TECHNOLOGY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GRADE 11 STUDENTS

IN MATANAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

An Action Research Presented to

Matanao National High School, Matanao, Davao del sur

ANA LEAH DELFIN

RACHEL B. PANERIO
ERLYN MAE B. BICO

ACCOUNTANCY BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

October 2017
 APPROVAL SHEET

This thesis entitled “TECHNOLOGY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF

GRADE 11 STUDENTS IN MATANAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”, prepared
and submitted by ANA LEAH DELFIN, RACHEL B. PANERIO & ERLYN MAE
B. BICO has been examined and is hereby recommended for the corresponding
examination, approval, and acceptance.

IVY F. SOLANO, MAST

MASTER TEACHER II
MATANAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
MATANAO DAVAO DEL SUR
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Title Page………………………………………………………………………………i
Approval Sheet………………………………………………………………………...ii
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………iii
Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………...iv

CHAPTER

1 THE PROBLEM AND RELATED LITERATURE

Introduction………………………………………………………………1

Statement of the Problem………….…………………………………..3

Null Hypothesis………………………………………………………….3

Definition of Terms………………………………………………………4

2 METHOD

Research Design……………………………………………………….6

Subjects/ Sampling Design…………………………………………….7

Research Instruments………………………………………………….8

Data Gathering Procedure……………………………………………..9

 Data Analysis…………………………………………………………..10

3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

…………………………………………………………………………………

4 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary…………………………………………………………..

Findings……………………………………………………………

Conclusions………………………………………………………..

Recommendations…………………………………………………

REFERENCES……………………………………………………………………
..

APPENDICES……………………………………………………………………
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 Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND RELATED LITERATURE

Introduction

In this generation, technological devices play a very important role in our

life because technology makes our work much easier and less time consuming.
The impact of technology can be felt in every possible field and aspect of our life
such field in education.

The term technology is wide and everyone has their own way of
understanding the meaning of technology. People use technology to accomplish
various tasks in their daily lives, in brief; technology describes as products,
processes or organizations. Technology can be use to extend abilities, and that
makes people as the most important part of any technological system (Karehka
Ramay, 2013).

As technology use continues its steady growth among high school

students, both within and outside of the classroom, its effect on academic
performance becomes an increasingly important question to address (Diane
Wentworth, 2014).

Gadgets nowadays are a basic need for everyday lifestyle. It helps a lot of
things by doing things easier and faster. Students tend to involve gadgets in their
everyday lives including in their studies. Students tend to use up in using gadgets
than on studying. This apparently affects the students’ studying habits and
academic performance (University of Chicago, 2016 )

Example of gadget is a smart phone, a combination cell phone and

handheld computer that created the greatest tech revolution since the Internet.  A
smart phone is also a personal assistant that delivers information and answers
questions about almost everything. A lot more personal than a personal
computer, a smart phone is generally within reach at all times (Encyclopedia,
2009).

Technological devices or gadgets help the students to be productive in

school however, it makes them dependable that they’ll rely everything on their
gadget. Technology is a good academic tool which enhances the academic
performances of the students only if the technology is used for academic
performance (Lekey Dorji, 2015)

Furthermore, the researchers are prompted in evaluating if technological

devices can affect the academic performance of Grade 11 students in Matanao
National High School.

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of this study was to determine if technology such as gadgets

can affect the performance of students in school in terms of academic activities.
Specifically, this study attempts to give answer on the following questions:

1. What is the effect of technology to the academic performance of

students?
2. What are the activities that the students did more often using their
gadgets?
3. Is there a significant relationship between using technology and the
grade average of students?

Null Hypothesis

Ho Technology does not affect the academic performance of students.\

Definition of Terms

Listed below are terms taken from this study, which the researcher believe
have to be defined. This is necessary to enable the future readers to easily
understand the contents of this research.

Students refers to the Grade 11 students of Matanao national High

School. They are the subject of the study about technology and academic
performance.

Technological devices/ Gadgets refer to a device that the students used

to communicate, play, answer home works or assignments and other questions,
surf the internet for fun (facebook, twitter, wattpad), listen or download music and
videos. Gadgets are mobile phones, android phones, tablets, laptops.

Academic Performance refers to the first term grade average of Grade

11 students.
 Chapter 2

METHOD

In this part, the researchers discussed the methods used and the
procedure applied specifically the research design, subjects of the study,
research instruments, data gathering procedure and data analysis to obtain the
data needed in this study.

Research Design

The study used a mean computation by getting the average of students

who used technology and relate it to their first term grades.  It is calculated by
adding up all the scores in each item of the questionnaire and divide that sum by
the total number of scores.

Where;
∑, represents the summation

X, represents scores
N, represents number of scores.
Subjects/ Sampling Design

The basis of the sample size of the respondents involved in this study
followed the purposive sampling technique. It is in this sampling technique that
this study was conducted to 207 among the 408 students in Grade 11 Senior
high.

