, their psychological well-being and
development. However, The internet acts as a mechanism for
information dissemination like educational purposes, social
interaction in social network sites, emails, chats, blogs
etc. and entertainment in online games, songs, videos, films
etc. (Di Nicola, 2014)
Academic Performance
Students’ poor performance in Secondary school has
continued to pose a serious concern to government agencies,
parents and the students themselves (Essien, 2014). Most
previous studies had tended to attribute this problem to
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physical facilities, school environment etc. Various
strategies adopted by different governments and agencies
tend not to address the problem substantially. There is
therefore further need to research into other possible
factors or variables underlying students’ performance since
behavior is a product of environmental and psychosocial
variables.
However, in new Secondary Science Curriculum
implemented last 2012. Each year, students are exposed to
spiral progression approach wherein the four areas are being
taught per grading period. Aside from that, Mathematics was
changed into spiral progression. Many problems in life
involve scientific explanations and processes. For this
reason, an understanding of Science, Mathematics and
scientific approach is essential in making intelligent
decisions (Realuyo, 2016).
The internet is a relatively new channel for scholarly
resources and contains vast quantities of information that
vary a great deal regarding its contents, aim, target group,
reliability etc. Hence, it is important that the end-user is
aware of the diverse information available on the Internet
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content should be assessed (Chapman, 2012). The fabulous
growth in telecommunication has brought online services,
specialized electronic networks, Web Pages, E-mail, software
and global information resources to our homes as well as to
education.
The Internet provides an environment in which millions
of people participate and engage in the creation and
exchange of information (Rose & Fernlund, 2017).
Students have only recently received the opportunity to
use the Internet to seek and obtain scholarly material and
consequently, knowledge on how effectively they make use of
this channel is limited. Students’ information seeking
culminates as they work on their theses. Many studies have
been conducted regarding the type of information the end-
users seek and obtain on the Internet and in which
circumstances they prefer electronic sources to paper
sources (Tenopir et. al., 2013)
According to their survey, approximately 50% of all the
scholarly publications were obtained from the Internet, who
studied geography students’ use of sources on the Internet
by analyzing citations from a test, found that 51% of the
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were from the Internet and the rest was course material.
(Fescemeyer, 2011)
Iboronke (2012) has attributed the poor performance to
the rise in student enrolment without corresponding increase
in the material and human resources. In this study the
effect of these materials and human resources on students’
performance will be investigated.
The use of the available learning resources will
improve the academic performance of students. In other
words, one of the opportunities to stimulate this
elaboration process is by offering students more and more
diverse learning resources. Ogunleye’s (2013) review that
under laboratory conditions increasing the richness and
diversity of the learning materials has often been shown to
support students in learning, remembering and applying
information.
Internet use has become very popular in many areas as
well as in education in recent years. Accordingly, Internet
access in schools has increased greatly over the last 20
years (Berson, 2011).
Public teachers often discuss among themselves the
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look at based on the extent of effective scientific concepts
of teaching instruction. To teach subjects successfully,
teachers are required to use approaches in teaching using
the internet in order to meet the needs of their students
and regulate their skills. (MNHS, 2016)
Corpuz (2015) explained that the teacher guides the
students as they explore and discover academic learning. She
added that teacher will never be able to help children learn
if they tell them everything they need to know. Rather, they
must be provided with opportunities to explore, inquire and
discover new learning like what the spiral approach is
intended to happen in subjects.
The role of Internet in teaching-learning cannot be
overemphasized. The issue of the poor academic performance
of students is traced to certain factors which can hinder
student understanding. Academic achievement is an important
parameter in measuring success in students. Observations and
reports have shown that success or high academic achievement
has become a “Herculean task” to accomplish by students in
recent times. The decline in the academic performance of
students in Nigerian universities had been highlighted by
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Nigeria needed restructuring. He went further to say that
academic standard had fallen drastically and the quality of
graduates being produced by the nation’s universities is
questionable and subject to re-examination. Poor academic
achievement of students has been of great concern to
educationists, government and the public in general.
In addition, to help students learn effectively the
teachers need to develop their approaches in teaching and
learning the subjects as they gain effective learning
outcomes. The new approach today in the K to 12 Curriculum
enables an individual to be effective learners. It refers to
the continuity of topics from Grades 7 to 10 which involves
active participation, skills, knowledge and understanding
over the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains that
are involved in teaching-learning process.
The students according to Houtz (2010) are responsible
for their own learning. They may decide on what to do which
is the focus of the spiral progression approach, a “child-
centered approach.”
The spiral approach is a technique used in teaching
where the first basic facts of a subject are learned and
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more details are introduced in relation to the basics which
are re-emphasized many times to help enter them into long-
term memory of the learners. (Hatuina, 2012)
Gaming
Compulsive online gaming has been responsible for some
horrifying deaths across the world including examples from
China and South Korea of addicts playing more than 50-
straight hours before going into extreme cardiac arrest.
Some particular concern is the youth getting addicted to
online gaming which is estimated to reach $19 billion in
