EFFECTS OF PLAYING MOBILE LEGEND IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

AMONG GRADE 12 MALE STUDENTS OF ANDRES

SORIANO COLLEGES OF BISLIG

A Research Paper
Presented to Ms. Rebecca P. Caponong
Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig
In Partial Fulfilment Of the
Requirements for
Practical Research 2

Jocelene S. Limoneras

Hanna mae C. Amplayo

Roschel L. Llagas

Lucel V. Doinog

Demrev C. Sarvida

Jaynard F. Agoylo

Helen A. Guiral

Michelle K. Guibao

Marie Cres Duray

Rogelio Dela luz

Vivian L. Iligan

Retsy Espinoza

Blessel Morcilla

Levie Llanos

John Mark Albaciete

 ACKNKOWLEDGEMENT

We owe our unending gratitude to:

The Almighty God for His everlasting love, wisdom, strength, courage,

guidance, good health and all the blessing given to us.

To our beloved parents for their unconditional love, for their faith in all our

undertakings, for their moral and financial support.

To Ms. Rebecca Caponong, the beloved teacher of Practical Research 2, for sharing

her knowledge and helping the researcher for the improvement of this study;

To the panel member chaired by for giving her time in the improvement on the said

research paper; and

To their knowledgeable friends and classmates who helped the researcher in times

when they needed them.

Group 1

The Researchers
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The Research Paper entitled “EFFECTS OF PLAYING MOBILE LEGEND AMONG

GRADE 12 MALE STUDENTS OF ANDRES SORIANO COLLEGES OF BISLIG at
ANDRES SORIANO AVENUE”. Submitted by Group 1 in full fulfilment of the
requirements in Pracical Research 2 was successfully submitted and approved on
________________, 2019

Mrs. Rebecca Caponong

Subject Teacher
 CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS

Introduction

Mobile Legend is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mobile game developed and
published by Shanghai Moonton Technology. The game has become popular in Southeast Asia.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is a multiplayer (5 vs. 5) online battle arena game designed for mobile
phones. The two opposing teams fight to reach and destroy the enemy’s base while defending their own
base for control of path, the three “Lanes” known as “top”, “middle” and “ bottom” which connects the
bases. Weaker computer-controlled characters, called “minions”, spawn at team bases and follow the three
lanes to the opposite team’s base, fighting enemies and turrets. In each team, there are five players who
each control an avatar, known as a “hero”, from their own device. Heroes can be grouped into 6 different
roles, Marksman, Assassin, Mage, Support, Fighter and Tank.

Mobile Legends tournaments have been held in the region, including the annual Mobile
Legends:Bang Bang Southeast Asian Competition ( MSC ) and even each countries having their
own local leagues. Mobile Legends was confirmed as the first e-sports title to be included as a
medal event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

The youth of today no longer seem to spend their leisure activities like in the olden days;
outdoor games or playing with toys, instead, they spend their free time in their homes, internet
cafés or computer shops simply to satisfy their hunger; and that hunger is Mobile Legend. Mobile
Legend has such a profound impact on not only the young, but dynamically every age group as
well. So far, virtually anyone is able to buy a load and punch through the keys in order to get a
high score, chat with players, get the rarest items, and level up as fast as possible. Yes, there seems
to be no restriction as to whom, how or what online gaming can extend to.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to know the perceived effects of Mobile Legend to the academic

performance among the Grade 12 male students in Andre Soriano Colleges of Bislig.

The research wanted to answer the following questions:

1. How does playing Mobile Legend affect the academic performance of the students in relation
with?

a. Class Participation
 b. Number of Hours spent in Studying

c. Frequency of Absences in Class

2. Is there significant relationship between playing online games and academic performance of the
student?

Significance of the study

This study will help the students have an insight on the impact Mobile Legend towards
their academic performance.

To the Parents, it will serve as basis to help share with other parents the information about
certain game or ideas to help each other in parenting. Also it will help them understand the
behaviour and study habit of their children when they’re engaged into such activity.

To the Teachers, it will provide additional knowledge on what strategy to use to educate
students about the well-known effects of online gaming to students’ academic performance,
problem-solving strategy, decision-making and spatial visualization.

To the future researchers, this will serve as a guide in conducting a research with similar
nature.

