MOBILE PHONE: EFFECTS TO THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE IN GRADE 12 SENIOR HIGH

STUDENTS OF STA. LUCIA HIGH SCHOOL

LEADER: ARCHIE JAN E. OLIVEROS

MEMBERS: ALFRED F. ANDAYA
HARVEY JON D. BOLOCON
JY BREGWIN S. CHUA
 ABSTRACT
This study aimed to determine the effects of mobile phones to the academic
performance of Grade 12 Senior High School Students of Sta. Lucia High School during the
School Year 2019-2020
Specifically, it sought answer to the following question:
1.What are the influences that caused the students to be forced to use mobile phones for
education?
2.What are the mobile phone technologies available for learning?
3.How often do students use their phones in the classroom?
4.How does mobile phones usage affect education?
5.How Mobile Phones affect student’s health?
Is there a significant relationship between the use of mobile phones and academic
performance?
 ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to know the effects of Mobile Phones to the Academic
Performance of the students. Mobile Phones is part of students’ daily living, students tend to use
their phones for communication, entertainment, etc. thus this study tend to know if it can cause
students to can’t concentrate to their studies and may affect their Academic Performance.
The Findings of the Study are as follows:
1.The Students respondents evaluated the following survey questionnaire with an average
weighted means of 4.43, 2.95, and 2.70 perspectively
2.The Students tend to use their mobile phones between 2-4 hours of duration and usage of
their mobile phones with a weighted mean of 3.72 with an interpretation of Often.
3.The Academic Performance of Students doesn’t really affect by their usage of mobile phones
with their grades. In Midterm for the 1st Semester, students get a grade between 85-89 with an
averaging mean of 69.72 with an interpretation of Very Satisfactory and the grade in Finals for
the 1st Semester students get a grade between 85-89 with an averaging mean of 61.44 with an
interpretation of Very Satisfactory.
 ABSTRACT
4.There is significant relationship between the use of mobile phones
and their academic performance, because there are many students
passed their grades even, they are using mobile phones.
5.The Students affect their health by using their mobile phones with no
limitation or nonstop usage with no parents’ supervision resulting to
poor eye sight.
6.The frequent usage of mobile phones and how excellent students on
their academic performance will be useful nowadays for example, the
student use their mobile phones in daily life or routine based on their
duration of their usage. The Students tend to use their mobile phones
between 2-4 hours of duration and usage of their mobile phones with a
weighted mean of 3.72 with an interpretation of Often.
 ABSTRACT
Conclusion
Based on the following findings of the study, the following conditions where
arrived at:
The proposed survey questionnaire is acceptable and effective in improving the
school performance of the student’s respondents.
Recommendations
In the light of the findings and conclusion, the following recommendations are
being presented.
1.Students should be controlled and limit the usage of their mobile phones, instead
focus more on studies.
2.In making a survey questionnaire, indicate more examples of varieties of questions
to make the survey more effective.
 CONCEPTUAL MODEL

Students usage of Mobile Phone Identifies students usage of Mobile

We need to interview a person
Phone

Figure 1: Identification usage of Mobile Phone in Academic Performance

In figure 1. The input shows the result of the student’s usage of mobile phone. The

process We need to interview a person and the output identified student’s usage of mobile

Phone
 CONCEPTUAL MODEL

-Respondents 50 Grade 12 Will Know The Effects of the

Students of Sta. Lucia HIgh -Distribution of Survey Mobile Phone in Academic
School -Survey Questionaire Peroformance of Grade 12
Questionaire Students of Sta. Lucia High School

Figure 2: Identification of survey questionnaire for the academic performance of the students.

In figure 2. The input shows the 50 respondents composed of Grade 12 Students of Sta.

Lucia High School. The process shows the analyzation and interpreting of the data and the output

is they known the effects of the mobile phone in academic performance.

Null Hypothesis

This is no significant difference in the student’s preference on their Usage of mobile

phones in academic performances of Grade 12 Students of Sta. Lucia High School.