revenue by 2013. (Bushman, 2012)
In addition, continue increasing in online gaming
brings a high exposure to violence and explicit content
online. Excessive Gaming or Online Gaming Addiction can be
classified as an impulse control disorder, defined as an
urge to continuously play game despite harmful negative
consequences or a desire to stop. (Bushman, 2012)
However, therapy can give a child/adolescent a
tremendous boost in controlling internet use. Cognitive-
Behavioral Therapy provides step-by-step ways to stop
compulsive internet behaviors and change ones’ perceptions
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learn healthier ways of coping with uncomfortable emotions,
such as stress, anxiety or even depression. (Tynes, 2014)
Social Networking
Social media sites have become common and giving people
new ways to interact with each other and communicate with
the world. Social networking became popular between 2004 and
2006, after Facebook and MySpace were created. Although the
time spent on people in general to perform online access can
be very productive and compulsive. However, the Internet use
can be a bad influence on the life works and relationships
within the family. Villamor, (2018)
The effects of social networking or social media on
school-aged children. This study examined the structural
relations between the major determinants of social
networking. The model of social networking presented
incorporates independent constructs related to children’s
attitude with regard to social networking, reasons for using
social networking, things done on social networking, and
topics used. The dependent constructs cover perceived school
performance and social effects of social networking. The
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such as student’s gender and grade level and school type.
Empirical studies showed mixed results with regard to the
impact of social networks on academic performance.
According to (Abdulahi, et. al., 2014) the studies have
found that the participation of students on social networks
may have both positive and negative impacts on their
academic performance. (Mehmood and Taswir, 2013) noted that
“the use of social media networks and the Internet is one of
the most important factors that can influence educational
performance of students positively or adversely.”
The report added that Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
are the most popular social media platforms and Snapchat is
also witnessing a massive rise in popularity, especially
with younger audiences. However, studies concerning UAE
school children’s use of social networking are rare. (Badri,
et. al., 2016) examined the usage of social media devices
and applications among students in Abu Dhabi. A survey of
more than 31,000 children from private and public schools
showed a high home access to the Internet of 91.7%. Results
showed that children used social media mainly for keeping
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A report by Al Sayigh (2013) noted that “the new
communication revolution has effected a major change in the
culture and lifestyle of people, particularly of the youth.
Many of the prevailing problems afflicting the youth such as
introversion, social isolation, Internet addiction, poor
performance at schools, and the acquisition of bad habits
and values, such as violence and criminal behavior are a
direct consequence of the big change that has struck our
social culture.” The report added that “sophisticated
devices, such as iPad, pose a new challenge to Emirati
families as they remain in the hands of children and are a
matter of concern for many parents. Some complain that iPad
has stolen their kids from them as these devices divert them
from their daily studies, completing their homework, and
even from communicating with the rest of the family.”
Villamor (2018) remind us when the child feels more
comfortable with friends online than with friends in the
real world or you cannot refrain from playing online games
or unlock your smart phone or other gadgets. It is a
possible that you or your children already using the
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Hence, students indicated that they browse the internet
for social networking and academic purposes. The students
also used the internet in the internet café/shop. There were
some people used the internet in the house using their
mobile phones. The top seven websites commonly used by the
respondents are facebook.com, google.com, instagram.com,
twitter.com, wikipedia.com, yahoo.com and youtube.com.
(Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, 2015)
More so, internet is widely used by students in
education to seek relevant information and materials to
complete their assignments or projects. Besides that, most
libraries in the school also subscribe to online journal
databases, online books and other academic resources for
students’ usage. (Kingsley, 2013)
News
From the beginning of the human civilization,
information and the ways people use it and it has been one
of the main issues in the societies. Now-a-days, many
intellectuals consider the information as a powerful source.
Producing and disseminating the information in a wide
variety of fields has been one of the main reasons for
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and knowledge has become as one of the most significant
elements of human progress and civilization. (Edlagan, 2018)
Today, universities and higher education centers play a
crucial role in producing the information and students can
be effective in developing the societies through their
research activities or scientific products. They carry out a
series of activities to find the resources or information
channels in order to meet their own information needs,
including the information search, research methods, search
problems and its effective factors that totally is called
information–seeking behavior. Information-seeking behavior
is a process in which people try to change the knowledge
position purposefully and nowadays, this kind of behavior
should be considered by all human beings. Information search
may be carried out through one’s interaction with the manual
information systems (libraries) or with the computer-based
(or electronic) systems. (Edlagan, 2018)
Over the recent years, using the electronic networks
has been increased and the internet has changed into one of
the main channels of obtaining the information in the
universities and higher education centers. Internet helps a
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their information needs with no physical presence in the
libraries or other information centers. (Edlagan, 2018)
More so, the results of some studies demonstrated that
students utilize the non-printed resources (information
banks or web resources) more than printed resources like
books, journals, etc. in order to access their required
