Usage of Gadgets Affecting The Study Habits of The SHS Students in Cipriano P. Primicias National High School
Usage of Gadgets Affecting The Study Habits of The SHS Students in Cipriano P. Primicias National High School
Usage of Gadgets Affecting The Study Habits of The SHS Students in Cipriano P. Primicias National High School
Introduction
There is no doubting that technology, particularly computers, laptops, and phones, has
become an integral part of many people's daily lives in our generation, particularly among
students. Everyone uses technological devices on a regular basis, regardless of age. On the one
hand, they make our lives easier and simpler, but on the other, their excessive usage can be
Depending on how a user uses technology, it can have both beneficial and harmful
effects. A device that can be used for communication, information gathering, entertainment, and
knowledge mining makes people reliant on technology which may have an impact on their daily
lives.
The main objective of this study is to determine the effects of usage of gadgets to the
study habits of the Grade 12 students at Cipriano P. Primicias National High School during the
school year 2022-2023. It examined how long students used their gadgets for and how these
million smartphone users, reflecting an upward trend since 2017. It was forecasted that by 2025,
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Cipriano P. Primicias National High School has 646 Senior High School students
enrolled in the School Year 2022-2023, composed of 345 students in Grade 11, and 301 students
in Grade 12. Based on our pre-survey, only 2 Senior High School students in Cipriano P.
Primicias National High School don’t have cellphones. The percentage of the Senior High
School students that have a cellphone is 99.69%. Because of the large number of students using
gadgets, the researchers became interested to conduct a study on the usage of gadgets affecting
The study aims to identify the effects of gadgets to the study habits of the Senior High
2. What are the behavioral impact of the use of gadgets in their study habits?
3. Is there a significant relationship between the usage of gadgets and study habit of the
students?
Hypothesis
There is no significant relationship between the usage of gadgets and study habit of the students.
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Scope and Delimitation of the Study
The general intent of this study is to investigate the effects of gadgets to the study habits
of the senior high school students in Cipriano P. Primicias National High School. This study will
mainly identify and assess the behavioral impact of the use of gadgets in the study habits of the
students. The study is delimited only to the selected Grade 12 students enrolled during the
This research is made with the aim to provide crucial information and knowledge
regarding the effects of gadgets to the study habits of senior high school students. It is hoped that
Students. It will help the students to acknowledge the impact of gadgets to their study habits and
Parents. The result of this study could help the parents by establishing rules and monitoring their
Teachers. It will help them derive new strategies and lesson plans regarding the topic from this
research. They can bring their expertise to their classroom and actively share the information
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Future Researchers. This study will be a useful reference for the researchers who would plan to
make any related study regarding the effects of gadgets to the study habits of senior high school
students.
Definition of Terms
In this study, the following terms were written to clarify the meanings of the words used
Effects. This refers to the impact of using gadgets to the study habits of the Senior High School
students.
Gadgets. This refers to the device or tool that are used to search and gain information
Study Habit. This refers the factors such as the student’s behavior towards studying.
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Chapter 2
This chapter presents the related literature and studies, foreign and local which provided
the researcher the needed information and direction for the completion of the study
Related Literatures
A gadget is a small tool or device with a specific useful purpose and function. Gadgets
tend to be more unusual or cleverly designed than normal technology. In today’s life, tasks are
maximized with the use of modern gadgets. It is easier to accomplish daily tasks and people are
also able to do work with efficiency. One cannot even dare to imagine life without smart phones,
electronic gadgets proved and showed that students knew how to be responsible and educated
themselves with regard to the ill effect of the various devices. It could be inferred that in using
progressive and effective students in the class. In the context of the level of proficiency on the
use of electronic gadgets and study habit of senior high school students provide the readers a
detail of the educational awareness in using electronic devices. All the respondents regardless of
length of years of exposure in gadgets were “good”. However, Grade 12 students stood out to
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have a “very good” academic performance in the class. Probably, the Grade 12 student believes
that electronic gadgets are essential to the development of their academic routine.