Alternative Hypothesis

This is significant difference in the student’s preference on their Usage of mobile phones in

academic performances of Grade 12 Students of Sta. Lucia High School.

 Strand/Section Number Number

of of Table 1

Students Respon
Sources of Data
dents

ABM-1 36 5 The sources of data in this research were came from 50

ABM-2 35 5 respondents of Grade 12 Students of Sta. Lucia High

GAS-1 36 5 School.
HUMMS-1 43 5

HUMMS-2 43 5

ICT-1 34 10

ICT-2 33 5

TVL HE-1 30 5
5
TVL HE-2 27

TOTAL 317 50
Usage of the Students Respondents
mobile phone Weighted Mean Interpretation
Table 2
for the
classroom or Overall routine of students towards of the usage
campus
Mobile Phones in Classroom and Campus
1. Assignmen 4.56 Always
t Overall routine of students towards of the usage Mobile

1. Activity 4.32 Often Phones in Classroom and Campus. Table 2 presents the Overall
1. Entertain 4.48 Often routine of students toward of the usage mobile phones in classroom and
ment
campus. It presents that the number 1 thing students use their mobile
1. Games 4.16 Often
1. Communic 4.62 Always phones is doing for communication. It implies that many of students
ation when they meet up, they use mobile phones for communication to chat

Average 4.43 Often or message. The second most thing students do in their mobile phones

is their Assignments, the third one is for Entertainment, the fourth one
Weighted
that students do in their mobile phones is Activities on school, and the
Mean
least most thing students do in their mobile phones is Games, because

many students think that mobile games can affect their academic

performance in school
NOTE: 1.00-1.49 (NEVER), 1.50-2.49 (SELDOM), 2.50-3.49 (SOMETIMES) 3.50-4.49 (OFTEN) 4.50-5.00 (ALWAYS)
Duration and Students Respondents
usage of
Table 3
mobile phones
Weighted Mean Interpretation Overall duration or length of time they use their

mobile phones
1. 30mins. 3.24 Sometimes Duration or length of time they use their mobile phones
-1hr
and campus. Table 3 presents the duration or length of time they
1. 2hrs.-4hrs. 3.72 Often
use their mobile phones in their classroom. It shows that most

1. 5hrs.6hrs. 3.36 Sometimes students use their mobile phones between 2hrs-4hrs of usage,

because to students it’s like a minimal time limit when they use
1. 7hrs.-8hrs. 2.25 Seldom
their mobile phones, students have other things to do other than

1. 9hrs.-above 2.18 Seldom using mobile phones, the second is between 5hrs-6hrs of usage,

the third one is between 30mins-1hr, the fourth is between 7hrs-

Average 2.95 Sometimes 8hrs and the last is between 9hrs and above, students with this

Weighted kind of time usage usually can’t stop using their mobile phones it’s

like their mobile phones is attached to their bodies and they can’t
Mean
NOTE: 1.00-1.49 (NEVER), 1.50-2.49 (SELDOM), 2.50-3.49 (SOMETIMES) 3.50-4.49 (OFTEN) 4.50-5.00 (ALWAYS) leave without it.
 General Students Respondents Table 4
Average
Weighted Mean Interpretation Overall General Average of the Grade 12 Students

1. 70-75 1.66 Seldom on their 1 Sem. Grades

Overall General Average of the Grade 12
1. 76-80 2.12 Seldom
Students on their 1st Sem. Grades. Table 4 presents

1. 81-85 2.88 Sometimes the overall general average of grade 12 students on

their 1st Sem. Grades. It presents that most of students

1. 86-90 3.68 Often
have a grades between 86-90, which students doesn’t
1. 90-above 3.20 Sometimes
affect their grades when using their mobile phones in

some ways, the second is between 90-above, the third

Average 2.70 Sometimes
is between 81-85, the fourth is between 76-80 and the
Weighted
least grades that students get is between 70-75, most
Mean
like in some ways also it can affects their grades.
NOTE: 1.00-1.49 (NEVER), 1.50-2.49 (SELDOM), 2.50-3.49 (SOMETIMES) 3.50-4.49 (OFTEN) 4.50-5.00 (ALWAYS)
 MIDTERM (1STSEM) FINALS (1ST SEM) Table 5
F M % Int. Grades F M % Int. Grades