information. Quick and easy access to the information is one
of the main reasons that users prefer the electronic
information resources to the printed information resources.
However, internet addiction phenomenon that has become
prevalent coincidentally with the increasing the users’
daily access to the continuous resources is similar to a
real dependency such as the drug addiction although this
kind of dependency is not associated with the physical
problems of chemical addictions and its consequent social
problems are similar to other kinds of addiction. Students
use internet more than other people do in order to meet
their educational needs. For this reason, they are more
prone to the internet addiction. Based on the studies, the
excessive use of the internet causes the dangers of the
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lack of participation in the curriculums for the students.
(Edlagan, 2018)
Continuous presence in cyberspace and using the
internet notably with no professional or quasi-professional
motivations have become common due to the wide range of the
remarkable features of the internet and this may affect the
different aspects of the users’ lives. Internet addiction
may have serious consequences such as changing the lifestyle
in order to spend more time on the internet, ignoring the
individual health and main activities, reducing the social
relationships, ignoring the family and friends, and finally,
financial, educational and physical problems. Increased
excessive use of the internet has been associated with some
problems for the users. (Edlagan, 2018)
The results shown the relationship between the internet
addiction and the field of the study. Accessing to the
information resources and scientific findings, knowledge
sharing, scientific relationships between scholars, online
learning, accessing to the virtual libraries and so on using
the internet increase the importance of the internet network
more than expected. Now-a-days, the internet is one of the
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academic, social and recreational needs. (Tuala et. al.,
2018)
Some Studies on information-seeking behavior indicated
that the most of the students use the internet for carrying
out their research activities, finding the specialized
information and obtaining the information that is not found
in the printed resources.
The various remarkable features of the web and
electronic resources such as high rate of production, easy
access, low cost and so on compared with those of the
printed resources are among the reasons that users now
prefer the internet for satisfying their needs more than
ever before. The results showed that the average use of the
electronic resources by the students is more than the
printed resources. (Tuala et. al., 2018)
Entertainment
Many experts see the computer, combined with multimedia
capabilities as the new tool that can transform education
(Van Horn, 2011) points out that the computer can solve many
of the problems facing teachers. In today’s environment the
teacher is expected to have a large knowledge base. The
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end or the high end of the grade level. Many compromise and
teach in the middle. Computers can solve these two problems
by enabling teachers to customize instruction for each
student (McKeown, 2011).
Villamor (2018) remind us that your child feels more
However, most of the students always used the internet
for social networking, entertainment, and news in academic
purposes. Hence, students indicated that they browse the
internet for social networking and academic purposes. The
students also used the internet in the internet café/shop.
There were some people used the internet in the house using
their mobile phones. The top seven websites commonly used by
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Chapter 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents how the study was conducted. It
also covers the description of the respondents, the
instruments that were used, the data gathering procedures
and statistical treatment utilized in analyzing the data. It
contains the research method to be used, research local,
respondents of the study, statistical design, instrument
validation and administration of questionnaires.
Research Method
This study used the descriptive method of research in
order to determine the effects of internet in academic
performance of SHS students. According to Calderon (2008),
as cited by Alberto et. al. (2011), descriptive method is
also known as statistical research, it describes data and
characteristics about the population or phenomenon being
studied. This research method is used for frequencies,
averages and other statistical calculations. Often the best
approach prior to writing descriptive research, is
conducting a survey investigation. This method is also used
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answer questions concerning the currents status of the
subject of the study.
Research Locale
The study was conducted in Maligaya National High
School, Maligaya Palayan City, municipality in
the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. The students came
from different barangays such as Bagong Buhay, Bario Militar
(Fort Magsaysay), Doña Josefa, Imelda Valley, Langka and
Maligaya.
This study focused only on the Factors that affects
Junior High School Mathematics Students in Maligaya National
High School, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija for the Academic Year
2018-2019. The study was limited in selected students in
public school in Barangay Maligaya, Palayan City.
Maligaya National High School was founded on June 01,
1968 with four pioneer teachers to approximately 225
students. It was situated in the heart of Brgy. Maligaya
adjacent to Maligaya Elementary School with Mr. Miguel E.
Sicat as the EPS-OIC.
MNHS prides itself with the sustainable improvements
acquired through the succession of inspiring leaders and
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The second year of SHS implementing has created
additional course offerings, EIM for Grade 11 and two TVL
teachers and the last quarter of SY 2017-2018 two more
teachers were added in the SHS family.
With the cooperation of the school personnel, MNHS
continues to soar greater heights and has maintain its
exemplary image as one of the performing schools in the
division of Nueva Ecija.
Currently, its faculty and staff consist of 27 Junior
High School Teachers and 6 Senior High School Teachers, 5
Administrative and 5 Teaching Related personnel and its
enrollees constitutes of 739 Junior High School and 152
Senior High School learners. It is made up of 21 classrooms
with additional two-storey building with 6 classrooms soon
to be completed.
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FIGURE 2. Map of Maligaya, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija,