Table 1 Subjects of the Study

Number of students Sample size per

Strand per section section
Home economics 1 43 21

Home economics 2 30 15

Smaw 1 65 31

Smaw 2 27 13

General Academic 45 22
Strand 1
General Academic 41 20
Strand 2
Computer 36 17
Programming
Electrical 34 16

Accountancy, 23 11
Business and
Management
Humanities and 27 13
Social Sciences

Science, 57 28
Technology,
Engineering and
Mathematics
Total 408 207

Research Instruments
 The researcher developed a questionnaire with rating scales to gather the
required information.

The questionnaire was the main instrument in gathering data. Aside from
the questionnaire, documentary analysis and observation were used to gather
the information needed in this study. The researcher adopted the mentioned
instrument and technique which were most appropriate for gaining insights on the
effects of gadgets to the academic performance of students in Grade 11
students.

The survey questionnaire consisted the students’ profile and 3 questions

with 8 likert-scale response options (rating from 1-Never to 5- Most Often)
regarding on what activity did the students used their technological devices.

Data Gathering Procedure

The researcher firstly secured a permission letter to the Assistant

Principal of Matanao National High School. Then, the researcher personally
distributed the survey questionnaire about the “Technology and Academic
Performance of Grade 11 Students in Matanao National High School”.

It took one day for the researcher to distribute the questionnaire and a day
to interpret and analyze the scores using the indicators they made.

Data Analysis
 All of the data were collected and used as the basis to find out if
technology can affect the academic performance of Grade 11 students. Data
were tabulated, tallied, statistically treated and analyzed.

The academic performance was measured based on the grade they filled
in on their first term grade average. Descriptive statistic was employed. All data
in the students’ academic performance were presented in a tabular form.

Moreover, students’ activities using gadgets were also tabulated.

Frequency of responses using the scales were tallied. Weighted mean for each
activities and the overall weighted mean were computed. This was done by
adding the product of the number of responses in each scale and divided by the
number of respondents. The overall weighted mean will be computed by getting
the average of all the weighted means. Qualitative interpretations will be based
on the weighted mean computed using the ranges: 1- Never; 2-Sometimes; 3-
Often; 4- More Often; 5- Most Often.

Chapter 3
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

This section presents the significant results on the conduct of this relevant
study. The manner of presenting the results is based on the survey
questionnaire. The discussion starts from the first term grade average of
students, down to the discussion on the significant mean gain ranges of the
activities using gadgets. Results are presented in tables and are given
meaningful interpretations.

Table 2 Students’ First Term Grade Average and Number of Gadgets

Number of Gadgets Number of Students

0 2
1 75
2 124
3 6
4 0
5 or more 0

The results reveal that 2 Grade 11 students (1 %) have no gadget, 75

(36%) have 1 gadget specifically smart phone, 124 (60%) have 2 gadgets, 3(3%)
have 3 gadget, students have no 4 or 5 or more gadgets.

Table 3 Activities and Mean Range

 Activities Mean Range Interpretation
1. I use my gadget/s 3 Often
during classroom
activities and studying.
2. I use my gadget/s in 3 Often
doing home works or
assignments.
3. I use my gadget/s in 4 More Often
creating, reading and/or
sending messages.
4. I use my gadget/s in 3 Often
writing and/or reading
documents for pleasure
(such as wattpad and e-
books).
5. I use my gadget/s in 2 Sometimes
playing online and/or
mobile games.
6. I use my gadget/s in 4 More Often
downloading and/or
listening music or videos.
7. I use gadget/s in 5 Most Often
surfing the internet for
pleasure (such as
Facebook, twitter,
instagram)
8. I use my gadget/s 2 Sometimes
during online shopping.

Based on the result students used their gadget/s sometimes (2) in playing
online and/or mobile games, and during online shopping. They used gadget/s
often (3) during classroom activities, studying, doing home works or
assignments, and reading documents for pleasure (such as wattpad and e-
books). Others used their gadget/s more often (4) in creating, reading and/or
sending messages, and in downloading and/or listening music or videos. And
students used their gadgets most often (5) in surfing the internet for pleasure
(such as facebook, twitter, instagram).

Chapter 4

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 This section highlights the summary of the findings of the study. Also,
conclusions are presented based on the results of the study. In addition, timely
recommendations are offered to give opportunities to future researchers.

Summary

The purpose of this study was to find out if the gadgets or

technological devices can affect the academic performance of the students.
Moreover, the researcher wanted to know the activities that the students did
using their gadgets. A total of two hundred seven students from Grade 11 of
Matanao National High School were selected to answer the survey
questionnaire.

Findings
Indicated below were the salient findings of the study:

Almost all of the Grade 11 students have gadgets, some have 1, 2

and 3 while 2 students have no gadget.

Students used their gadget/s sometimes in playing online and/or

mobile games, and during online shopping. They used gadget/s often during
classroom activities, studying, doing home works or assignments, and reading
documents for pleasure (such as wattpad and e-books). Others used their
gadget/s more often in creating, reading and/or sending messages, and in
downloading and/or listening music or videos. And students used their gadgets
most often in surfing the internet for pleasure (such as facebook, twitter,
instagram).
Conclusions

Based on the following findings of the study the following conclusions are
being drawn:

1. Technologies/Gadgets do not affect the academic performance of the

students.