5 9.04 2.5 Outstandi 90-100 13 23.4 6.5 Outstandin 90-100

Mean Performance of Student Respondents
Mean Performance of Students
ng 8 g Respondents. Table 5 present that, the
39 69.72 19.5 Very 85-89 35 61.4 17. Very 85-89 Mean Performance of Students
Respondents. In Midterm of First Semester,
Satisfactor 4 5 Satisfactor
It presents that the 90-100 grade with an
y y interpretation of Outstanding with a
Frequency of 5 Respondents with a mean
5 8.34 2.5 Satisfactor 80-84 1 1.66 0.5 Satisfactor 80-84
of 9.04, and 2.5 Percent means some
y y students got honor grades in Midterm of
1 1.54 0.5 Fairly 75-79 1 1.46 0.5 Fairly 75-79 First Semester, next the 85-89 grades with
an Interpretation of Very Satisfactory is the
Satisfactor Satisfactor
highest number of Frequency with
y y

0 0 0 Did not Below 0 0 0 Did not Below

meet 75 meet 75
Note: F (Frequency), M (Mean), %(Percentage), Int. (Interpretation)
expectatio expectatio
 MIDTERM (1STSEM) FINALS (1ST SEM) Table 5
F M % Int. Grades F M % Int. Grades

5 9.04 2.5 Outstandi 90-100 13 23.4 6.5 Outstandin 90-100

Mean Performance of Student Respondents
39 respondents with a mean of 69.75 ,
ng 8 g
and 19.5 Percent, means overall of our
39 69.72 19.5 Very 85-89 35 61.4 17. Very 85-89 respondents has the grade of 85-89 for
Satisfactor 4 5 Satisfactor the Midterm of First Semester, then the
80-84 grades with an Interpretation of
y y
Satisfactory with a Frequency of 5
5 8.34 2.5 Satisfactor 80-84 1 1.66 0.5 Satisfactor 80-84 Respondents with a Mean of 8.34, and
y y 2.5 Percent, next the 75-79 grades with
Interpretation of Fairly Satisfactory with a
1 1.54 0.5 Fairly 75-79 1 1.46 0.5 Fairly 75-79
Frequency of 1 Respondent with a Mean
Satisfactor Satisfactor of 1.54 and 0.5 Percent and lastly no one
y y got Below 75 with an Interpretation of Did
not meet expectations.
0 0 0 Did not Below 0 0 0 Did not Below

meet 75 meet 75
Note: F (Frequency), M (Mean), %(Percentage), Int. (Interpretation)
expectatio expectatio
 MIDTERM (1STSEM) FINALS (1ST SEM) Table 5
F M % Int. Grades F M % Int. Grades

5 9.04 2.5 Outstandi 90-100 13 23.4 6.5 Outstandin 90-100

Mean Performance of Student Respondents

ng 8 g For Finals of First Semester, the table

39 69.72 19.5 Very 85-89 35 61.4 17. Very 85-89 presents that the 90-100 grades with an
Satisfactor 4 5 Satisfactor
Interpretation of Outstanding with a
y y
Frequency of 13 Respondents with a
5 8.34 2.5 Satisfactor 80-84 1 1.66 0.5 Satisfactor 80-84
Mean of 23.48 and 6.5 Percent means
y y
they got even better in the Finals for First
1 1.54 0.5 Fairly 75-79 1 1.46 0.5 Fairly 75-79
Semester, next is the 85-89 grades with
Satisfactor Satisfactor
an Interpretation of Very Satisfactory is
y y
the highest number of Frequency with 35
0 0 0 Did not Below 0 0 0 Did not Below

meet 75 meet 75
Respondents with a Mean of 61.44 and
Note: F (Frequency), M (Mean), %(Percentage), Int. (Interpretation)
expectatio expectatio 17.5 Percent,
 MIDTERM (1STSEM) FINALS (1ST SEM) Table 5
F M % Int. Grades F M % Int. Grades

