The Effect of Mobile Devices in Senior High School Students Academic Learning o
The Effect of Mobile Devices in Senior High School Students Academic Learning o
The Effect of Mobile Devices in Senior High School Students Academic Learning o
A Research Paper
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ACADEMIC TRACK
MAY 2021
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This thesis titled The Effect of Mobile Devices in Senior High School Students' Academic
Learning on LKBP Integrated School Year 2020-2021 prepared and submitted by Kathleen
Joy Villano ,Mike Christan A Carrillo and Kyla Sulit in partial fulfilment of the requirements for
the Practical Research 2, has been examined and is recommended for acceptance and approval.
Mr. Christian Bern S. Dela Cruz
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APPROVED:
MAY 2021
ABSTRACT
Title of research: The Effect of Mobile Devices in Senior High School Students' Academic
Learning on LKBP Integrated School Year 2020-2021
Track and Strand; Academic Track, Accountancy, Business and Management, General
Academic Strand
Key words:
The purpose of this study is to know the effect of using mobile devices in student academic
learning from LKBP Integrated school using mobile devices is timely and relevant in our
generation this is being part of education system all over the world as researcher student we
wanted to conduct this kind of study to inform our future reader regarding to the topic the
method we used is quantitative research design to analyze data gathered in fact we conducted
survey quiz for each strand in LKBP Integrated school the quiz was related to their strand the
will be proof that using mobile devices has an impact in their academic learning and also we get
the grading system as base of our study and regard in related study we involved a lot of study in
this research to make it concreted and realistic theory the researcher indicated Ubiquitous
Learning as main theory for the result this study had positive result that using mobile devices
have an positive effect in student academic learning in LKBP Integrated student
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER : 1 INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study…………………………………………..
Hypothesis …………………………………………………………
Figure 1: Are you using mobile devices? (e.g smartphones, tablet, laptop)
Figure 1.1: Are you using mobile devices? (e.g smartphones, tablet, laptop)
Figure 4: Cheating on quizzes with use of mobile devices to boost academic achievement
Figure 4.1: Cheating on quizzes with use of mobile devices to boost academic
achievement
Figure 5: Paying attention to other things that are not connected with the lesson such as
application in mobile devices than listening to teachers
Figure 5.1: Paying attention to other things that are not connected with the lesson such as
application in mobile devices than listening to teachers
Summary………………………………………………………
Conclusions…………………………………………………
Recommendations…………………………………………………
Bibliography………………………………………………
Appendices……………………………………………
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
"Mobile phones are misnamed. They should be called gateways to human knowledge."
- Ray Kurzweil
Technology allows students to have easy access to knowledge, learn faster, and practice
what they've learned in a fun way. It allows students to delve deeper into difficult topics and
learn about new subjects. The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly showing why online education is
an important component of teaching and learning. Teachers should harness online learning as a
powerful teaching tool by incorporating technology into current curricula, rather than using it
exclusively as a crisis-management tool. Students' participation can be increased, teachers' lesson
plans can be improved, and personalized learning can be facilitated through the use of digital
learning resources in the classroom. Students' participation can be increased, teachers' lesson
plans can be improved, and personalized learning can be facilitated through the use of digital
learning resources in the classroom. It also assists students in developing critical 21st-century
skills.
Technology education is the study of technology in which students "learn about
technological processes and skills." It is a field of study that deals with people's ability to form
and alter the physical world to suit their needs by using techniques to manipulate materials and
resources. It addresses the gap between widespread adoption and a lack of understanding of the
technological components of the systems in use and how to repair them. This new discipline
aims to improve students' overall scientific and technical literacy as well as their technology.
Educational technology focuses on a more narrow subset of technology use that revolves around
the use of technology in and for education as opposed to technology education's focus on
technology's use in general.
The term "electronic learning system" refers to an educational network that operates over
the Internet. Learning through an Electronic Learning Management System (LMS features)
produces positive learning experiences and outcomes due to its convenience and versatility.
Given the current environment of rapidly evolving markets, scattered workforces, and
dependence on online systems, they often complement most – if not all – industries. E-learning is
a learning system that is focused on formalized instruction but uses electronic tools. Although
teaching may take place in or out of the classroom, E-learning makes education flexible because
there is no limitation of time and space, so E-learning makes learning easier to learn. In this
generation mobile devices has become a major part of life especially in this pandemic.