Philippines
Respondents of the Study
The respondents of the study were the senior high
school students in public secondary school in Maligaya,
Palayan City during academic year 2018-2019.
There were 151 Grades 11 and 12 Senior High School
learners from Maligaya National High School, Palayan City
District.
Table 1
Distribution of Respondents
Names of School Learners

Grade 11 GAS 39
Grade 11 TVL 52
Grade 12 GAS 18
Grade 12 TVL 42
Total 151
Statistical Design
The data gathered from the questionnaire were recorded
using the Microsoft Excel. For the profile of the
respondents, frequency counting and percentage formula were
used. While for range of likert scale was determined with
corresponding verbal interpretation as follows.
Range Verbal Interpretation

4.50 – 5.00 Always used
3.50 - 4.49 Often used
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2.50 – 3.49 Occasionally used

1.50 – 2.49 Sometimes used
1.00 – 1.49 Never used
Finally, Correlation Analyst in Statistical Package for
social Sciences (SPSS) was used to determine relationship
between the profile of the student-respondents and their
teaching strategies and activities. Spearman rho is used to
know if the resulting value in the significance in the
intersection of two variables is less than 0.05, it means
that the two variables have relationship to each other of
significance.
The Instrument
The main instrument used in this study was the
researchers-made questionnaire. The questionnaire was
divided into 2 parts. Part I contained data regarding the
profile of the student-respondents. Part II contained the 5-
item questions on internet websites in academic performance,
gaming, social networking, entertainment and news.
The questionnaire attempted to determine the
Performance of Grades 11 and 12 Students thru academic
performance using internet.
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The questionnaire has two parts. The first part is
about demographic profile and the second part is the 5-item
questions that described regarding the use of internet in
academic performance, gaming, social networking,
entertainment and news. Each likert descriptors was based on
the researchers’ readings and understanding. To validate the
test questions, the researchers asked their statistician for
the appropriate statistical treatment that will be used in
this study. With the permission of the principal, the
questionnaire underwent a dry run procedure at the Junior
High School Students in Maligaya NHS, Maligaya Palayan City.
Administration of the Questionnaire
After the validation of the instrument, permission from
the High School Principals and Head Teachers from the
respondent schools was secured before the distribution of
the questionnaire to the respondents.
The respondents were informed about the purpose of
conducting the study, the contents of the questionnaire, and
the direction on how to accomplish the questionnaire. They
were given enough time to accomplish the instrument.
The researchers personally collected the questionnaire
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the questionnaire were answered and to ensure 100% return of
the questionnaire and tallied the respondents’ answers and
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Chapter 4
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
This chapter presents the data gathered which were
consequently tabulated, analyzed and interpreted to answer
the following questions in Chapter 1.
1. Profile of the student-respondents in terms of:
1.1. Age
The student-respondents’ demographic profile is
presented on the following tables.
Table 3
Age of the student-Respondents
Age Frequency Percentage (%)

16 13 13.69
17 38 40.00
18 32 33.68
19 7 7.37
20 years old and above 5 5.26
Total 95 100
Table 3 shows the age of the respondents. It can be
seen in the table that thirty eight or 40.00% of the
respondents were 17 years old while thirty two or 33.68% of
the respondents were 18 years old. It is also shown that
thirteen or 13.69% of the respondents were 16 years old and
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The finding implies that almost all student-respondents
were 17 years old and above. Ages of the respondents is one
of the most important characteristics in understanding their
views about the particular problems by and large age
indicates level of maturity of individuals in that sense age
becomes more important to examine the response. (Bitstream,
2014)
More so, around the world more than 80% of our youth
are spending a large amount of time on the internet because
the internet was introduced at a very young age into their
lives, the new generation of students became one of the
excessive internet use. (Di Nicola, 2014)
1.2 Gender
Table 4
Sex of the Student-Respondents
Sex Frequency Percentage (%)

Male 40 42.11
Female 55 57.89
Total 95 100
Table 4 presents the gender of the student-respondents.
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female respondents, and forty or 42.11% were male
respondents.
The finding implies that more than half of the student-
respondents were males. It only implies that there were more
female students than male in the school where the study was
conducted. This implies that the respondents’ age fall
within the expected age bracket of SHS students. (Dharel,
2016)
However, studies conducted on the students shown that
internet addiction has been accompanied by major problems
such as the educational drop, reduced the curriculum study,
anxiety, reduced interpersonal relationships and reduced
physical activities, irregularity and nutritional diseases.
Studies carried out on the pupils and students showed that
with the increasing the internet use prevalence of the
internet addiction increases. Few studies have reported the
higher rate of internet addiction in men compared the women.
(Tuala et. al., 2018)

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1.3 Time
Table 5
Time Spent of the Student-Respondents
Time spent in Internet Frequency Percentage (%)

1 Hour per day 24 25.26
2 Hours per day 24 25.26
6 Hours and above a day 2 2.11
Total 95 100
Table 5 presents the time spent in internet of the
student-respondents. From the table, it can be seen that
twenty or 25.26% of the student-respondents were spent 1 to
2 hours in internet a day and sixteen or 16.84% were spent 5
hours while fifteen or 15.79% of them were spent 3 hours in
using internet.
According to Villamor (2018) time spent using e-mail
and surfing online has increased significantly between years
1996 and 2011, various types of Internet use has been
use like shopping, playing games or doing a research.
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the use of the Internet is one of the main factors which
affects academic performance and social life of students.
Most of the people spend a lot of time on the non-
purposeful search in the internet in the process of
searching the scientific information that not only deviates
them from their main aim of searching and developing the
knowledge boundaries in the universities but also causes the
internet addiction. (Tuala et. al., 2018)
It becomes essential for us to be aware of its impact
on adolescent behavior, their psychological well-being and
development. However, The internet acts as a mechanism for
information dissemination like educational purposes, social
interaction in social network sites, emails, chats, blogs
etc. and entertainment in online games, songs, videos, films
etc. (Di Nicola, 2014)
Table 6
Respondents’ Response on Academic Performance
Verbal Interpretation Frequency Percentage (%)

Always used 25 26.32
Often used 31 32.63
Occasionally used 28 29.47
Sometimes used 9 9.47
Never used 2 2.11
Total 95 100
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It can be seen on the table that the highest frequency
which is 43 fell on “Often used” with a percentage of 45.26%
while the lowest frequency fell on “Never used” which got
the lowest percentage of 3.16%.
Villamor’s (2018) conclusions drawn from this study is
that the use of the Internet is one of the main factors
students.
More so, the role of Internet in teaching-learning
cannot be overemphasized. The issue of the poor academic
performance of students is traced to certain factors which
can hinder student understanding. Academic achievement is an
important parameter in measuring success in students.
Observations and reports have shown that success or high
academic achievement has become a “Herculean task” to
accomplish by students in recent times.
However, the decline in the academic performance of
students in Nigerian universities had been highlighted by
Soyinka (2011), when he observed that university system in
Nigeria needed restructuring. He went further to say that
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graduates being produced by the nation’s universities is
questionable and subject to re-examination. Poor academic
achievement of students has been of great concern to
educationists, government and the public in general.
Table 7
Respondents’ Response on Gaming

