Research Topic: Effects of Different Electronic Gadgets

Research Title: Effects of Different Electronic Gadgets on Students’ Academic

Performance

Technology has affected and changed the way people live and it has made
people’s lives more proficient and at ease. There is hardly anyone who has not been
changed by the advances in technology and computers of today’s society.
Communication, transportation and education have been greatly developed from
new technological advancements. Many people have lesser stress in their lives
because there are new useful hi-tech inventions created each day to help them do
things quicker and easier. Some of these helpful technologies are cell phones,
computers, laptops, tablets and the Internet.

The purpose of this study is to find out the positive and negative effects and the
frequency of use of the following gadgets are cellphone, computer, and tablet. The
impact of gadgets in learning as perceived by the students the significant
relationship between the frequency of use and the impact of gadgets.

This study determined the impact of gadgets in students’ learning. This was
significant to the following:

Students. They will know the benefits of using gadgets in learning and help them
study effectively.

Teachers. This will give awareness to teachers to allow students to use gadgets
more freely and also to guide them in using the gadgets.

School Administrator. This study may be included in school policy. The use of
technology in the classroom.

Relative to the analyses and interpretation of data, the following conclusions

were drawn:

Cellphones were always used by the students, computers were sometimes used by
the students and tablets were seldom used by the students in learning.

The use of gadgets has a moderately positive impact in learning because of its
features that extend the ability of the students to do more things but it also has a
slightly negative impact because students are most likely to be distracted by it.
There was no significant correlation between the frequency of use and the impact of
gadgets which means the frequency of the use of gadgets does not affect its impact
but instead, it was based on how we use it.

Statement of the Problem

The following are the determined questions regarding the study and the
research aims to answer the following questions throughout this study:

1. What are the positive and negative impacts of gadgets on the students’
academic performance?

2. How many hours a day does a student use an electronic gadget?

3. What are some of the gadgets that students use?

Statement of the hypothesis

1. Positive impact of using different electronic gadgets are to improve ability in

the language, improve typing skills and improve mathematical skills.

Negative impact of using different electronic gadgets are the danger or risk
of gadget radiation greatly affects disruption to the development of the
child's brain and immune system. They will become lazy to learn such as
reading factor books often play gadgets, so academic achievement will
decrease. They will have no time to spend with their family.

2. An average teenager spends around 9 hours on mixed media media every

day.

3. There’s the TV, Laptop, Desktop, Phone, Tablet, Mp3 Player, any hand-held
video gaming systems, and so much more. Most school allow students to use
computers to do work and homework usually requires the use of a computer.

Scope and Limitation 

 The study deals on the implication of electronic gadgets on the study habits
of grade six students.

The study specifically deals on the number of hours the grade school
students use their mobile gadgets, and identify the relationship between the
number of hours spent by these students are exposed to these technology and their
academic performance.

The respondents of the study are the grade six students and the homeroom
teacher of Danao City Central School in Danao City, Cebu.

Paradigm

Definition of Terms

The following terms are operationally and/or conceptually defined to provide

a clearer understanding of the study.

Cell phone or mobile phone. This is a device that can make and receive
telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographical area.
Besides telephony it can also provide a variety of other services like text
messaging, playing music, e-mail, internet access, infrared, Bluetooth, business
applications, gaming and photography etc.

Laptop. This is a portable personal computer with a clamshell form factor,

suitable for mobile use.

Tablet. This is a small thin portable personal computer that relies on a pen
instead of a keyboard to input information.

Computer desktop. This is an electronic device that accepts processes,

stores, and outputs data at high speeds according to programmed instructions. 

Academic Performance. This is the performance of the students based on

their studies, pertaining to the education system and the academic activities in the
institutions. 
 Gadget. This refers to an often small mechanical or electronic device with a
practical use but often thought of as a novelty. In this study, gadgets refer to
cellphones, tablets and laptops which are used by the respondents in learning.

Impact. This refers to the effect of gadgets on the respondents in their

learning.

Frequency of use.  This refers to the number of times or how often the
gadgets are used by the respondents in learning.

Methodology

This chapter presents the research methodology which includes the research
respondents used in conducting the study. It also includes the interview questions
for the study and data analysis.

Research respondents 

Data for the study was gathered from the students of Grade Six from Danao
City Central School in Danao City, Cebu. Homeroom teacher will also take part of
the study by means of giving the grades or the academic performance of the
students. The sample will be limited to only 15 students that are randomly selected
to answer the interview questions.

These are the interview questions that were prepared for the semi-structured
interview of the respondents. The interview questions are semi-structured and are
subject to change when respondents add factors and answers that are to the study.

Interview Questions for the Study 

1. What are some of the electronic gadgets that you use at home or in
school?

2. How many hours a day do you use electronic gadget/s?

3. What are the positive and negative effects of using these gadgets to your
academic performance?

a. Positive Effects 
 b. Negative Effects

Data Analysis 

Qualitative analysis will be done to analyze content of the semi-structured

interviews through categorization which will allow the researchers to group and
compare similar or related patterns and theories from the responses. 

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