THE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE MOBILE USAGE TO THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF GRADE 12 STEM STUDENTS OF ELECTRON COLLEGE

MAIN CAMPUS

LLEGO, RENZELLE B.
ALVARO, CRICSEL ANNE
TORRALBA, SOPHIA ANN
OCCASION, CEDRICK
HEDOQUIO, SHARLENE
HIPULAN, EFREN
TECSON, JORIZ IVAN
SANTOS, MARIELLA
SALE, SHAIRA
VILLA, JAROLD
MAGALLANES, ZYRAH

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

ELECTRON COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Novaliches, Quezon City

November 202
Thhe Effect of Excessive Mobile Usage to the Academic Performance of Grade 12
STEM students of Electron College Main Campus
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A Quantitative Research Proposal

Presented to the Faculty of the Senior High School Department
Electron College of Technical Education
Novaliches, Quezon City
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In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements

in Practical Research 2 leading to the Completion of the
Academic Strand of Science, Technology and Mathematics
in Senior High School Program
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by
Llego, Renzelle B
Alvaro, Cricel Anne
Torralba, Sophia Ann
Occasion, Cedrick
Hedoquio, Sharlene
Hipulan, Efren
Tecson, Joriz Ivan
Santos, Mariella
Sale, Shaira
Villa, Jarold
Magallanes, Zyrah

November 2022
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

        The Researchers would like to express their special thanks of gratitude to the following

persons who have benefited them in the whole process of conducting this study up to the very

end;

        To the Principal of Electron College of Technical Education Main Campus, for

allowing the Researchers to conduct their study and allowing them to do an interview with

the Selected Senior High School Students of Electron College. 

        Mr. Freddly Frolles Gavarra Asuer, the researcher’s Practical Research II adviser, for

providing guidance to the researchers to the whole process from start to completion of this

study, and for being the motivation behind the researcher’s success of finishing this research

paper.

        To our Parents, for their deep consideration for the finances and undying support

throughout the making of the research study. As well as for their words of encouragement to

all those nights that we've spent making the research study.

        Last but not the least, to the Lord God Our Father, for providing the researchers with

the blessing of understanding, wisdom and patience to their group mates, the spiritual

motivation all along through this to finish the study.

CHAPTER 1
 INTRODUCTION
This chapter includes the Background of the Study, Statement of the Problem, Theoretical
Framework, Conceptual Framework, Assumptions & Hypothesis, Scope and Delimitation,
Significant of the Study and Definition of Terms.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The evolution of technology nowadays is increasingly gives an higher impact to

students all over the world. Mobile technologies are one of the basic needs a person must

have, it can access communication to other people and have some information they want to

find. Lately, students became attached to their mobile phones and see it as part of their life.

There is nothing new as a modern people access phone for their personal life. But students

keep using it without knowing what are the effects of excessive usage might bring.

Students spend more time with their phones but doesn’t in their personal activities. As a

matter of fact, students use their phones not just for communicating but also to do their some

activities and some schoolwork. But having those social-networking such as Facebook,

Twitter, TikTok etc. kills their time to do their homework or some activities that affects their

performance as a student.

The researchers found out that students are proven to use smartphones more on non-

academic performances such as their social basis than their academic purpose. It shows that

there are negative bond between mobile usage and academic performance because, mobile

phones bring negative results to the STEM students in their studies academically.

In this topic, the researchers decided to conduct this study because of students who are

more active in their social- networking site than their activity performances. As time goes by,

being excessive in mobile usage has gone something to their academic performances that

may lead them to fail in some subjects. So we chose to have this study to prevent students for
being attached often to their phones doing unnecessary things aside from their academic

performances.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This paper raises different questions that sought to be answered throughout the study:
1. What is the effect of excessive use of mobile phones on the academic performance of
students?