Always used
Often used 8 8.42
Never used 44 46.32
Total 95 100
which is 44 fell on “Never used” with a percentage of 46.32%
while the lowest frequency fell on “Often used” which got
Increase in online gaming brings a high exposure to
violence and explicit content online. Excessive Gaming or
Online Gaming Addiction can be classified as an impulse
control disorder, defined as an urge to continuously play
game despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to
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Table 8
Respondents’ Response on Social Networking

Often used 40 42.11
Never used
Total 95 100
while the lowest frequency fell on “Always used” which got
Social media sites have become common and giving people
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2006, after Facebook and MySpace were created. Although the
time spent on people in general to perform online access can
be very productive and compulsive. However, the Internet use
can be a bad influence on the life works and relationships
within the family. Villamor, (2018)
study will also explore the influence of other variables
such as student’s gender and grade level and school type.
Empirical studies showed mixed results with regard to the
impact of social networks on academic performance.
(Abdulahi, et. al., 2014) Studies have found that the
participation of students on social networks may have both
positive and negative impacts on their academic performance.
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media networks and the Internet is one of the most important
factors that can influence educational performance of
students positively or adversely.”
school children’s use of social networking are rare.
Badri, et. al., (2016) examined the usage of social
media devices and applications among students in Abu Dhabi.
A survey of more than 31,000 children from private and
public schools showed a high home access to the Internet of
91.7%. Results showed that children used social media mainly
for keeping contact with friends and family and for learning
purposes. A report by Al Sayigh (2013) noted that “the new
communication revolution has effected a major change in the
culture and lifestyle of people, particularly of the youth.
Many of the prevailing problems afflicting the youth such as
introversion, social isolation, Internet addiction, poor
performance at schools, and the acquisition of bad habits
and values, such as violence and criminal behavior are a
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social culture.” The report added that “sophisticated
devices, such as iPad, pose a new challenge to Emirati
families as they remain in the hands of children and are a
matter of concern for many parents. Some complain that iPad
has stolen their kids from them as these devices divert them
from their daily studies, completing their homework, and
even from communicating with the rest of the family.”
study also explored the influence of other variables such as
student’s gender and grade level and school type. Empirical
studies showed mixed results with regard to the impact of
social networks on academic performance. (Abdulahi, et. al.,
2014) Studies have found that the participation of students
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impacts on their academic performance. (Mehmood and Taswir,
2013) noted that “the use of social media networks and the
Internet is one of the most important factors that can
influence educational performance of students positively or
adversely.”
Table 9
Respondents’ Response on Entertainment

Often used 28 29.47
Never used 5 5.27
Total 95 100
while the lowest frequency fell on “Never used” which got
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Hence, students indicated that they browse the internet
for social networking and academic purposes. The students
also used the internet in the internet café/shop. There were
some people used the internet in the house using their
mobile phones. The top seven websites commonly used by the
respondents are facebook.com, google.com, instagram.com,
Table 10
Respondents’ Response on News

Always used 7 7.37
Often used 25 26.32
Never used 8 8.41
Total 95 100
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which is 30 fell on “Sometimes used” with a percentage of
31.58% while the lowest frequency fell on “Never used” which
got the lowest percentage of 7.37%.
The study implies that using the electronic networks or
news has been increased and the internet has changed into
one of the main channels of obtaining the information in the
universities and higher education centers. (Edlagan, 2018)
Various remarkable features of the web new and
electronic resources such as high rate of production, easy
access, low cost and so on compared with those of the
printed resources are among the reasons that users now
prefer the internet for satisfying their needs more than
ever before. The results showed that the average use of the
electronic resources and news by the students is more than
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Table 10
Respondents’ Response in 5 Independent Variables
Weighted Mean Verbal

Internet Web Browser (WM) Interpretation
Academic Performance 3.66 Sometimes used
Gaming 1.79 Sometimes used
Social Networking 3.37 Occasionally used
Entertainment 3.49 Occasionally used
News 2.49 Sometimes used
Total 2.96 Occasionally used
As presented in the table, although the five internet
Web Browser got the almost the same verbal interpretation of
“Occasionally used” they still differ from one another which
is proceeded by their weighted means.
The study implies that still academic performance rank
first on students use of the internet but with lecturers
using it as a supplement to classroom teaching and as an
information source, the students will utilize the internet
more for information retrieval on academic and professional
issues.
From the data gathered, most of the respondents always
used the Internet for Social Networking, Entertainment,
News, and Academic purposes. Hence, respondents indicated
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academic purposes. The respondents also used the internet in
the internet café/shop. There were some respondents used the
internet in the house using their mobile phones. (Asian
Institute of Journalism and Communication, 2015) Moreover,
internet is widely used by students in education to seek
relevant information and materials to complete their
assignments or projects. Besides, most libraries in the
school also subscribe to online journal databases, online
books and other academic resources for students’ usage.
(Kingsley, 2013)
The Internet can be used to advantage for knowledge
acquisition purposes by serving as an alternative to scarce
and outdated books. Instructors or Lecturers should refer
students to educational websites for more information.
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Table 11:
Descriptive Statistics
Mean Std. N
Deviation
Age 17.55 1.146 95