Technology has been argued as having a positive impact on our way of thinking. Steve
Johnson (2005), in his nationally bestselling book Everything Bad is Good for You, posited that
technology is making us more intelligent due our means of obtaining, interpreting, and
processing information. Many studies have discussed how technology affects our brains and
impacts how much its use affects the way that we think and perform.
Specific Questions:
1. What are the significant effects of using mobile devices to the students?
2. Does mobile devices help the students to study more?
3. Does it affect positively or negatively to the students?
Objectives
The researchers will get information from existing study that is related to this research for
them to accomplish their goal and to know if using mobile devices affects the student’s academic
performances positively or negatively.
Specific Objectives:
1. To know the significant effects of using mobile devices to students.
2. To distinguish if mobile devices help the students to study more.
3. To see if it affects positively or negatively to the student’s academic performance.
Hypothesis
Mobile devices have positive effects on the student’s academic performances because
using mobile phones when studying or doing homework helps the students find references from
google instantly. Searching for examples and brief explanations of a certain topic through the
internet is way easier and more convenient than opening books or notes. Using mobile phones or
any kind of gadgets is really convenient especially with the current situation the world is facing.
As people know, every resource a person needs for studying like books, lectures, and tutorials
can be stored and accessed through mobiles. In this study, mobile devices have positive effects
on the student’s academic performances.
LKBP Integrated School's Senior High School Students - They are the most benefited in this
study because using mobile devices may affect their academic performances.
LKBP Integrated School's Teachers and Advisers - Teachers are also benefited in this study
because they can teach and guide the implementation of using mobile devices to their students.
Family of the Students - Parents are included as the beneficiaries because the study will give
them ideas about mobile devices affecting students' academic performances so they can guide
their children in a right way.
Future Researchers - This study will help the future researchers as their basis when they are
going to conduct a study related to this. They can get information they need for their research.
Scope and Limitations
This study focuses on mobile devices affecting the academic performance of Senior High
School Students from LKBP Integrated School. This study was limited to 30 respondents. The
respondent is limited to senior high school students of LKBP Integrated School. The study will
not cover other problems that are not related to the topic.
Definition of Terms
Electronic Learning System - refers to an educational network that operates over the Internet.
Mobile devices - are a piece of portable electronic equipment that can connect to the internet,
especially a smartphone or tablet computer."whether you're on a mobile device or a desktop,
good security practices are the best way to avoid these threats"
Online Learning - an emerging approach to learn at students’ own premise through advanced
information-communication technologies (such as Blackboard, Moodle, YouTube, Virtual
Reality) either asynchronously or synchronously.
Pandemic - is defined as “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing
international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people”.
Delve deeper - is a turn-based Adventure/Strategy game for Windows that combines HD pixel
art, tile placement, and RPG elements in a bright and humorous atmosphere.
Harness - a set of straps and fittings by which a horse or other draft animal is fastened to a cart,
plow, etc. and is controlled by its driver.
Scattered - occurring or found at intervals or various locations rather than all together.
Theoretical Framework
A theory is a set of accepted beliefs or organized principles that explain and guide
analysis. Some theories helped the researchers in conducting this study that they can explain the
important ideas related to the study.
Ubiquitous Learning
An everyday learning environment that is supported by mobile and embedded computers and
wireless networks in our everyday life. It is aimed to provide learners with content and
interaction anytime and anywhere. The learning process includes the real-life experience
augmented with virtual information and is adapted to the learner and learner’s environment. The
content objects, activities, and the interaction with the system and with other humans are
customized according to learner’s current goals of learning, interests and preferences, cognitive
characteristics, history and current state of competency in the subject matter in hand, the
characteristics and demands of the location, the technology being used as the medium and
facilitator for learning, and the context of the situation in which the learning is taking place.
Conceptual Framework
INPUT PROCESS
Survey
Aims to know if using
Data Gathering
mobile devices in their
Data Analysis
study has a significant Interpretation of Data
effect on a student's Statistical Treatment
academic learning.
Student’s comprehension
on the effects of mobile
devices on their
academic learning.
OUTPUT
The conceptual framework shows the input that is the problem of this study which aims to know
if using mobile devices in their study has a significant effect on student’s academic learning. The
next is the process to answer the study’s aim which is Survey, Data Gathering, Data Analysis,
Interpretation of Data, and Statistical Treatment. And lastly the output which is the outcome of
input and process. The output is the student’s comprehension on the effects of mobile devices to
their academic learning.