Gross (2009) described in his article that people are very frequent in use of media and
modern technologies in communication at home or at work and feel hard to survive in the
absence of modern means of communications. With the advent rapid new technologies; digital
societies are shaping all across and people are relying mainly on these resources from
An article written by Sarla (2019) states that prolonged usage of electronic devices can
have negative effects on the eyes, wrist, arm, and muscles in the neck. Due to their decreased
face-to-face engagement, people who use their cell phones excessively are more likely to feel
that their social relationships are not supportive and gratifying and that they are not actively
promoting the happiness and well-being of others. Smartphone overuse may lead to development
of repetitive stress and may affect the human body adversely. In a study by Bian (2014), as cited
by Sarla states that in Mainland China, information was acquired from a sample of 414
university students utilizing an online survey. The Smartphone Addiction Scale was developed
as a result of exploratory factor analysis, which found five symptoms of smartphone addiction:
obsession, inability to regulate need, productivity loss, disregard of detrimental effects, and
feeling anxious and lost. According to the findings, a person is more likely to get addicted to
their smartphone if they scored higher on the loneliness and shyness scales. Additionally, this
study demonstrates that loneliness was the most potent predictor that negatively impacted both
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Related Studies
among grade 11 students in Urdaneta City National High School, cellphones were always used
by the students, computers were sometimes used by the students and tablets were seldom used by
the students in learning. The use of gadgets has a moderately positive impact in learning because
of its features that extend the ability of the students to do more things but it also has a slightly
negative impact because students are most likely to be distracted by it. There was no significant
correlation between the frequency of use and the impact of gadgets which means the frequency
of the use of gadgets does not affect its impact but instead, it was based on how we use it.
are not the sole leading cause to any health problems, but they do contribute significantly to a
variety of mental and physical health disorders: obesity, sleep disorders, ophthalmic disorders,
In a study titled “An Educational Study on Gadget Addiction and Mental Health among
Gen Z” by Surat (2021) concluded that gadget addiction has an impact on the users’ academic,
socialization and mental health. Gadget addiction among students not only distracts their
academic performance, but also contributes to their physical, emotional and cognitive problems.
Hence, efforts have been attempted to rationalize the smart and controlled use of the gadgets
among Gen Z in order to enhance their time management, achieve good academic performance
thus maintaining a more positive level of mental health. The implications of this study are useful
to academics and heavy gadget users and those who are hooked with their gadgets in their
everyday life. Further studies in this area are needed to delve deeper into other issues related to
each element of gadget addiction in order to reinforce the research framework which will in turn
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develop a standard guide for controlling gadget use in Malaysia. Elhai et al. (2017) revealed that
Gen Z users spent 16 hours per day on average using a gadget. This implies the users cannot live
without their electronic gadget. Thupayagale-Tshweneagae et al. (2014) state that people who are
more frequent in using gadgets for the purpose of emotional support are likely inclined towards
gadget addiction. Correlation analysis shows that gadget addiction has a significant but very
weak relationship with quality of sleep and the level of anxiety. Instead, addiction has been
found to have a significant and positive correlation with levels of depression and anxiety level.
Hence, this suggests there is a linear and positive relationship between quality of sleep,
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Conceptual Framework
The model illustrates the relationship between the three major parts of the
The input is about the respondent’s profile, the duration of usage of gadgets and the
effects of gadgets in the student’s study habits. These inputs will be needed as variables to come
The process involves the use of survey questionnaires and statistical analysis such as
The output of the study is the evaluation of the effects of gadgets to the study habits and
the significant relationship between the usage of gadgets and the study habits of the students.
Chapter 3
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter describes the research design, the respondents, instruments used, and the
Research Design
This study will utilize the use of survey research design in order to gather data by using
questionnaires to get precise answers and present the findings in an accurate way. This kind of
study permits the use of numerous techniques for participant recruitment, data collection, and
instrumentation while being cost-effective and efficient. Surveys and questionnaires will be used
to collect and assess the study habits of the students such as their behaviors with using gadgets
like mobile phones in their daily lives. The data gathered will aid the researchers in identifying
the effects of gadgets to the study habits of the senior high school students in Cipriano P.
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Sources of Data
The data were gathered from thirty (30) grade 12 students enrolled during the school year
2022 – 2023 in Cipriano P. Primicias National High School. In this study, simple random
This study will utilize survey questionnaires which contains questions prepared by the
researchers. The instrument made by the researchers will be validated by experts using the
content validity questionnaire prepared by the researchers. The data collected from surveys is
then statistically analyzed to draw meaningful research conclusions. The results of the survey
Different statistical tools were used to determine the impact of gadgets in learning. The
frequency of use of gadgets and the effects of gadgets to the study habits were determined using
the percentage and the Average Weighted Mean method (AWM). In computing for the
Where:
f P = Percentage
P = n x 100=%
f = frequency
n = number of responses
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In interpreting the computed AWM point obtained, the formula is as follows,
Where:
AMW =
∑x AMW = Average Weighted Mean
N
∑ x = the sum of all scores
N = total number of respondents
For determining the significant relationship between the usage of gadgets and study
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Chapter 4
This chapter describes the analysis of data followed by the discussion of the research
findings. The finding can relate to the research questions that guided the study.
