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Positive and Negative Effects of Gadgets To The Student
Positive and Negative Effects of Gadgets To The Student
reached at such level that, without these, they can’t think a step forward
In the year where electronic gadgets are not yet invented like
Students rely on books and visit library facilities to study, read their notes
and review their school lesson. During those years, despite the lack of
computers and hi-tech gadgets students still achieve high and good grades
and the students are still focused on their students. They strive hard just to
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Classrooms around the world have implemented many forms of
(lsernhagen, 1999, 30). Much has been written about how to use
student learning (Riley, Beard and Strain, 47). Research has shown both
(Davis, 1997, 49). Can we make better students through the use of
interact with the content, define learning goals, and explore new
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understandings through authentic, challenging tasks" (Isernhagen, 1999,
30). The purpose of this study is to compare the affects that technology
with other individuals. While cell phones have become less of a status
engage in SMS messing, making phone calls, accessing the internet from
seeking behaviour has also linked adolescents and young adults to have
the desire to take risks with relationships, rules and roles. Individuals
self – esteem use cell phones to form and maintain social relationships.
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They form an attachment with cell phone which molded their mind that
The gadgets are very useful, they help us connect to each other,
they make us learn new things and discover new things/. The reason why
and to improve their way of life, especially the students. The gadgets
make our life better in many ways. Let’s take for example the cellphone,
many of you are “lost” without it and when it comes to students this
have a lot of features and they are not just devices made for
students can be the fact that they can become obsessive and the students
can neglect everything else, like their social life, their family and friends.
It is not a bad thing to have a computer, but it is a bad thing to spend all
do things faster and easier and they are also good when it comes to
learning new things and, let’s face it, they make our life a lot easier.
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Technology has always been advancing throughout the years. It has
things that are affected in the society; having been a common source of
obsessed using gadgets. They usually want to buy the latest release of
their lives including in their studies. Students tend to use up more time in
gadgets has become a way of life. Gadgets nowadays are a basic need for
Gadgets help students a lot by doing their projects more productive and
may help one’s be more productive and intellectual. Nowadays, poor and
most people these days communicate with. Gadgets nowadays are a basic
need for a student. Gadgets gave a big impact into the history of humanity
because of its use. The history of gadgets spans as far back as humanity
itself- since hominids began creating tools to make their lives easier.
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Humans have always created devices and appliances with specific
most acquired by many. This will show the true power of electronically
gadgets. Electronic gadgets are the instruments which can perform many
activities at a time with vast speed and makes the hard work efficient one.
Some of them are in the following figure, there are many electronic
gadgets which we are using in our day to day life such as computer, T.V,
mobile phones, pen drive, etc. available easily. These instruments help us
by making easy paper work, entertaining and for communication. But not
to limit only this, these instruments are proved useful in almost every
and industrial activities. Also they are used to identify conditions for the
really difficult for both teachers and students. Teachers expect more to
their students and students also expect more from their teachers, but with
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gadgets or electronic devices in the system of education, it is not that
difficult anymore for both teachers and students, and with the help of this,
Students’ lives today are filled with technology that gives them
participate in social networks where people from all over the world share
students have the freedom to pursue their passions in their own w.ay and
reflect their everyday lives. Mike Muir, Bette Manchester and Jim
computers can accelerate, enrich and deepen basic skills, motivate and
and connect students and schools to the real world. Just as pens and
pencils were the predominant tools for knowledge and learning during a
large part of the last century, computers and internets are key tools for
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learning and knowledge production for the 21st century (Warschauer,
2005). Demski (2012) says, “If we want our students to be able to find
we need to prepare them for their future, not our past” (p.36).
internet because the 21st century offers us far more options to learn and
United States alone are learning online (Bonk 2010). Laptop computers
recommended that ach student and educator have at least one internet
multimedia content creation, and collaboration for use both inside and
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One to one computing (1:1), a scenario in which each student has
the past decade, with a belief that increased access to computer resources
Gulek and Demirtas, 2005; Lei and Zhao, 2008; Penuel, 2006).
students all over the world. Gadgets is a common sight today in our
schools as you see students going to school/class with some of the most
expensive and sophisticated mobile phones, tablets and iPad that has all
the applications, facilities and software that can connect them to the
internet and all forms of social media platforms, other web sites and so
on, where they chat, access, stream, download, upload, exchange and play
nature(Olofuniyi,Fashiku,& Owombo2012).