2. What are the obstacles faced by students in the excessive use of mobile phones?

3. What are the positive effects of using too much mobile phones on the academic
performance of students?

4. What strategies can help students overcome the effects of excessive use of mobile
phones?

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
In this research, the theory of Mobile Overuse/excessive mobile usage focuses on the

excessive use of mobile phones that have nothing to do with school and how it affects the

academic performance of students. The Theory Excessive use of mobile can often have an

effect on a students, studies will neglected and grades drop, blurred vision, obsession with

social media and other possible effects of excessive use of mobile devices.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Effects of excessive mobile usage to the academic performance of grade 12 STEM

students. As time passes, students rely on their mobile Devices on a daily basis. The

researchers come up with an idea of how the excessive mobile usage affects the academic

performance of grade 12 STEM student.

 The conceptual framework of this study is DV-IV model shown in figureno.1

Input
Independent:
 Excenssive Mobile Process
usage
 Knowledge base Output
Dependent: on own
experience  Analyze
 Academic  Conclusion
performance  Researching
 Survey  Summarization
Profile of respondents:  Recommendatio
n
 Students of Electron
main campus section
STEM 161 A/B
 All gender
 Ages 17-20

ASSUMPTIONS AND HYPOTHESIS 

Assumption 
 This study is conducting the assumption that the research instrument chosen should

provide reliable outcomes. It assumed that: 

1. The participants would be honest and openly give a clear and specific response and

understand how using mobile devices excessively affects their academic performance and

progress. 

2. The researchers would thoroughly explain the purpose of the study to ensure that the

respondents fully understood the importance of using a mobile device.

3. The study is pertinent to individuals who will be affected by the findings, which will

provide an answer to the research question.

HYPOTHESIS
The study's hypothesis include:

NULL HYPOTHESIS 

There is no significant relationship between a student's academic performance and

excessive use of mobile devices.

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS 

       There is a significant relationship between a student's academic performance and

excessive use of mobile devices.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY  

This research will focus on knowing the effects of excessive use of mobile phones to

the Academic Performances of Senior High School students of Electron College Main

Campus. The primary subjects of this study will consist of Grade 12 students of STEM 161.

The respondents will be limited to fifty (50) students from STEM 161 A and B. The

respondents will answer the survey and this will serve as the baseline of the study. The study

started on October 15, 2022 (Ongoing) and expected to finish in three months.

In addition, the subjects will only be limited to the said school because of the limited

amounts of financial resources. The duration of the study will be conducted within the first

and second semester of the year 2022-2023.

THE LIMITATIONS  OF  THIS  STUDY  

The research will provide a questionnaires or a survey through google form that take

respondents are going to take. The researchers will gather the data collected and make a basis

about it. This will serve as the foundation of knowledge for the researchers to conduct this

study.

SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY

The results of this study can help the students, teachers and also future researchers to

allow and inform them of what are the effects of excessive mobile use of mobile phones. 

STUDENTS- This study is important for researchers and fellow students to determine the

management of cellphone usage in a student's academic performance. Knowing the contents

of our analyses with other learners' responses and having studied the mental health of

students who have excessive cellphone usage.

  Having a solution to balance the academic performance of a student with what he

does every day. So that teachers and students know what this study brings and its importance.

Adding experience and knowledge about researching the problem and making a way to solve

it.

TEACHERS- The teacher delivers classroom instructions and feedback about the study. The

research will give and assist the students. Analyzing some of the objectives and guiding

educational progress

.FUTURE RESEARCHER- For future researchers, they will be expanding their knowledge

and understanding. Also, they can define our study for critical thinking and analytical

skills.Having them examples and guides to develop new things about researching a study.
DEFINITION OF TERMS 

In order to have a clear understanding about the study, the following terms are

prepared.

Academic Performance- Academic Achievement or academic performance is the extent to

which a student, teacher or institution has attained their short or long-term educational goals.

Completion of educational benchmarks such as secondary school diplomas and bachelor's

degrees represent academic achievement.

Mobile Phone- a telephone with access to a cellular radio system so it could be use over a

wide area, without a physical connection to a network.

Excessive usage -means a level of use of a product or system that is greater than 120% of the

normal usage level.

Advantage -a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.

Easy Communication. The main benefit of using the Mobile phone is that they make the

mode of communication easier.