General Average 84.84 5.108 95
Gender M=1 F=2 1.58 .496 95
Time spent using

2.81 1.559 95
internet
Academic Performance 3.656842 .9805180 95
Gaming 1.788947 .8816745 95
Social Networking 3.365789 .8892461 95
Entertainment 3.492632 1.0945943 95
News 2.936842 1.0830466 95
Table 2 shows the age of the respondents were 17 years
old and above. It can be seen in the table the general
average in their subjects out of 95 respondents were 84.84
and majority of them were females. The weighted mean for
time spent over the internet is 2.81 with standard deviation
of 1.559. It can be also seen in the table the academic
performance of the senior high school students were 3.656842
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on page 38 there were 1.788947 weighted mean or .8816745 of
standard deviation. In social Networking were 3.365789 or .
8892461 of standard deviation, Entertainment were 3.492632
with the standard deviation of 1.0945943 and the last were
News with 2.936842 or 1.0830466 standard deviation.
The time spent using e-mail and surfing online has
increased significantly between years 1996 and 2011, various
types of Internet use has been associated with positive and
negative effects, symptoms of dysphoric has been associated
with several types of internet use like shopping, playing
games or doing a research, conclusions drawn from this study
is that the use of the Internet is one of the main factors
students. (Ghana, 2014)
However, internet is widely used by students in
libraries in the school subscribe to online journal
students’ usage. (Labucay, 2015)
This study examined the structural relations between
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social networking presented incorporates independent
constructs related to children’s attitude with regard to
social networking, reasons for using social networking,
things done on social networking, and topics used. The
dependent constructs cover perceived school performance and
social effects of social networking. The study will also
explore the influence of other variables such as student’s
gender and grade level and school type. Empirical studies
showed mixed results with regard to the impact of social
networks on academic performance. (Abdulahi, et. al., 2014)
Studies have found that the participation of students on
social networks may have both positive and negative impacts
on their academic performance. (Mehmood and Taswir, 2013)
noted that “the use of social media networks and the
Internet is one of the most important factors that can
influence educational performance of students positively or
adversely.”
Table 12
Correlations
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Age Gen. Gende Time Acade Gamin Socia Entert News

Ave. r Spent mic g l ainmen
M=1 Using Perfo Netwo t
F=2 Interne rmanc rking
t e
Pearson
-.227
Correlat 1 .133 -.058 -.054 -.089 -.147 -.270** -.071
*
ion
Age Sig. (2-
.199 .576 .600 .394 .155 .027 .008 .493
tailed)
N 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
Pearson
Correlat .133 1 .381** -.196 .105 -.070 .199 .116 .105
ion
Gen. Ave. Sig. (2-
.199 .000 .057 .313 .498 .054 .261 .313
tailed)
N 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
Pearson
-.05 . -.375
Correlat 1 -.228* .281** .248* .362** .156
8 381** **
Gender M=1 ion

F=2 Sig. (2-
.576 .000 .026 .006 .000 .015 .000 .132
tailed)
N 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
Pearson
-.05 -.19 -.228
Correlat 1 -.044 .236* -.091 .129 -.047
*
Time spent 4 6
ion
using Sig. (2-
internet .600 .057 .026 .669 .022 .378 .213 .648
tailed)
N 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
Academic Pearson
-.08
Performance Correlat .105 .281** -.044 1 .125 .600** .604** .544**
9
ion
Sig. (2- .394 .313 .006 .669 .226 .000 .000 .000
tailed)
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N 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
Pearson
-.14 -.07 -.375
Correlat .236* .125 1 .365** .232* .309**
**
7 0
ion
Gaming Sig. (2-
.155 .498 .000 .022 .226 .000 .023 .002
tailed)
N 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
Pearson
-.22
Correlat .199 .248* -.091 .600** .365** 1 .758** .692**
7*
Social ion
Networking Sig. (2-

.027 .054 .015 .378 .000 .000 .000 .000
tailed)
N 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
Pearson
-.27
Correlat .116 .362** .129 .604** .232* .758** 1 .637**
0**
Entertainmen ion
t Sig. (2-
.008 .261 .000 .213 .000 .023 .000 .000
tailed)
N 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
Pearson
-.07
Correlat .105 .156 -.047 .544** .309** .692** .637** 1
1
ion
News Sig. (2-
.493 .313 .132 .648 .000 .002 .000 .000
tailed)
N 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
The finding implies around the world more than 80% of
our youth are spending a large amount of time on the
internet because the internet was introduced at a very young
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one of the first groups to use internet on a large scale and
among the first to begin experiencing problems associated
with excessive internet use. It becomes essential for us to
be aware of its impact on adolescent behavior, their
psychological well-being and development. However, The
internet acts as a mechanism for information dissemination
like educational purposes, social interaction in social
network sites, emails, chats, blogs etc. and entertainment
in online games, songs, videos, films etc. (Di Nicola, 2014)
The sense of satisfaction that comes along the internet
indulgences feeds a negative cycle where more time spent
online means less real social contact and less physical
activity, increasing the vulnerability to psychological
disorders. Hence, overuse of internet can genuinely restrain
teenagers’ experiences in life, their academic performance,
social, psychological and physical well-being. (Saisan, et.
al., 2011)
Compulsive online gaming has been responsible for some
horrifying deaths across the world including examples from
China and South Korea of addicts playing more than 50
straight hours before going into extreme cardiac arrest.
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online gaming which is estimated to reach $19 billion in
revenue by 2013. Increase in online gaming brings a high
exposure to violence and explicit content online. Excessive
Gaming or Online Gaming Addiction can be classified as an
impulse control disorder, defined as an urge to continuously
play game despite harmful negative consequences or a desire
to stop. (Bushman, 2012)
school children’s use of social networking are rare. (Badri,
et. al., 2016) examined the usage of social media devices
and applications among students in Abu Dhabi. Results showed
that children used social media mainly for keeping contact

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with friends and family and for learning purposes. A report
by Al Sayigh (2013) noted that “Many of the prevailing
problems afflicting the youth such as introversion, social
isolation, Internet addiction, poor performance at schools,
and the acquisition of bad habits and values, such as
violence and criminal behavior are a direct consequence of
the big change that has struck our social culture.” The
report added that “sophisticated devices, such as iPad, pose
a new challenge to Emirati families as they remain in the
hands of children and are a matter of concern for many
parents. Some complain that iPad has stolen their kids from
them as these devices divert them from their daily studies,
completing their homework, and even from communicating with
the rest of the family.”