Related Studies
These study reviewed related literature from the internet organized under teh following sub-
headings;
● The Use And Effect Of Smartphones In Students’ Learning Activities
● The Impact of Mobile Devices on Student’s Learning
● Impact of Smartphone Usage on Academic Performance Among Students of Higher
Learning
This chapter shows the methods and procedures used in this study. The researchers will
make this chapter to get information and to know how using mobile devices affect the academic
performance of Senior High School Students from LKBP Integrated School.
Research Instrument
The researchers use surveys as their research instruments to gather datas. They also use
scale because it will give precise information from the respondents and they can easily determine
if the significant effect of mobile devices on a student's academic performance will be positive or
negative.
Section 1 : Open Ended Questions, In this part, the researchers ask the respondents related
questions about our topic with the response of their own.
Section 2 : A Likert Scale Question , It consists of questions that are related to the research
problem and can be answered by choosing strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, and
strongly disagree.
● Strongly Agree
● Agree
● Undecided
● Disagree
● Strongly Disagree
Data Processing and Statistical Treatment
After collecting the gathered data, it will be encoded to the software which is the
Spreadsheet to tally the datas and percentage. The result will determine the significant effect of
using mobile devices on a student's academic performances. The frequency of each response will
be determined on the numbers of students who strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and
strongly disagree with the survey questions.
The answers of the respondents will be determined by using the formula of the percentage.
This chapter includes the presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data that have been
gathered from the respondent’s answers from the surveys that the researchers conducted.
Figure 1: Are you using mobile devices? (e.g smartphones, tablet, laptop)
This graph figure shows that 100% of Senior high school used mobile such as (smartphone,
tablet, laptop)
Figure 1.1: Are you using mobile devices? (e.g smartphones, tablet, laptop)
Agree 25 100%
Disagree 0 0%
This table figure shows that 100% or 25 over 25 respondents used mobile devices
Figure 2: Using mobile devices enhances academic learning.
This figure shows that using mobile devices enhance academic learning of senior high
students from LKBP integrated school 64% (16) of them agree, 16% (4) undecided,16% (4)
strongly agree, 4% (1) disagree that mobile can enhance their academic learning.
This figure shows the number of respondent and the percentage base on their response by the
used of given formula
80 2 8.05%
82 1 3.67%
86 1 3.85%
87 1 3.89%
88 3 11.81%
89 3 11.95%
90 2 8.05%
91 4 16.29%
92 2 8.23%
93 3 12.48%
94 3 12.62%
2235 25 100.89%
Formula: Grade x Number = Total Percentage
Total of grades
This figure shows the first semester general average of senior high school students. This shows
also that the majority of the respondents passed.
Figure 4: Cheating on quizzes with use of mobile devices to boost academic achievement
This figure is the result of cheating on quizzes with the use of mobile devices to boost
academic achievement. 52% (13) strong disagree then 28% (7) disagree, 12% (3) agree, 8% (2)
undecided with the total of 100%
Figure 4.1: Cheating on quizzes with use of mobile devices to boost academic achievement
Agree 3 12.00%
Undecided 2 8.00%
Disagree 7 28.00%
Total 25 100.00%
This figure shows the number of respondent and the percentage base on their response by the
used of given formula
Figure 5: Paying attention to other things that are not connected with the lesson such as
application in mobile devices than listening to teachers
This figure shows that 32% (8) disagree that they paying attention to other things that are
not connected with the lesson such as applications in mobile devices than listening to teachers,
24% (6) undecided,24% (6) agree, 20(5)% strong disagree with the total of 100%
Figure 5.1: Paying attention to other things that are not connected with the lesson such as
application in mobile devices than listening to teachers
Agree 6 24.00%
Undecided 6 24.00%
Disagree 8 32.00%
Total 25 100.00%
Formula: Total Respondents x Percentage 24% (0.24) = Number of Respondents
Number of Respondents/ Total Respondents x 100 = Percentage
This figure shows the number of respondent and the percentage base on their response by the
used of given formula
This figure shows that 32% (8) disagree that they listening to music as way to concentrate
from memorizing, 20% (5) strongly agree, 16% (4) undecided, 16% (4) agree, 16% (4) strongly
disagree with the total of 100%
Agree 4 16.00%
Undecided 4 16.00%
Disagree 8 32.00%
Total 25 100.00%
This figure shows the number of respondents and the percentage based on their response by the
use of a given formula.