Disadvantage - an unfavorable circumstance or condition that reduces that change of success

or effectiveness. Mobile phone Disadvantage Constantly Distracting and Can lead to many

Student -it refers to the learners of Grade 12-STEM students of the Electron College of

technical education.

Outcome- the significance of the result on the academic performance of the students.

Research - the development of knowledge to produce ideas, methods, and understanding of

the study in their performance.

 CHAPTER 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This chapter contains the review of related literature and studies, which the researchers

have to interpret or comprehend..

RELATED LITERATURE

According to Jogendra Kumar Nayak (2018) in his article, they are used for a wide

range of purposes besides communicating and messaging, including live chatting, data

search, mobile banking, entertainment, and so forth. Personal conversations and one-on-one

contact between people have been replaced by chats over smartphones. In many cases, the

level of usage has risen to the point that it has become addictive. Rice, Hagen, and

Zamanzadeh (2018 This phenomenon creates problems to their academic performances, the

addiction got worse, and lastly, their mental health and has become unstable. Therefore, the

issue must be addressed, especially for teenagers.

Nowadays, people may become so preoccupied with their phones that some are

constantly checking their phones while walking or driving a vehicle. Despite the mobile

phone's apparent proliferation over the past few decades, little is known about its influence,

particularly its impact on academic achievement and student learning. Mobile devices and the

correlates and effects they have on students are topics of expanding interest, although the

magnitude of the overall effect is still unknown and results vary between similar studies.

(Aaron W. Kates, Huang Wu, Chris L.S. Coryn, 2018)

 Students nowadays focus their attention on their phones in order to advance

academically. As students spend more time on their phones, all these activities may have an

impact on their academic performance. Several individuals are glued to their phones because

of the resources on the internet and the required classes. Students spending too much time on

their smartphones can develop addictions. Many students now use online versions of their

textbooks, reference materials, and daily newspapers. This research analyzes online behaviors

such as data usage (upload, download), website visits, and their positive (or negative) effects

on the (CGPA) cumulative grade point average (V. Senthil, 2018).

According to Hossain (2019), researchers recently measured the impact of multitasking

on academic performance. They looked into these concerns and discovered that many

students routinely report using various electronic media, including smartphones, while

attending in-class lectures, reading at home, and completing assignments or homework. They

came to the conclusion that there is a negative correlation between multitasking and academic

performance.

Parents and educators are very concerned about teenagers' problematic smartphone use.

Filipinos spend 10.3 hours a day on average on their smartphones in the second and third

quarters of 2018, according to Statista (The Statistics Portal).In 2020, a survey found that

among Filipino teenagers, the prevalence of SA was 62.6%.A local newspaper (Philippine

Daily Inquirer) recently revealed that 33.3% of Filipinos—or one in three—said they couldn't

live without their smartphones. This indicates that NMP is also evident among Filipino

teenagers. In order to improve awareness of the negative impacts of SA on students' academic

performance, correct smartphone usage guidelines should be made available at home and in

school settings. (Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2021).

RELATED STUDIES

Mobile phone is one of the useful gadgets that ever made to this day. The amount of

people using cellphone has rapidly increasing every year, and the most common users of

mobile phone are the students. Either they use it academically or for personal use. The

number of possession and ownership has greatly increased in the past decade (Rideout,

2017). According to Liu (2019), the excessive use of mobile phone has amplified the

concerns about the effects such as on mental health and sleep. It said that using mobile phone

excessively has a negative effect to us and mostly students that are highly susceptible.

In India, according to (Telecom Regulatory of India, 2018), there are 1156.8 million of

mobile users, 56.2% are from urban and 43.8% are rural subscribers. These millions of users

had proven that mobile phone is essential most likely to students. However, enormously

using cellphone can affect their academic performance. On the other side, Chinese university

students spend over 5h a day on mobile phone and around 79% of students use their mobile

phones during class (My COS Research Institute, 2018). This proved that it affects their

academic performances by using cellphone during class. It signifies that too much use of

mobile phone could affect your academic performance.

