CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

A mobile phone is a device that can make and receive calls over a radio link while

moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network

provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network.

The ancient types of mobile phones support limited services such as calling, sending and

very few for taking pictures. However, the modern phones support very wide range

variety of other services such as text messaging, MMS, e-mail, internet access, short

range wireless communications [Infrared, Bluetooth, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP)],

business applications, gaming and photography. (Pew Research Center, 2010)).

Mobile phone is one of the most rapidly growing new technologies in the world

(Rebello, 2010). In 2001, cell phone users were less than a billion worldwide with the

developed countries. By the end of 2010, however, mobile phone users had reached five

billion worldwide with subscriptions from developing countries outnumbering that of the

developed countries (Kelly, 2009; Rebello, 2010).

Mobile phone is popular since the late 1990s (Meek, 2006) and today, with 7

billion mobile connections worldwide and unique mobile subscriptions of over 3.5 billion

(Twum, 2011). Mobile phones have become an almost essential part of daily life since

their rapid growth in popularity in the late 1990s (Ling, 2004).

 According to Geser & Junco (2006); and Merson & Salter (2010), they observed

that the youth have consistently displayed higher level of attachment to their mobile

phones which could serve as distractions to them because of the time channelled to the

phones.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study will aim to determine the use of mobile phones and the level of

academic performance of the Grade 11 students of MSU-TCTO. Specifically, it will seek

to answer the following questions:question;

1. Is there a significant difference between the level of academic

performance of Grade 11 students of MSU-Preparatory High School and

MSU-Science High School?

2. Is there a significant relationship between the use of mobile phones and

the level of academic performance of the Grade 11 students?

3. Is the use of mobile phones advantageous to the academic performance of

Grade 11 students?

HYPOTHESIS

There is no significant difference between the level of academic performance of

Grade 11 students of MSU-Preparatory High School and MSU-Science High School.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will inform the parents of the students to know if their child/children

use/s their mobile phones in a proper usage. This study will also provide some potential

solutions to guide students towards more appropriate use of technology in the classroom

and also to develop classroom policy.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY

This study will only focusfocused on the use of mobile phones and the level of

academic performance of the Grade 11 students of MSU-Preparatory High School and

MSU-Science High School. This study will be conducted to the 40 Grade 11 STEM

students of MSU-Science High School and 30 Grade 11 HUMSS students of MSU-

Preparatory High School at their respective campuses. This study will use a Descriptive-

Survey Research Design.

OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS

Mobile Phones- refer to the device used by the Grade 11 students and will be

used as the subject of this study.

STEM- abbreviated as Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering.

HUMSS – abbreviated as Humanities and Social Sciences.

Academic Performance – refers to the performance of Grade 11 students in their

respective campuses.
 USE OF MOBILE PHONES AND THE LEVEL OF ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE OF THE GRADE 11 STUDENTS OF MSU-TCTO: A
CORRELATION STUDY

ARJAY D. NASIRIN
JUL-AZIZ D. MATBA
ABDULMUGNI D. HAIROL
FERDANISHA M. JAMMANG

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT THE REQUIREMENTS TO THE RESEARCH IN

DAILY LIFE 2, RESEARCH (CAPSTONE PROJECT) AND RESEACH
PROJECT

MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY

TAWI-TAWI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
SENIOR HIGH DEPARTMENT
SANGA-SANGA, BONGAO, TAWI-TAWI
 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Technology use in the classroom has the potential to reignite student by offering

more engaging and interactive ways to learn course material. However, the benefits of

technology in the classroom may outweighed by the costs, particularly of the use of cell

phones in the classroom. Cell phones have allowed students flexibility in managing their

coursework, such as organizing assignments and finding course information, with little or

no effort (Tossell, Kortum, Shepard, Rahmati, & Zhong, 2015). Recently, researchers

have found that 57% of students multitask in class with their cell phones, behaviour that

may exacerbated by overall phone obsession (Lee, 2015).

According to Patterson (2017), students who did not use technology while

studying or used only one or two types of technology and studied for more than two

hours had an average exam score of 76.44%. In contrast, students who used three to six

different types of technology and studied less than two hours had an average exam of

68.48%. The study’s results demonstrated the effect of outside of class multitasking with

technology on in-class academic performance.

Globalization has changed our lives and one of the ways in which it is changing

our lives, every day, is how we communicate; thanks to advancements in Information and

Communication Technologies (ICT). One of the ICT’s which is seeing rapid

advancement is mobile phone. The mobile phone is used as means of interactions among
people in which they create, share and exchange information and ideas in virtual

communities and networks (Blumstock & Eagle, 2010) ).

Researchers have discovered that the use of mobile phones in schools is

problematic. As Ling and Helmerson (2000) states, the mobile phone is “at cross purpose

with the mission of the school”. While in school, students are supposed to take on their

prescribed roles as students with full concentration on their studies and free from contact

with the outside world. However, the mobile phone gives room to blending students’

roles with other roles thus distracting and disrupting the students’ academic work

(Gergen, 2002; Halpen, 2003; Franzini 2002).

The use of technology is a global imperative due to its contributions to human

existence and has enhanced the socio economic relations globally. Wireless

communication has emerged as one of the fastest diffusing media on the Earth, fuelling

an emergent “mobile youth culture” (Castells, Fernandez-Ardevol, Qiu and Sey, 2007).

Thus, increased popularity of cell and smart phones in recent years has attracted research

attention. Cell phones are seen as a mixed blessing. Teens say phones make their lives

safer and more convenient yet they also cite new tensions connected to cell phone use

(Pew Research Center, 2010).

 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

This chapter discusses the research methodology and design and presents the

description of the research locale, research respondents, research instrument, and data

gathering procedure, administration of the test and statistical treatment of data.

Research Design

This study will make use of a descriptive-quantitative design. This design will

specifically use to determine the use of mobile phones and the level of academic

performance of the Grade 11 students of MSU-TCTO.

Research Locale

The venues of this study will be on the two campuses of Mindanao State

University Tawi-Tawi College Technology and Oceanography particularly the Science

High School and Preparatory High School.

Research Respondents

The respondents of this study will be the selected Grade 11 students of MSU-

TCTO. The respondents will be categorized according to their strand which is STEM and

HUMMS. The researcher will select 15 random students from each strand. The

respondents from each strand will be considered as samples through the Simple Random

Sampling. The total number of students who will be considered as samples for this study

will be 30 out of 175 Grade 11 students.

Research Instruments

This study will make use of the researcher-made questionnaire to gather all the

necessary data needed. The researcher made questionnaire will be employed to test the

respondents’ level of awareness on air pollution. The questionnaire will be composed of

50 items. It will be pilot tested, item analyzed to establish validity and reliability of the

entire test.

Data Gathering Procedure

Permission to conduct the study will seek from the office of the chairman and/or

teachers of the Senior High Department. After permission will be granted, the

administration of the test instrument to the selected Grade 11 students will follow.

Answers will be checked, tabulated and analyzed with the utilization of some statistical

tool to obtain thorough findings and interpretation of the data.

Statistical Treatment of the Data

To determine the use of mobile phones and the level of academic performance of

the Grade 11 students of MSU-Preparatory and Science High School, the mean scores

will be computed using the formula below.

X́ =
∑x
n
Where:

X́ = Mean Score

n= Total Number of Respondents

∑ x = Summation of Score

x= Individual Score