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EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF WESLEYAN WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY – PHILIPPINES ON ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
By:
KAYE GONZALES JIMWELL PARIÑAS JOHN PAUL PILARDO EDNA CAPULONG
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS I!"#$%&!'#: Technology is he !ranch o" #no$le%ge ha %eals $ih he creaion an% use o" echnical &eans an% heir inerrelai inerrelaion on $ih li"e, sociey, sociey, an% he en'iron&en en'iron&en,, %ra$ing %ra$ing u(on such su!)ecs su!)ecs as in%usrial in%usrial ars, engine engineeri ering, ng, a((lie a((lie% % science science,, an% (ure (ure science science** Accor Accor%in %ing g o Hough+ Hough+-. -../ ./ Wih%r ih%ra$al a$al sy&(o& sy&(o&ss e0(erience% !y young (eo(le %e(ri'e% o" ga%ges an% echnology is co&(are% o hose "el !y %rug a%%ics or s&o#ers going 1col% ur#ey2, a su%y has conclu%e%* Researchers "oun% nearly "our in "i'e su%ens ha% signi"ican &enal an% (hysical %isress, (anic, con"usion an% e0re&e isolaion $hen "orce% o un(lug "ro& echnology "or an enire %ay* The researchers use o con%uc his su%y !ecause (ersonally hey ha% e0(erience% his #in% o" (ro!le& an% !elie'e ha his (ro!le& e0is a&ong su%ens an% $ill !eco&e $orse i" no gi'en aenion* The %e!iliaing e""ecs o" echnology a%%icion on su%ens $ill increase o'eri&e, i" unreae%* Inclu%e% Inclu%e% in his su%y are a%%e% in"or&aio in"or&aion n he researcher researcher gahere% o hel( high school su%ens, su%ens, eachers an% (arens un%ersan% echnology a%%icion an% is e""ec o high school su%ens3 aca%e&ic (er"or&ance* The researcher !elie'e% ha his su%y coul% conri!ue o a'oi% echnology a%%icion*
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S!(!)*)! #+ !,) P"#-.)* The (ur(ose o" his su%y $as o loo# in echnology a%%icion an% is e""ecs o he aca%e&ic e0cellence o" high school su%ens o" Wesleyan Uni'ersiy – Phili((ines4 %uring he school year -.5 6-.7
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1. What are are the causes causes of of technolog technology y addiction addiction 2. What are the eects of technology on the high school students of Wesleyan University - Philippines. 3. What are the possible remedial remedial solutions that teachers, parents parents , and students students should or! out to minimi"e technology addiction# $. What is the pro%le of the respondents respondents in terms terms of a.& gender, b.& age and c.& 'eneral Percentage ('P) *. What are are the common common indicators indicators or symptoms symptoms of technology technology addiction addiction# #
S'/'+'&(&) #+ !,) S!%$y +he folloing personalities stand stand to bene%t from the study.. study..
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tudent. +hey become more aare of the eects of technology addiction in their performance and they improved in terms of !noledge and s!ills. Parents. Parents. +hey might plan out better ays ays for their children children to use the proper ay of using technology and become aare of the symptoms of technology addiction. +eachers. +eachers. +hey can help students to properly properly use the technology. technology. +hey can also guide the students aay from technology addiction. esearchers, esearchers, in their on little ay they could be help to contribute in the development of the study. cope and elimitation of the tudy +his study as conducted in Wesleyan Wesleyan University-Philippine University-Philippines s during the school year 2/1$ 0 2/1*. t focused on technology addiction and its eects to the academic ecellence ecellence of students, indicators of having technology addiction, causes of technology addiction and the possible remedial solutions that teachers, parent and students should or! out to ma!e students overcome overcome such as technology addiction. +his study as limited to $/ students students of Wesleyan Wesleyan University University Philippines. t as limited the instruments used in the research process. process.