Limitations of the study

A survey will be conducted about the evaluation of the respondents regarding in the study of
the effects of playing Mobile Legend on students’ academic performance in Andres Soriano
Colleges of Bislig Grade 12 male students. In a random order, fifty selected grade 12 male students
in Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig will be given questionnaires to get information that will be
needed in the study. This study will be conducted to determine the effects of online gaming to
students’ academic performance, problem-solving strategy, decision-making and spatial
visualization. The problem-solving strategy, memorization and decision-making capabilities will
be measured through a series of situations and identifications on the questionnaire.
Definition of Terms

ML – refers to Mobile Legend

- It is a 3 Dimensional game which can be viewed in all directions.

- It is compatible in mobile phones.

Students – refers to the learners of Andre Soriano Colleges of Bislig for the School Year 2019
– 2020.

Addiction – refers to the habitual playing of Mobile Legend

 CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter includes a review of literature and studies on the effect of Mobile Legend
on the academic performance. This gives the researcher a vivid view on how the strategy is
to be carried out

Literature

Due to playing, eating is irrelevant; the satisfaction they get from playing is the same as
the satisfaction they get from eating. As a result, the body's immune systems are getting weaker
and now expose the different viruses and diseases.
All in all, Mobile Legend really affects the life style of the youth who are in to this game, although
it has one good benefit, but it corrupts the mind and the way the youth think. It also weakened the
body system, money and moral values were not given importance because of this game.
There are many students and even some young professional are addicted to Mobile Legend. This
is a kind of mobile games that can be played by many players and is one of the most popular games
to young students. Many students get addicted to this game and they even spend long hours just
playing this kind of game. There are studies that getting addicted in playing mobile games affects
their studies and this is the cause why they are lying to their parents that they need extra money
for their school project but the truth is they are just using the money to buy a load where they can
play Mobile Legend with their classmates. Sometimes in order to make the game exciting, they
have a deal to pay those who won the game so it becomes already a form of gambling.
When time spent on the phones, playing Mobile Legend games reaches a point that it harms
a child's or adult's family and social relationships, or disrupts school or work life, that person
maybe caught in a cycle of addiction. Like other addictions, Mobile Legend game has replaced
friends and family as the source of a person, emotional life. Increasingly, to feel good, the addicted
person spends more time playing mobile games or searching the internet.

According to All Academic Research, playing mobile games may not be all that bad for
your children. Peng Wei states that educational games can be effective assisting tools in the
educational areas of management, medicine and science. If you choose the right educational
computer games, your child may learn better problem-solving skills and eye-hand coordination.
Your child may also get the ability to think fast and think of multiple things all at once. Skills
obtained from playing computer games may help your child learn quickly when it comes to his
studies. If your child is struggling in one of his school subjects, there are many educational mobile
games available for him. There are math and reading related games that may help boost your
child’s skills. These games can be both fun and educational for your children.

Because there is no official diagnosis of mobile game addiction, there is obviously no universally
agreed upon list of symptoms. Psychologists and other mental health professionals initially adapted
the diagnostic criteria for gambling addiction and used this as a rough assessment tool for mobile
game addiction. This classification approach is rarely used today and for better or for worse, it is
essentially up to the individual researcher or clinician to define the symptoms of mobile addiction.
Still, there are some signs and behaviours that are almost always included in definitions of mobile
addiction, such as: Significant interference with school, work, or relationships. Often avoiding
other commitments in order to keep playing, Frequently turning down social invitations in favor
of gaming, Using most or all of one's free time for gaming, Regularly playing late into the night
and which results in poor sleep habits, Loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities, Regular
gaming "binges" of 8 hours or more nonstop.

Related Studies
 CHAPTER 3

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research Design

The descriptive survey will be used in this research to know the factors of Mobile Legend

affecting the academic performance of students in Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig. The idea

behind this type of research is to study frequencies, averages, and the other statistical calculations.

Although this research is highly accurate, it does not gather the causes behind a situation.

Subject of the study

The respondents of this study are 50 Grade-12 male students of Andres Soriano Colleges of

Bislig.

The study was conducted at Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig. Andres Soriano Colleges of

Bislig is located right in front of Catholic Church, Andres Soriano Avenue.

Gathering data

Preparation of the questionnaire

The researcher will prepare one copy of the questionnaire, and photocopy 50 copies to be
given the selected respondents.