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This study will be conducted to determine the positive and
Specific Problem
Age
Gender
Year level
General Average
High School?
d. Does the usage of gadgets can really help students to have a high
grades?
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This study focuses on the positive and negative effects of
their monthly family income, their gender, and age and year level.
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performance of students of Buenavista National High School. This
a. Students
the point that they are addicted to it. It can be a guide to them
b. Parents
This study will help parents for them to know the impact of
found out in the study the different results about the usage of
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c. Teachers
class. This study will help them understand their students better.
d. School Heads
e. Future Researchers
one way where they can get ideas and information for their
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their group and sharing their skills, knowledge, opinions and
views.
E. Definition of Terms
goals.
(www.merriam.com)
As used in the study, this term refers to the useful, clear and good
disagreement, or refusal.(www.merriam.com)
As used in the study, this term refers to the harmful or bad effects
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d. Students – is a learner or someone who attends an educational
institution.(https://en.m.wikipedia.org)
As used in the study, this term refers to the one who’s attending the class,
(www.merriam.com)
As used in the study, this term refers to the use in dealing with something
F. Statement of Hypothesis
School.
School.
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G. Conceptual Framework
Independent variables are the positive and negative effects of gadgets. These
technological devices are the response variable which is observed and measured
variable.
Research Paradigm
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This chapter presents a review of local and foreign literature and studies
Foreign Literature
They can use software to make presentations and projects. This makes them
more interested in the subject and leads to better retention of information. With
technological aids, they can make easy-to remember notes and a creative
presentation of the information they have acquired it. It won’t wrong to say that
application of technology has made a student’s life easy. It’s easier for students
to carry a PDA than carrying big fat books to school. An iPad is less bulky than
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a pile of notebooks or eBook reader much lighter than a book. (Andersen and
Becker, 2009)
Due to the rapid expansiveness of technology and its wide array of uses,
interactive way. Owing to the audio-visual effects, this way of teaching invites
education, it has become easier for teachers to impart knowledge and for
students to acquire it. The use of technology has made the process of teaching
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of display on a multimedia application is of significant importance in terms of
transfer learning. In fact, too much multimedia stimulation can interfere with
performance of the student in negative result if they failed to use properly those
Guide for Designing Interactive Teaching for the World guide Web the
to exchange information. It is different from Worl Wide Web, but for the
2007)
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“Most of our youth and students today are found of going into internet
shop to use computer, without knowledge of their parents of what they are up to
you. They will ask money from their parents telling that they have something to
search in the internet for their project or assignments, although others do so, but
there are some who just make it as an alibi so that they can competent skills
with their peers through playing games online like for example war craft, battle
Foreign Studies
term “Next Generation” has been clearly defined by Prensky (2010) who states
that Net Generation members are “digital natives” since they “spent their entire
video cams, cellphones and all the other toys and tools of the digital age” which
to the addiction. Internet addiction was an important issue a few years ago.
However, smart phone addiction has become a more serious problem recently.
In order to prevent the addiction and to provide new educational methods for
the secondary school students, many researchers have proposed various kinds of
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research works such as new addiction measurement scales and the
environmental or personal factors that cause the addiction so far emphasis and
keeping in view all the factors adversely or positively impacts on their academic
notebooks and a keyboard and computer mouse are the new writing devices.
What may have required hundred pages of a book can be compacted into a tiny
memory chip. It can take hours to write, but it takes only second s to type.
Storing data has been much easier, owing to technology. (Parsad and Jones,
2008)
almost every classroom around the world, whether at each students desk or at
least at every teachers desk. In the James Kulik Study (1994), the researcher
used a technique called meta-analysis to aggregate the findings from more than
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Margaret Kay (2008) mentioned that the growth and prevalence of
modern technology has opened up the ways in which teachers can communicate
students’ progress through the schooling system, they may be required to use
said that, as technology becomes more prevalent in everyday life, schools have
workplace.