According to the studies of Xianchen Liu, Yachen Luo, Zhen-Zhen Liu, Yanyun Yang,

Jianghong Liu, and Cun-Xian Jia (2020), prolonged mobile phone use (MPU) is prevalent in

adolescents. In this study, Chinese teenage students' academic performance and prolonged

MPU were compared. The excessive use of mobile devices could have serious negative

effects on our academic performance as well as our health. Teenagers these days are

frequently consumed by their phones, often without realizing the potential consequences. A
self-administered questionnaire was used to gather information for their findings on

demographics, weekday and weekend MPU, amount of sleep, insomnia, depression, and

academic performance. While achievement test scores fell significantly, the proportion of

students who reported poor academic performance increased significantly. The study found

that among Chinese adolescents taking topic assessments and self-reporting their academic

success, persistent MPU is linked to subpar academic performance.

Abstract

The present study analytically investigated the effects of excessive mobile usage to the

student academic performance. Researchers have found out that using too much of mobile

phones could affects student academic performance. It could affect their performance

positively or negatively. The study also found out that a right guideline to limits their usage

of mobile phones can alter the negative effects on their academic performances. Aside from

this study, more research is needed to better understand the effects of excessively using

mobile phones to the student academic performances.

 CHAPTER 3

METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the research method, sources of data, instrumentation, data

collection and tools for data analysis.

Research Method and Technique

The researchers employed the Quantitative Research approach and use descriptive

design which entails gathering and evaluating numerical data to better comprehend the

interviewee's concepts, opinions, or experiences. This type of method used survey questions

that the interviewee or the participant can answer in their own way that assisted the

development and analysis of the study, “The Effects of Excessive Mobile Usage to the

Academic Performance of Grade 12 STEM students of Electron College Main Campus”.

This data aims to know the extent to which different conditions can be obtained among

these subjects (Formplus, 2021). It allows the gathering and collection of information and

statistical analysis of numerical data to assess the Excessive use of Mobile Phones of the

Students within the European Framework as the external benchmarking.

Population and Sample

This study will be conducted on semi-private school of Electron College Main Campus

during the SY of 2022-2023.

The researchers will select a few respondents from STEM 161 A and B with a total of

50 population. A population refers to the whole group from which you want to infer
conclusions (Bhandari, 2020). Researchers will select a sample through Simple random

sampling method. Sample is a particular group or unit from which you will gather data. It is

smaller than population (Bhandari, 2020). According to Thomas (2022). A simple random

sample is a randomly selected subset of a population. In this method, each member has equal

chance of being selected without biases or favoring. Half of the total population would be the

sample.

Sampling Design and Procedures

Researchers will choose students using "convenience sampling" to determine the

study's outcome. Regardless of how much the respondents' use of mobile devices affected

their academic performance,

Convenient or convenience sampling involves using respondents who are "convenient"

to the researcher. The student-respondents will purposely be chosen because the researcher

believes that through convenient sampling, researchers can get appropriate data or
information needed in their study. The information gathered will serve as a guide for the

research method.

Instrument of the study

The researchers uses the following instruments in this study to collect appropriate data

needed to answer the specific problems in the study.

In order to obtain the appropriate data, researchers created a online survey and provide

a list of questions composed of 15 combined standardized scaling and rating questions aimed

to determine how Excessive Mobile Usage affected the grade 12 STEM section A&B

academic performance at the Main Campus of Electron Collage.

Data Gathering Procedure

Once the survey was conducted the study was granted by our teacher. The teacher

agreed to do the survey for correspondence.

The survey questionnaire will be distributed and administrated to the respondents.

From stem section 161 A&B the study cannot be conducted until the survey

questionnaire conducted is not answered.

Meanwhile, the accomplished survey questionnaire will be retrieved to ensure the

accuracy of the responses and a high percentage of retrieval. The results of the study will be

analyzed and treated statistically.

Validation

The main instrument used in this is a standardized questionnaire developed and adopted by

the researcher of STEM 12 section C on the Main Campus of Electron College from Georgia

State University of Technology in U.S for Comparative study of mobile internet usage. 
Then about on the approval it's still in a process.