Table 2 shows the results of the survey of how long does the students use their gadgets
daily, results show that most of the respondents use their gadgets for more than 6 hours in a
single day.
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Table 3: behavioral impact of the use of gadgets in their study habits
RESPONDENTS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 AVERAGE DURATION
PER
RESPONDENT
1 4 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 4 3 3.4 5
2 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3.1 5
3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3.5 3
4 5 3 5 3 3 1 4 4 3 4 3.5 5
5 3 1 4 4 4 1 1 3 3 3 2.7 5
6 5 5 5 5 5 4 2 2 1 5 3.9 2
7 5 3 3 4 3 5 5 3 5 4 4 5
8 4 2 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 4 3.1 5
9 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3.8 2
10 4 3 5 3 3 1 2 5 1 4 3.1 3
11 3 1 5 4 5 2 1 5 4 3 3.3 1
12 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3.3 4
13 3 4 4 5 4 3 2 2 3 4 3.4 2
14 3 2 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 3.5 5
15 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 4 2 3 2.8 3
16 4 2 4 4 4 1 3 2 1 4 2.9 5
17 3 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 3 2.4 3
18 3 2 5 5 5 3 2 4 2 4 3.5 5
19 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 2 2 4 3.1 2
20 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 4 3.5 5
21 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 1 3 2.9 5
22 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 3 1 3 3 5
23 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3.4 5
24 3 2 5 5 5 2 1 3 1 3 3 5
25 4 2 3 3 5 1 3 3 1 3 2.8 4
26 5 3 2 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 3.5 5
27 3 1 5 4 4 1 3 4 1 4 3 5
28 2 2 4 4 4 1 2 2 2 4 2.7 3
29 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 3 3.4 5
30 2 1 4 4 4 1 3 4 2 3 2.8 4
AVERAGE PER 3.4 2.4 3.97 3.8 3.87 2.5 2.9 3.4 2.33 3.5 r value = -0.04
QUESTION
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Table 3 shows the tabulated mean responses and computation solved through pearson
correlation. The weighted means show that most students strongly agree that gadgets make
students more creative (Question 3), and more motivated to study (Question 5).
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Table 4: Significant relationship between the usage of gadgets and study habit of students.
Indicators r value P value Remarks Decision
Effects of
Gadgets to Duration of -0.04 .834 Very low Accept Null
the Study use of correlation Hypothesis
Habits of gadgets
Students
The table 4 shows the tabulated computation solved through the pearson correlation.
After the computation, we computed the r value of -0.04 which indicates that the usage of
gadgets has a very low correlation to the study habits of students. Using the derived r value, the P
value of .834 was computed which is higher than the level of significance that 0.05 used. Thus,
there is no significant relationship between the usage of gadgets and study habit of students.
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Chapter 5
This chapter presents the summary of the study, conclusions, and recommendations based
from the findings undertaken by the researchers from the study entitled “Usage of Gadgets
Affecting the Study Habits of the Senior High School Students in Cipriano P. Primicias National
High School”.
Summary
The study “Usage of Gadgets Affecting the Study Habits of the Senior High School
National High School, Alcala, Pangasinan which included 30 Grade 12 respondents who are
enrolled during the school year 2022-2023. It sought answers to the following problems: 1. How
long does the students use their gadgets daily?; 2. What are the behavioral impact of the use of
gadgets in their study habits?; 3. Is there a significant relationship between the usage of gadgets
and study habit of the students?. This study made use of the survey research design with the
questionnaire as the main gathering tool. The data were tabulated into a contingency table and
treated with the proper statistical measures. For problem number 1 and 2, the Average Weighted
Mean method was used; a five-point scale Likert scale was used in the analysis. For problem
number 3, pearson correlation was used to measure the significant relationship between the usage
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Conclusions
In view of the findings in this study, the following conclusions are drawn.
Having a total of 30 participants in this research, 56.67% of the respondents use their
gadgets for more than 6 hours in a day, 16.67% use their gadgets for 2-3 hours, 13.33% for 1-2
hours, 10% for 4-6 hours, and 3.33% for less than 1 hour in a day.