5 9.04 2.5 Outstandi 90-100 13 23.4 6.5 Outstandin 90-100

Mean Performance of Student Respondents
means overall respondents got some average
ng 8 g
grades and doesn’t affect their academic
39 69.72 19.5 Very 85-89 35 61.4 17. Very 85-89

Satisfactor 4 5 Satisfactor performance, next is the grade of 80-84 with an

y y
Interpretation of Satisfactory with a Frequency of 1
5 8.34 2.5 Satisfactor 80-84 1 1.66 0.5 Satisfactor 80-84
Respondent with a Mean of 1.66 and 0.5 Percent,
y y

1 1.54 0.5 Fairly 75-79 1 1.46 0.5 Fairly 75-79 next is the grade 75-79 with and interpretation of

Satisfactor Satisfactor Fairly Satisfactory with a Mean of 1.46 and 0.5

y y
Percent and None got the grade of Below 75 with
0 0 0 Did not Below 0 0 0 Did not Below

meet 75 meet 75
an Interpretation of Did not meet expectations.

expectatio expectatio
 SUMMARY
This study aimed to determine the effects to the academic performance of Grade 12 Senior High

School Students of Sta. Lucia High School during the School Year 2019-2020

Specifically, it sought answer to the following question:

1. What are the influences that students forced to use mobile phones for education?

2. What are the mobile phone technologies available for learning?

3. How often do students use their phones in the classroom?

4. How does mobile phones usage affect education?

5. How Mobile Phones affect student’s health?

6. Is there significant relationship between the use of mobile phones and academic

performance?
 SUMMARY

The purpose of this study is to know the effects of Mobile Phones to the Academic Performance of

the students. Mobile Phones is part of students’ daily living, students tend to use their phones for

communication, entertainment, etc. thus this study tend to know if it can cause students to can’t

concentrate to their studies and may affect their Academic Performance.

The Findings of the Study are as follows:

1. The Students respondents evaluated the following survey questionnaire with an average weighted

means of 4.43, 2.95, and 2.70 perspectively

2. The Students tend to use their mobile phones between 2-4 hours of duration and usage of their

mobile phones with a weighted mean of 3.72 with an interpretation of Often.

 SUMMARY
3. The Academic Performance of Students doesn’t really affect by their usage of mobile
phones with their grades. In Midterm for the 1st Semester, students get a grade between
85-89 with an averaging mean of 69.72 with an interpretation of Very Satisfactory and the
grade in Finals for the 1st Semester students get a grade between 85-89 with an averaging
mean of 61.44 with an interpretation of Very Satisfactory.
4. There is significant relationship between the use of mobile phones and their academic
performance, because there are many students passed their grades even, they are using
mobile phones.
5. The Students affect their health by using their mobile phones with no limitation or
nonstop usage with no parents’ supervision resulting to poor eye sight.
6. The frequent usage of mobile phones and how excellent students on their academic
performance will be useful nowadays for example, the student use their mobile phones in
daily life or routine based on their duration of their usage. The Students tend to use their
mobile phones between 2-4 hours of duration and usage of their mobile phones with a
weighted mean of 3.72 with an interpretation of Often.
 Conclusion

Based on the following findings of the study, the following conditions where arrived at:

1. The proposed survey questionnaire is acceptable and effective in improving the school

performance of the student’s respondents.

Recommendations

In the light of the findings and conclusion, the following recommendations are being

presented.

2. Students should be controlled and limit the usage of their mobile phones, instead focus more

on studies.

3. In making a survey questionnaire, indicate more examples of varieties of questions to make

the survey more effective.