Data gathering method

 The researcher will then administer the questionnaire to the respondents, conduct test and
analyse the pertinent records to get the necessary data, retrieve the questionnaire and classify the
questionnaire to examine and compare carefully in order to note points and verify the order,
necessary for the completeness of the study, statistically analyse and interpret the data.

Questionnaire

Figure 1: Map showing the location of Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig.

Figure 2: Flow chart of the methods to be used in the study

Selection of respondents for Students suffering anxiety

Students playing Mobile

Legend

Section B
Give questionnaires to the respondents

Section to
There are 15 questions B be answered.

Tally the results of the answered

questionnaire

Determine if playing Mobile Legend affects the

academic performance of the students.
 CHAPTER 4

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

In this chapter the results based on the data gathered during the survey will be discussed and
analyzed.

Table

QUESTIONS Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly

Agree Disagree

1. Does Mobile Legend affects your

4 12 18 14 2
performance in school?
2. Is Mobile Legend Beneficial?
4 12 19 9 6
3. Is Mobile Legend considered as a
3 11 19 14 3
community problem?
4. While in studies, did your academic
4 11 20 15 0
grade grow higher?
5. While in studies, did your academic
1 13 12 19 5
grade grow lower?
6. Do you agree Mobile Legend is
4 11 20 12 3
preventable?
7. Can Mobile legend be played only by
3 10 14 15 8
selected levels?
8. Do you agree that by playing mobile
4 15 13 16 2
games can learn many things?
9. Do you agree that the Mobile Legend
5 10 16 15 21
distributer is the one to be blame of the
changes of your life?
10. Is Mobile Legend can affect the
8 25 12 4 1
attitude of the players?
11. Do you agree that the Department of
9 9 23 7 3
Education should allow Mobile Legend as
an official e-sport in schools?
12. Do you agree that Mobile Legend is
9 13 20 7 1
helpful in developing skills in
strategizing?
13. Do you agree that by collecting the
7 13 14 11 5
phones of students before classes, they
will pay attention in their class?
14. Do you agree that by banning Mobile
6 11 16 11 6
Legend in Philippines, students would be
productive than they are today?
15. Do you agree that parents should
15 16 17 2 0
monitor their children by spending time, as
to prevent them from playing Mobile
Legend?
In this table, the first question has Neutral as the highest selected among the five choices

which shows that playing Mobile Legend can either affect or not the students’ academic

performance.

On the second question, 19 students selected Neutral which shows that Mobile Legend could either

be beneficial or not on the student, 4 students selected “Strongly Agree”, 12 students selected

“Agree”, 14 students selected “Disagree”, and 2 students selected “Strongly Disagree”.

On the third question, 19 students selected “Neutral” which shows that Mobile Legend can either

be considered as a community problem or not, 3 students selected “Strongly Agree”, 11 students

selected “Agree”, 14 students selected “Disagree”, and 3 students selected “Strongly Disagree”.

On the fourth question, 20 students selected “Neutral” which shows that Mobile Legend can either
grow higher the academic grade or not while in studies, 4 students selected “Strongly Agree”, 11
students selected “Agree”, and 15 students selected “Disagree”.

On the fifth question, 19 students selected “Disagree” which shows that Mobile Legend cannot
grow lower the academic grade while in studies, 1 student selected “Strongly Agree”, 13 students
selected “Agree”, 12 students selected “Neutral”, and 5 students selected “Strongly Agree”.

On the Sixth question, 20 students selected “Neutral” which shows that Mobile Legend can be
preventable or not, 4 students selected “Strongly Agree”, 11 students selected “Agree”, 12 students
selected “Disagree”, and 3 students selected “Strongly Agree”.
On the seventh question, 15 students selected “Disagree” which shows that Mobile Legend cannot
only be played by selected levels, 3 students selected “Strongly Agree” 10 students selected
“Agree” 14 students selected “Neutral” and 8 students selected “ Strongly Agree”.

On the eight question, 16 students selected “Disagree” which shows that by playing mobile games
cannot learn many things, 4 students selected “Strongly Agree”, 15 “Agree”, 13 students selected
“Neutral” and 2 students selected “Strongly Disagree”.