2. Having gadgets can help students in their academic performance if only

they used their gadgets in academic purposes.

3. Gadgets make knowledge more available to students and expose them

to a much wider variety of subjects.

4. Gadgets have positive effect on academics and with additional

instruction and care students can take full advantage of technology.

5. On the other hand, technology has negative effect because it makes the
students out of focus and dependent to rely on their gadgets in doing
home works.

Recommendations

From the conclusions drawn, the following recommendations are offered.

1. Students should use their gadget in good and purposive way.

2. Parent’s need to monitor the students’ usage and attitudes toward
technology.
3. Students should be independent and should not rely on their
gadget in doing assignments.

REFERENCES
 Ramay, Karehka(2013). The Effects of Technological Devices to the
Learning Performance of Information Technology Students. Polytechnic Univerity
of the Philippines.

Dorji, Lekey (2015). The Impact of the Internet on Academic Performance

of the students at the tertiary level of Education in Bhutan.Dissertation, 1-5.

The Effect of Technological Devices on Student’s Academic Success:

Evidence from Denizli, pp 40-45 from
https://www.journalagent.com/iuyd/pdfs/IUYD-83007-RESEARCH_ARTICLE-
BASTURK.pdf

University of Chicago( 2015). The Effects of Gadgets in Students’s

Performances, pp 1-5)

Admissionjankari, 2012. Technology and Education in India.

APPENDIX A

Permission Letter
 MATANAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
POBLACION, MATANAO, DAVAO DEL SUR
SY 2017-2018

October 09-14, 2017

Anabella N. Roluna
Assistant Principal II
Matanao National High School
Matanao, Davao del Sur

Thru: Classroom Advisers

Senior High Department
Matanao National High School
Matanao, Davao del Sur

Ma’am/Sir:

Greetings!
We are the student – researchers from Accountancy, Business and Management
Track of Matanao National High School – Senior High School Department. We
are currently doing a research on “Technology and Academic Performance of
Grade 11 Students in Matanao National High School”.The purpose of this
research is to find out if technology,specifically gadgets, is effective or not in
terms of academic performance of students in Grade 11.
In line with this, we would like to ask permission from your good office to conduct
a research survey for the aforementioned purposes. We would also like to ask
10-15 minutes time of each grade 11 section. Rest assured that we will not
interrupt the whole time of their classes during collection of data.
We will look forward for your positive response and we will be forever grateful of
your help.
Thank you and more power!

Respectfully yours,

ANA LEAH DELFIN RACHEL B. PANERIO

Researcher – ABM Student Researcher – ABM
Student
NOTED:

IVY F. SOLANO, MAST

Master Teacher II

APPROVED:

ANNABELLA N. ROLUNA
Assistant Principal II

APPENDIX B

Survey Questionnaire
RESEARCH II
This questionnaire is for the quantitative research entitled “Technology
and Academic Performance of Grade 11 Students in Matanao National High
School”. The purpose of this study is to view if technology such as gadgets can
affect the grades and performance of students. Confidentiality of answers will be
upheld.
Name(optional):___________________ Age:___ Gender: _______
Section: ____________ First Term Average: ________
A. Please check the box and/or choose your appropriate answer.
1. How many gadgets do you have?
 0
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5 or more
2. Do you usually bring your gadget/s in school?
 Yes
 No
 Sometimes
3. How many hours a day do you normally spend time using gadget/s?
 Less than an hour
 1-2 hours
 3-5 hours
 6-10 hours
 11 or more hours

B. Please rate the following activities you did using your gadget/s.
1 – Never 2 – Sometimes 3 – Often 4 – More often 5 – Most
often
Activities
1 2 3 4 5
1. I use my gadget/s
during classroom
activities and
studying.
2. I use my gadget/s
in doing home works
or assignments.
3. I use my gadget/s
in creating, reading
and/or sending
messages.
4. I use my gadget/s
in writing and/or
reading documents
for pleasure (such
as wattpad and e-
books).
5. I use my gadget/s
in playing online
and/or mobile
games.
6. I use my gadget/s
in downloading
and/or listening
music or videos.
7. I use gadget/s in
surfing the internet
for pleasure (such
as Facebook, twitter,
instagram)
8. I use my gadget/s
during online
shopping.

Total:

APPENDIX C

Sample Size Computation

 Strand Number of students Percentage in 408 Sample size per
per section population section
Home economics 1 43 10.54 % 21

Home economics 2 30 7.35 % 15

Smaw 1 65 15.93 % 31

Smaw 2 27 6.62 % 13

General Academic 45 11.03 % 22

Strand 1
General Academic 41 10.05% 20
Strand 2
Computer 36 8.82% 17
Programming
Electrical 34 8.33% 16

Accountancy, 23 5.64% 11
Business and
Management
Humanities and 27 6.62% 13
Social Sciences

Science, 57 13.97 % 28
Technology,
Engineering and
Mathematics
Total 408 100 % 207