Agree 14 56.00%
Undecided 1 4.00%
Disagree 2 8.00%
Total 25 100.00%
JasperDe
Guzman 4 80% 5 100%
Yanni
Crisostomo 5 100% 5 100%
John Michael
Nacion 3 60% 5 100%
This figure shows the result of the conducted quiz to measure how mobile devices affect the
academic performance of a student. The total percentage of score results without searching is
80%. While the score results with searching or using your mobile devices, the percentage
increases up to 100%.
13 65 73.85% 65 95.38%
For the summary results of the academic track,, the total percentage of score results without
searching is 73.85%. While the score results with searching or using your mobile devices, the
percentage increases up to 95.38%. So the researchers thought that using mobile devices will
help students in terms of their academic performance. This result was important for the students
especially in the academic track.
Amanda
Mariano 3 60% 5 100%
This figure shows the result that the researchers conducted to measure how mobile devices affect
the academic performance of a student. The total percentage of score results without searching is
66.67%. While the score results with searching or using your mobile devices, the percentage
increases up to 100%.
This figure shows the result that the researchers conducted to measure how mobile devices affect
the academic performance of a student. The total percentage of score results without searching is
76.67%. While the score results with searching or using your mobile devices, the percentage
increases up to 100%.
Figure 13: Summary of Results from Tech-voc Track.
For the summary results of the quiz that the Tech-voc track, the total percent of the score result
without using mobile devices or searching is 71.67%. While the score result with the use of
mobile devices increases up to 100%
CHAPTER V
SUMMARY
This study investigated how using mobile devices in studying affected the academic
performance of senior high school students of LKBPIS high school students. This study also
measures the significant effect of mobile devices to a student's academic performance by
conducting a quiz that they do not use their smartphones and by using their mobile devices. The
quantitative-survey method was adopted for this study. Twenty-five (25) senior high school
students of LKBP Integrated School were selected to be the respondents. The main theory is
Ubiquitous Learning Theory wherein it can be defined as an everyday learning environment that
is supported by mobile and embedded computers and wireless networks in our everyday life. It is
aimed to provide learners with content and interaction anytime and anywhere. The survey
findings attested that the study's hypothesis, in which the effects of using mobile devices on
students' academic performance is positive.
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
Based on the data collected, the findings of this study depicted that:
● Students from LKBP Integrated School use mobile devices in their study.
a. Majority of the students uses mobile phones as an equipment reviewer
b. Majority of the students listen to music on their mobile devices to concentrate on
memorizing.
c. And the majority of the students disagree on cheating using their mobile devices.
● Most of the students agree that using mobile devices can enhance their academic
performance.
● Using mobile devices in their study has positive effects on students' academic
performance.
CONCLUSION
The findings of the study has prolonged the prevailing knowledge on the effects of
mobile devices on students' academic learning. First, based on the findings of this study that the
majority of the students agree that using mobile devices can enhance their academic learning,
which validates the hypothesis that there is a positive effect in using mobile devices to their
study. Second, the study discovered that the majority of the students use mobile devices as an
equipment for learning. This conclusion conforms to the hypothesis that there is a significant
effect of using mobile devices to the students. Third, the use of mobile learning theory and
ubiquitous learning helps this study by providing the learners with content or information and
interacting with others anytime and anywhere. The final conclusion, the mobile devices
positively affects the academic learning of the senior highschool students of LKBP Integrated
School.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. The usage of mobile devices in their study time should be monitored by the parents and
making sure that the device is used effectively in enhancing their talents and knowledge.
2. Proper control in using mobile devices and do not let yourself be distracted.
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APPENDICES
What is your general average in your 1st semester?
● Agree
● Disagree
● Strongly Agree
● Agree
● Undecided
● Disagree
● Strongly Disagree
● Strongly Agree
● Agree
● Undecided
● Disagree
● Strongly Disagree
Paying attention to other things that are not connected with the lesson such as application
in mobile devices than listening to teachers
● Strongly Agree
● Agree
● Undecided
● Disagree
● Strongly Disagree
● Strongly Agree
● Agree
● Undecided
● Disagree
● Strongly Disagree
● Strongly Agree
● Agree
● Undecided
● Disagree
● Strongly Disagree