On the ninth question, 21 students selected “Strongly Disagree” which shows that Mobile Legend
distributer is not the one to blamed of the changes of the life of students, 5 students selected
“Strongly Agree”, 10 students selected “Agree”, 16 students selected “Neutral” and 15 students
selected “Disagree”

On the tenth question, 25 students selected “Agree” which shows that Mobile Legend can affect
the attitude of the players, 8 students selected “ Strongly Agree” 12 students selected “Neutral” 4
students selected “Disagree” and 1 student selected “Strongly Agree”.

On the eleventh question, 23 students selected “Neutral” which shows that the Department of
Education can either allow Mobile Legend as an official e-sport in schools or not, both 9 students
selected “Strongly Agree and Agree”, 7 students selected “Disagree” and 3 students selected
“Strongly Agree”.

On the twelfth question, 20 students selected “Neutral” which shows that Mobile Legend can
neither helpful or not in developing skills in strategizing, 9 students selected “Strongly Agree”, 13
students selected “Agree”, 7 students selected “Disagree”, and 1 student selected “Strongly Agree”

On the thirteenth question, 14 students selected “Neutral” which shows that by collecting the
phones before classes can either the students will pay attention in class or not, 7 students selected
“Strongly Agree”, 13 students selected “Agree”, 11 students selected “Disagree” and 5 students
selected “Strongly Agree”.

On the fourteenth question,16 students selected “Neutral” which shows that banning Mobile
Legend can either students would be productive than they are today or not, both 6 students selected
“Strongly Agree and Strongly Disagree” and both 11 students selected “Agree and Disagree”
On the fifteenth question, 17 students selected “Neutral” which shows that the parents can either

monitor their children by spending time or not as to prevent from playing Mobile Legend, 15

students selected “Strongly Agree”, 16 students selected “Agree” and 2 students selected

“Disagree”.
 CHAPTER 5

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary (Write an introduction)

Findings

The results of the survey provided information on effects of playing Mobile Legend and
Academic Performance among grade-12 male students of Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig. This
study answered the following questions:

1. What are the effects of playing Mobile Legend among the grade-12 male students of

Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig?

2. What are the effects in the academic performance of the grade-12 male students of

Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig suffers from anxiety?

Based on the results gathered from the survey; playing Mobile Legend affects academic

performance of the students of Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig. Majority of the students were

not affected by while playing Mobile Legend in their studies.

Conclusion

Therefore, playing Mobile Legend can’t really affect the academic performance of a student.

Playing Mobile Legend is just leisure to the students. It’s up to the student if he will really career

playing Mobile Legend or if the student will let Mobile Legend consume him/her. And for the
students, who play the game, they need guidance from their parents in order to not abuse, take their

studies for granted and they will not be consumed by the game.

Recommendation

After conducting the survey about effects of playing Mobile Legend among grade-12 male

students of Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig, the researcher would like to suggest the following

for a follow up study:

1. Increase the number of respondents.

2. Time management.

3. Increase the number of questions, to know the root of the effect why students have

anxiety.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

https://www.academia.edu/11394722/Effects_of_ML_Addiction

https://www.academia.edu/32468782/EFFECTS_OF_PLAYING MOBILE_LEGEND
APPENDICES
 Appendex A

Letter of Request to Conduct Research

 Appendex B

SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE ON ______________________________________

Directions:

QUESTIONS Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly

Agree Disagree

1. Does Mobile Legend affects

your performance in school?
2. Is Mobile Legend Beneficial?

3. Is Mobile Legend considered

as a community problem?
4. While in studies, did your
academic grade grow higher?
5. While in studies, did your
academic grade grow lower?
6. Do you agree Mobile Legend
is preventable?
7. Can Mobile legend be played
only by selected levels?
8. Do you agree that by playing
mobile games can learn many
things?
9. Do you agree that the Mobile
Legend distributer is the one to
blamed of the changes of your
life?
10. Is Mobile Legend can affect
the attitude of the players?
11.Do you agree that the
Department of Education should
allow Mobile Legend as an
official e-sport in schools?
12. Do you agree that Mobile
Legend is helpful in developing
skills in strategizing?
13. Do you agree that by
collecting the phones of students
before classes, they will pay
attention in their class?
14. Do you agree that by banning
Mobile Legend in Philippines,
students would be productive
than they are today?
15. Do you agree that parents
should monitor their children by
spending time, as to prevent
them from playing Mobile
Legend?
 Curriculum Vitae

Llagas, Roschel L.