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Chapter 5
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter presents the summary of findings of all
the data presented, analyzed and interpreted in Chapter IV,
the conclusions and recommendations of the researchers.
Findings
1. Profile of the Respondents
This study was conducted to the effect of using
internet in academic performance of SHS students. It used
random sampling method, descriptive correlation, percentage,
weighted mean and Spearman rho in interpreting the data
gathered.
2. Age
Thirty eight or 40.00% of the respondents were 17 years
old while thirty two or 33.68% of the respondents were 18
years old. The respondents belonged to 17 year old and
above. Ages of the respondents is one of the most important
characteristics in understanding their views and indicates
level of maturity of individuals in that sense age becomes
more important to examine the response.

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3. Gender
There were fifty-five or 57.89% female respondents and
forty or 42.11% were male respondents. There were more
female students than male in the School of Maligaya Senior
High School. This implies that the respondents’ age fall
within the expected age bracket of SHS students. (Dharel,
2016)
4. Time Spent
Twenty or 25.26% of the student-respondents were spent
1 to 2 hours in internet a day and sixteen or 16.84% were
spent 5 hours while fifteen or 15.79% of them were spent 3
hours in using internet. Internet used in shopping, playing
games or doing a research. It is also one of the main
factors which affects academic performance and social life
of students. (Ghana, 2014) However, internet is widely used
by students in education to seek relevant information and
materials to complete their assignments or projects.
(Labucay, 2015)
5. Academic Performance of the Students and gaming
The highest frequency which is 43 fell on “Often used”
with a percentage of 45.26% while the lowest frequency fell
on “Never used” which got the lowest percentage of 3.16%.

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Overuse of internet can genuinely restrain teenagers’
experiences in life, their academic performance, social,
psychological and physical well-being. (Saisan, et. al.,
2011) The finding also implies that compulsive online gaming
has been responsible for some horrifying deaths across the
world, youth getting addicted to online gaming, increase in
online gaming brings a high exposure to violence and
explicit content online. Excessive Gaming or Online Gaming
Addiction can be classified as an impulse control disorder,
defined as an urge to continuously play game despite harmful
negative consequences or a desire to stop. (Bushman, 2012)
6. Social Networking, Entertainment and News
The internet Web Browser got the almost the same verbal
interpretation of “Occasionally used” they still differ from
one another which is proceeded by their weighted means. The
model of social networking presented incorporates
independent constructs related to children’s attitude with
regard to social networking, reasons for using social
networking, things done on social networking, and topics
used. The use of social media networks and the Internet is
one of the most important factors that can influence
educational performance of students positively or adversely.

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Conclusions
Based on the findings of the study, the following
conclusions were presented:
1. Most of the respondents were in the age of 17 years old
and above, majority are females, and spending 2 hours
and above in internet.
2. Overuse of internet has bad experiences in life,
academic performance, social, psychological and
physical well-being.
3. Students’ attitude in social networking and topics must
use in their conversation that perceived in the school
performance.
4. Compulsive online gaming has been responsible for some
horrifying deaths, getting addicted to online gaming,
increase, high exposure to violence, explicit content
online and impulse control disorder.
5. The use of social media networks and internet is one of
the most important factors that can influence
educational performance of students positively or
adversely.
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6. There is a need to propose different activities on
using the internet which are necessary to enhance the
performance of SHS students thru imbedded surfing the
information in internet.
Recommendations
Based on the conclusions, the following recommendations
were given to the students to enhance their performance in
school:
1. Students had to do more dynamic games, must focus on
studies and should have at least less than 30 minutes
in online gaming. Explore the influence of other
variables such as student’s gender and grade level and
school type.
2. Further studies may be conducted particularly on:
a. A more collaborative learning activity to be
used in school to enhance learning under K to
12 Curriculum.
b. Use internet to enhance academic performance,
social, psychological and physical benefits.
c. The social networking must use in their
subject that improves the academic performance
in school
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d. Activities must be presented using modern
technologies or ICT integration which are aids
in learning the lessons and more interesting
to the 21st learners.
e. Further studies may be conducted to help
reveal and examine the performance of SHS
students thru imbedded high-tech learning.
f. The online gaming must not be addicting to the
people that increase high exposure to
violence, explicit content and result to an
impulse control disorder.
g. Increasing the working systems and bandwidth
of the internet can facilitate the quick
access to the electronic information resources
and their use.
h. Preference for using the electronic
information resources for the libraries to
devote a part of their budget for providing
this kind of information resources.
i. Articulate discussion and researches among
subjects to increase the performance of SHS
students thru the use of internet.

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Appendices
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Appendix A
REQUEST LETTER TO THE STUDENT-RESPONDENTS
26th February 2019
Dear Respondent/s:
Greetings!
We, Senior High School Students, were presently conducting a

research entitled “Internet Usage and Academic Performance of
Senior High School Students in Maligaya National High School” in
partial fulfilment of the course requirements for the General
Academic Strand.
In this connection, may we humbly ask your cooperation to answer

the attached survey questionnaire to make our study a success.
Rest assured that the information given will be treated
confidentially.
Thank you very much and God bless!
Respectfully yours,
Delos Santos, Aubrey Joyce B.

