GREETINGS

Fyo: Good morning everyone! I’m Fyo

Shane: I’m Shane

Basha: I’m Basha
Jacob: I’m Jacob

Fyo: Our Research topic is “The preference of high school students during hybrid education”.
Today we are going to be presenting our Mock Defense.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fyo: For our presentation today, we will be talking about our Objectives and Significances, an
introduction to our topic, our methodology, and finally our results & discussion so far.

OBJECTIVE AND SIGNIFICANCE

Fyo: Our objectives are to determine what causes students to procrastinate, and to determine
which set up they prefer. Determining these will help us understand what schools need to
change for students to improve their academic performance. Our significance is to help students
figure out what set-up works best for them, help students develop a habit to lessen their
procrastination, and help teachers understand their students better and what conditions make a
student comfortable in a learning environment. We want students to learn in the best condition
possible.

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITION

Basha: Now let’s talk about some background research. Online learning is a form of education where students are
taught in a virtual setting. One could attend online classes from anywhere, as long as they have a gadget and internet
connection.

Face-to-Face Learning is the most common form of education where students are physically taught in a school. In
HEDCEN, both of these set ups are currently implemented. That is what we call hybrid education

ONLINE LEARNING

Basha: Next, the advantages and disadvantages of Online and Face-to-Face Learning. The information we gathered
here is according to our research and could be possible answers from the HEDCen students.

So let’s discuss the supposed advantages of Online Learning. The online set-up allows students to attend classes
from anywhere. The students may choose a location they’re most comfortable in and have their classes there.
Online lectures may be recorded, saved, and distributed for later. Students can just access the recordings whenever
they need, like if they didn’t understand the lesson. They can just try again.
Now the disadvantages. Because online classes are online, mostly everything requires a decent internet connection.
Without one, students can’t even attend their classes and do their homework properly. Constantly disconnecting and
reconnecting.
Being online for long hours a day can easily become addictive. Students could be craving being on a device every
second of the day. Possibly resulting in sleep deprivation. A result of this could lead to students experiencing
excessive amounts of screen time. Attending online classes would mean having to be in front of a screen for hours a
day, only having recess and lunch for breaks. These factors could affect their behavior and cognitive performance, as
well as impede their learning.

FACE TO FACE

Basha: Next, the supposed advantages of Face-to-face learning. The physical set up is able to keep a student more
focused than in an online set up. There are less distractions and the teacher is physically there to monitor them.
Because we’re at school, the students are able to engage with their peers so that there’s a balance between fun and
academics. Engagement will help relieve the stress of students while at school.

Lastly, the disadvantages. Resources aren’t as accessible as they are online. At times we can’t access information as
quickly as we could with the internet.

But these are just from what we researched online. Are these reasons the same for the HEDCen highschool
students?

DEFINITION
PROCRASTINATION

Jacob: Finally let’s discuss the meaning of procrastination. Procrastination is the act of
postponing a task, a chore, an assignment, or any sort of responsibility. Procrastination is mostly
associated with students, due to the large amounts of assignments they’re given. We believe
that this is a major factor in our research because procrastination is a common procedure in
both forms of education, and could change the outcome of our interviewee’s answers.

METHODOLOGY

Jacob: We now arrive at our methodology for this research; the tasks we made and are to make
for completing our research.
We firstly started with picking and identifying individuals, setting our ranges to highschoolers 7
to 12,we created forms to send to these classes to confirm their consent for an online or face to
face interview.

After getting the majority of the highschooler’s consent we then created a wheel to randomly
select 5 students from each class, and for the case of senior high, we to just select the entirety
of the class due to the batch’s small numbers.

After selecting the interviewees we scheduled our recorded interviews to be conducted during
school break times, usually during morning recess or during lunch time.

We conducted most of the interviews during the following weeks but due those following weeks
having interruptions during the face to face and online schedule, either due to the weeks being
occupied by school suspensions, holidays, or school events; we were delayed in our process,
though we were eventually able to conduct interviews with the majority of the selected
participants.

After the majority of the interviews were conducted, we compiled each recording in a drive and
collected our research data, gathering the students’ answers into pie charts to indicate the
overall percentages of the results.

Due to only interviewing the majority of the selected students, we are yet to determine a full
conclusion to our research.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Now let’s talk about our current results from the interviews we've already conducted.

Which set-up do you find more comfortable when taking classes?

The majority of students answered that they were more comfortable taking classes in person
rather than online due to not having to be concerned about lagging or disconnecting from the
call because of connectivity issues. They can socialize with their friends and teachers in person,
and it is easier for them to ask for assistance from their peers and teachers. They also say they
can understand the lesson better because the teacher is right there to help when they don’t
understand the lesson.

Some also said they find online classes more comfortable for them because they experience
less anxiety when reciting, it’s more fun, and they attend classes and do school works from the
comfort of their own homes.

To compare your experience during online vs f2f, during each set-up, how
much do you find yourself procrastinating with the other?

The majority of students responded that they procrastinate more online since there are so many
more distractions at home and their assignments are piling up. As there is no teacher around to
supervise them and they are free to complete their homework at any time, their freedom leads
them to procrastinate.

One student said they procrastinate more face-to-face because they're only limited to using their
phone and it's a hassle to do school work on their phone so they put off starting their schoolwork
until after they arrive home. Other students claimed it's because they frequently forget about
homework. After all, they don't have the comfort of knowing on Google Classroom that we have
any assignments that are about to be due.
How much time is spent doing recreational activities in general vs studying
and schoolwork?

According to the pie chart, 64.7% of the students we surveyed engage in more recreational
activities than they do studying, whereas 23.5% prioritize studying. 11.8% of students study and
engage in recreational activities equally.

Have you had any difficulties with the Face-To-Face setup?

68.4% responded that they do struggle with face-to-face classes.

Some of their reasons included the slow internet connection at school, the fact that they are still
sleepy in the morning, that they were reading because for the previous years, online learning
has been the norm, the heat in the classroom, their noisy and distracting classmates, the need
to get ready early in the morning, anxious to recite or socialize, the fact that if they missed class,
there is no recording to watch later, tardiness, and that they’re limited to their phone to complete
schoolwork.

The other 31.6% said they don't experience any difficulty since they can easily seek assistance
from their friends and teachers in face-to-face classes as opposed to online classes, where they
must wait for a response and where there are fewer distractions because teachers are
monitoring them.

Have you had any difficulties with the Online setup?

84.2% responded yes, stating that connectivity issues experienced by either themselves or the
teacher make it more difficult to comprehend the lesson. Asking for assistance online is more
difficult since some people are reluctant to unmute, and if you use chat, you must wait minutes
or hours for their response. Some people are simply unmotivated to complete online schoolwork
and are too lazy to begin. With easy accessibility to the internet and the temptation to simply
crawl into bed to sleep during online classes, it is easy to become distracted.

And 15.8% said they don’t experience any difficulties because they can complete their school
works at their own pace

OUTRO:
Thank you for listening to our mock defense. We hope you were able to gain some knowledge
from it, and we hope to be able to conclude this research soon enough.