According to the average weighted mean computed, most students strongly agree that
On the results in terms of the behavioral impact of the use of gadgets in their study habits,
the calculated r value was -0.04, which indicates the there is a very low correlation between the
According to the results of the pearson correlation, the calculated P value is .834 which is
higher than the significance level of 0.05 used. The researchers concluded that there is no
significant relationship between the usage of gadgets and the study habit of the students.
Recommendations
With all of the foregoing analysis, interpretation, and conclusions of this study, the
Future researchers can conduct a similar study and improve some flaws. Another research
should be conducted as follow-up study to investigate further the impact of gadgets in the study
habit of students. Future researchers can use this study for references. Moreover, actions should
be made by the respondents to be more aware of the effects when using their gadgets.
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Appendix A
Letter to Conduct a Study
Cipriano P. Primicias National High School
San Vicente, Alcala, Pangasinan
Senior High School
Dear Sir,
Good Day!
We, researchers in the 12 th grade at Cipriano P. Primicias National High School, are now
conducting research on “Usage of Gadgets Affecting the Study Habits of the Senior High School
Students in Cipriano P. Primicias National High School”. It primarily fulfills the requirements for
Practical Research 2. In this regard, we are requesting the participation of the selected SHS students in
our survey. Please be assured that any data obtained will be treated with the utmost discretion. Thank you
Sincere regards,
Noted Approved
CHRISTIAN D. MAMARIL JESUS B. NAZARENO
Research Adviser Principal IV
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Appendix B
Letter to Conduct a Study
Cipriano P. Primicias National High School
San Vicente, Alcala, Pangasinan
Senior High School
Dear Ma’am,
Good Day!
We, researchers in the 12 th grade at Cipriano P. Primicias National High School, are now
conducting research on “Usage of Gadgets Affecting the Study Habits of the Senior High School
Students in Cipriano P. Primicias National High School”. It primarily fulfills the requirements for
Practical Research 2. In this regard, we are requesting the participation of the selected SHS students in
our survey. Please be assured that any data obtained will be treated with the utmost discretion. Thank you
Sincere regards,
Noted Approved
CHRISTIAN D. MAMARIL DR. CONCEPCION B NIÑO, EdD
Research Adviser Head Teacher IV
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Appendix C
Questionnaire
I. Profile of the Respondents
Put a check (✓) on the appropriate space that corresponds to your answer.
More than 6 4 to 6 hours 3 to 4 hours 2 to 3 hours Less than 1
hours (5) (4) (3) (2) hour (1)
1. How long do you use
your gadgets in a
day?
Put a check (✓) on the appropriate space that corresponds to your answer.
Strongly Agree - 5 Agree - 4 Neutral - 3 Disagree - 2 Strongly Disagree - 1
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Appendix D
Sir,
Good Day!
We, researchers in the 12th grade at Cipriano P. Primicias National High School, are now conducting
research on “Usage of Gadgets Affecting the Study Habits of the Senior High School Students in
Cipriano P. Primicias National High School”. This research will employ a survey questionnaire. In
light of this, the researchers request your assistance in validating the questionnaires before distributing
them to the respondents. The researchers anticipate your opinions and recommendations regarding the
Sincere regards,
Noted Approved
CHRISTIAN D. MAMARIL CHARLIE D. SADIAN
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Research Adviser SHS Teacher II
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Appendix E
Name_________________________________________________________________________
Position_______________________________________________________________________
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Direction: The following are questions intended to set the content validity of the attached
instrument as the main tool in gathering data needed for the study. Please evaluate the items by
filling out the blanks with a check (√) mark.
5 – Highly Valid, 4 – Valid, 3 – Moderately Valid, 2 – Fairly Valid, 1 – Not Valid
Questions 5 4 3 2 1
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
__________________
Signature of Evaluator
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Background:
Educational Attainment:
Skills
Motto
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Background:
Educational Attainment:
Secondary Education: Cipriano P. Primicias High School
Alcala, Pangasinan
On-going
Skills
Singing,play guitar,cook
Motto
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Background:
Educational Attainment:
Skills
Motto
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Background:
Educational Attainment:
Skills
Motto
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Background:
Educational Attainment:
Skills
Motto
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Background:
Educational Attainment:
Skills
Motto
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Curriculum vitae
Personal Background:
Educational Attainment:
Skills
Playing Guitar, Ukulele, chess, volleyball and making some calligraphies
Motto
“Prove yourself
To yourself
Not to others”
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Background:
Educational Attainment:
Skills
Motto
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Background:
Educational Attainment:
Skills
Motto
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