Technology is not just a device to make a classroom come more alive, but
well as students who don't have identifiable disabilities. This type of technology
can promote positive student achievement for those students that lack the basic
mathematical skills. The article states that there are many forms of technology
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that can promote academic achievement. These students are unable to take
advantage of important learning tools such as: colored tiles, cubes, pattern
blocks, and geoboards. The article explains that virtual manipulative are offered
most classrooms. That way all students can be accommodated with the proper
current study because it provides the necessary technology devices and services
for students with learning disabilities. These devices obviously can help to
It can be used an effective too; for acquiring knowledge. All a web user needs to
search results. There are several websites and web directories that offer
information on literally everything in the world. And all this is just a few clicks
away. Both teachers and students can benefit from this. Technology has
eliminated space and time constraints: Online education and distance learning
have given a new dimension to education and higher learning. Even if students
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are geographically far away from each other, they can be a part of one
classroom. Though not physically but virtually, they can. Many educational
institutes offer online courses, which eliminates time and space constraints in
students can interact with their teachers over the internet, access reference
material from the University website and earn degrees online. (Trotter, 20018)
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large information. They can be used to reveal needs and stimulate students’
promote their imaginative power. On the whole, media ensure the application of
assisted, encouraged and motivated not only to learn, but also to continue to
the learning of the student, not only to learn but also to renew something to
learn.
technology can make student study more interesting and enjoyable. The
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changing images and use of special effects, among others, can reduce boredom
learners’ participation.
Local Studies
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“POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GADGETS TO THE
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS OF BUENAVISTA
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”
An Abstract Presented to
Buenavista, Guimaras
In Partial Fulfillment of
Practical Research II
Researchers:
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Acknowledgement
To Mrs. Michel T. Casco, for helping hands and suggestions for the
improvement of the study.
To the Subject Teachers, for their consideration and patience for the
betterment of the research project.
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To _______ for the understanding, patience and unending support they
shared to the researchers through laughters and tears and for inspiring the
researchers, which made this research study possible.
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“POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GADGETS TO THE
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS OF BUENAVISTA
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”
Direction:
Please fill in the necessary information about the gadgets below by
putting a check (√) mark.
5 4 3 2 1
gadgets.
gadgets.
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4. It can make me addicted to it and become
classroom.
anywhere.
classroom.
in our class.
5 4 3 2 1
VSA SA A DA SDA
projects.
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12.I easily change my mood according to how
using it.
on my studies.
relationships.
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CHAPTER 3
Research Methodology
In this chapter the researchers discuss the methods to be use and the
procedure applied to obtain the data needed in this study which may include the
research design, locale of the study, respondents of the study, validity of the
procedure.
Research Design
Descriptive research was used to obtain information concerning the positive and
describes the comparison and contrast and attempted to discover the cause and
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The subject- respondents of this study will randomly selected from Grade
VII to Grade XII students enrolled in Buenavista National High School for
each year level: Grade VII to Grade XII will adequately represent. The
Table 1
Grade IX 15 13%
Grade X 10 9%
Grade XI 15 13%
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TOTAL 115 100%
composed of two parts: Part I is the profile of the respondents; Part II is the
students.
The researchers will used the stratified random sampling, where this
herein research proposal to the Buenavista National High School Principal Ms.
Jocelyn V. Villa, the researcher secured permission and approval for the
conduct of the study, following the flow of research activities prescribed by the
Head Teacher Mrs. Sherry Tellermo. After the approval and endorsement of the
researcher permit, the researchers will give a letter to their respondents to ask
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permission to gather data. After the approval, the researchers will give a
High School.
Statistical Tools
Chapter IV
This section presents the distribution of respondents’ age and shows the
15-17 16 40%
18 up 24 60%
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Table 1 shows that out of 40 respondents, 16 or 40 % belong to 15-
Female 21 52.5%
Male 19 47.5%
75-79 5 12.5%
80-85 6 15%
86-90 15 37.5%
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91 above 14 35%
75-79, 6 or 15% are 80-85, 15 or 37.5% are 86-90 and 14 or 35% are 91 and
above.
5 4 3 2 1
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4. It can make me addicted to it and become 6 or 11 or 9 or 12 or 2 or
anywhere.
projects.
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Chapter V
RECOMMENDATIONS
gathered in the study and it answers the specific problem in chapter one. It
also gives the conclusion and recommendation derived from the summarize
findings.
Conclusion:
the studies of the students in getting high grades and students will
difficulty.
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c. The usage of gadgets can really help students to have a high
grades.
Recommendation:
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