Ellorde, Gem-Rose A.
Ignacio, Kriszhen Mae DR.
Manawis, Harold L.
Orden, Jiana O.
Patingan, Ronalyn C.
Reyes, Danah Leigh G.
Song-ag, Melchior M.
Tongio, Beverly B.
-Researchers
Noted:
JESTONI J. PESTAŇO
Research Adviser
Approved:
WILMA F. RAMOS
School Principal III
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Appendix B
REQUEST LETTER TO SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
26th February 2019
WILMA F. RAMOS
Maligaya National High School
Schools Division of Nueva Ecija
Dear Madam:
Greetings!
In partial fulfilment of the course requirements for the General

Academic Strand, the researchers are conducting a research
entitled “Factors that Affects Junior High School Mathematics
Achievers in Maligaya National High.”
In this connection, they would like to request for your

permission to allow them to administer their questionnaire to the
Junior High School students of your school.
They anticipates your favorable response regarding this matter.
Thank you very much!
Respectfully yours,
Comora, Angelica C.
Cortez, Aijay DL.
Danga, Jovell L.
Galicia, Jesus M.
Garcia, Kaecelene C.
Mico, Marivic J.
Omega, Rod F.
Orden, Saira D.
-Researchers
Noted:
JESTONI J. PESTAŇO
Research Adviser
Approved
WILMA F. RAMOS
Appendix C
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SAMPLE STUDENT-RESPONDENTS QUESTIONNAIRE
Name: _____________ Gender: M __ F __ Age: ______

Time Spent in using internet: _______
Direction: Put a check mark in the box provided information

that describes you on using internet.
Always used (5)

Often used (4)
Occasionally used (3)
Sometimes used (2)
Never used (1)
I. ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE 5 4 3 2 1
1. I use internet to gain information to my
lesson
2. I use internet for my assignment
3. I use internet for my reports and research
4. I use internet for dictionary and history
5. I use internet to read in advance our topic
II. GAMING 5 4 3 2 1
6. I use internet to play DOTA
7. I use internet to play mobile legend
8. I use internet to play online chess
9. I use internet to play crossfire
10. I use internet to play PUBG
III. SOCIAL NETWORKING 5 4 3 2 1

11. I use Google in searching
12. I watch videos on YouTube
13. I use Skype to talk with others
14. I use Facebook to post and upload picture
or videos
15. I use Yahoo Mail to send messages
IV. ENTERTAINMENT 5 4 3 2 1
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16. I use internet to watch movies

17. I use internet to read Watt Pad stories
18. I use internet to watch Vlogs
19. I use internet to listen Spotify music
20. I use internet to connect with my friends
IV. NEWS 5 4 3 2 1
21. I use internet for showbiz update
22. I use internet to watch daily news
23. I use internet weather broadcast
24. I use internet to verify social and
political issues
25. I use internet for sports event

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Republic of the Philippines

“We are all connected by the Internet, like neurons in

Today with more than 1.5 billion Internet users around

become an integral part of our society. It has spawned a

revolution not only for commerce but also in communication

and interpersonal behavior. This technology changed the way

people are socializing, studying, working, shopping,

searching for jobs and spending their leisure time.

Around the world more than 80% of our youth are

spending a large amount of time on the internet. It was

introduced at a very young age into their lives, the new

generation of children and adolescents became one of the

first groups to use internet on a large scale and among the

first to begin experiencing problems associated with

excessive internet use. (Dinicola, 2014) Therefore, it

becomes essential for us to be aware of its impact on

adolescent behavior, their psychological well-being and

development. (Villamor, 2012)

Given these descriptions, internet is a collection of

millions of computers around the world that are connected

between each other. It is also a medium does not have the

limitation of information on each user and many people are

highly dependent on the Internet because it has many

advantages that can simplify a lot of work, the internet is

helpful for effectiveness and efficiency. The shape of the

effectiveness and efficiency of a given Internet and has

users. With the presence of the internet which is the

development of information and communication technologies.

Sainz, (2010) said that online activity on social media

such as Facebook in Indonesia has reached 42.5 million,

which is the fourth highest in the world, about 18% of the

population of Indonesia has had the most popular social

media accounts in this world.

As a matter of fact, the number of Twitter users in

Indonesia amounted to 5.7 million, the third largest in the

world. The number of mobile phone users in Indonesia has

reached 266 million numbers, exceeding the population of

Indonesia itself Indonesian population as a whole reached

245 million people, including one of the countries with the

largest population in the world. (Sainz, 2010)

The number of Internet users reached 55 million people.

Number of Internet users in Indonesia dominate Asia amounted

to 22.4%, after Japan Technological developments are

increasingly modern and sophisticated this is not the only

users especially among students.

It is perceived very well by Sainz (2010) that the

development of Internet technology has changed the pattern

of community interaction among in business interaction,

economic, social and cultural interactions. Internet has

contributed so much to society, company, industry, education

and government, communication, publications, as well as to

obtain the information needed by everyone, especially among

students who are essentially still in the process of self,

is still full of flavor curious and unstable. With this fact

it is possible to abuse the use of the internet.

The researchers who were Senior High School Students

learning style to enhance the knowledge and skills in

understanding subject under the K to 12 Curriculum decided

to conduct this study to determine the internet usage in

academic subjects and help them to be connected in internet

like neurons in a giant brain as what mentioned by Stephen

Hawking (2018) in his book.