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8)P+6 2 69)+6 9+6)+U6 n this chapter, focus is on various relevant literatures that concerns ith the eects of misuse technology to the students. +he materials used are usually printed and found in the boo!s, internet and other publications. :oreign 9iterature )ccording to ;oyer(2/1/&, today7s teens may be reading as headlined, ?=ne in four read read no boo!s boo!s last year@ and noted noted that those those age */ and older older report reported ed higher higher rates of boo! reading, as did college educated people and omen. eaders ho responded to this poll most often reported reading %ction and religious or!s. )lso in
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2//>, the A6) conducted a follo-up, compendium, and analysis of reading focusing on children called +o ead or Aot to ead. esults indicated that children and young adults ere reading signi%cantly less than in the past. ?9ess than one-third of 13year-olds are daily readers, a 1$ percent decline from 2/ years earlier. )mong 1>year year-olds, -olds, the percen percentage tage of non-r non-read eaders ers double doubled d over over a 2/ 2/-y -year ear period period,, from from nineteen percent in 1BC$ to nine percent in 2//$. =n average, )mericans ages 1* to 2$ spend almost to hours a day atching +D, and only seven minutes of their daily leisure leisure time time on reading.@ reading.@ f nearly all nternet nternet sur%ng and social social netor!ing netor!ing is tetbase based, d, ho ho can can this this be true true# # s this this true true for for toda today7 y7s s teen teens, s, or this this data data mor more reEective reEective of teens from previous decades ith less (or no& nternet access# :ri""ihs+--5/, (oine% ou Peo(le can !eco&e a%%ice% o ga&es* Young ga&ers ha'e sho$n si&ilar sy&(o&s o (eo(le $ho ha'e %rug or alcohol %e(en%ence – an ina!iliy o so( (laying, an% $ih%ra$al sy&(o&s +an0iey, agiaion/ i" hey go $ihou access o heir ga&ing ;"i0;*:a&ers also re(or ha hey (lay ga&es o esca(e hings li#e "a&ily or (ersonal (ro!le&s – in a si&ilar $ay o (eo(le $ho use %rugs or alcohol o esca(e heir (ro!le&s* There ha'e !een re(ors o" a%uls $ho (lay so &uch hey neglec heir "a&ilies* There are e'en su((or grou(s "or "a&ily &e&!ers o" (eo(le $ih an a%%icion o one ga&e in (aricular*So&e ga&ers see& o rerea ino a cy!er$orl% an% ha'e %i""iculy relaing o realiy* I" you "eel ga&ing is !eco&ing a real (ro!le&, (erha(s you shoul% ha'e a cha $ih a counsellor 6 see !elo$ "or so&e conacs* Vi%eo ga&es are no all 'iolen, !u &os o" he& are, an% &any o" he& are (rey grueso&e* I has !een esi&ae% ha u( o <-= o" ga&es conain so&e 'iolen conen*
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Peo(le are concerne% ha 'iolen ga&es &igh !e causing young (eo(le o !eco&e 'iolen 6 an% here is so&e e'i%ence o su((or his* Su%ies ha'e sho$n ha 'iolen ga&es can9
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CHAPTER ; SUMMARY5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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1. What are are the causes causes of of technolog technology y addiction# addiction# 2. What What are are the eects eects of techno technolog logy y on the high high school school student students s of Wesle Wesleyan yan University 0 Philippines# 3. What are the possible possible remedial remedial solutions solutions that teachers, teachers, parents parents , and students should or! out to minimi"e technology addiction# $. What is the pro%le pro%le of the respon respondents dents in terms terms of a.& gender gender and b.& grade and section# *. What are are the common common indicators indicators or symptoms symptoms of technology technology addiction addiction# #
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+his study used descriptive method method of research research ith the 4uestionnaire chec!list chec!list in gathering data from the respondents. +he respondents ere 31 students from Wesleyan esleyan Universit University-P y-Phili hilippines ppines,, chosen chosen to random random sampling. sampling. +he informatio information n gathered from them for tabulated tallied according to the number gathered. :indings Fased Fased in the infor informat mation ion gather gathered ed by the resea researc rcher hers, s, the follo folloing ing are are the %ndingsG .
Pro%le of the espondents 1.& 'ender 'ender - +he data shoed that most of the responden respondents ts ere males that are acti active ve us user ers s of tech techno nolo logy gy,, unli unli! !e fema female les. s. +his +his impl implie ied d that that in ter terms of computer addiction, males are more prone to it. 2.& 2.& )g )ge e 0 ;ost ;ost of the the olde olderr respo espond nden ents ts are are mor more asso associ ciat ated ed ith ith soci social al netor!ing and dierent uses of technology unli!e the younger ones.
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Physical +he common indicator of technology addiction in physical aspects is they tend to become thinner, as they neglect eating for using or playing laptop, tablet or any form of gadgets.
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F. ;ental Houng Houng gamers have shon similar symptoms to people ho have drug or alco alcohol hol depe depend nden ence ce 0 an inab inabil ilit ity y to stop stop play playin ing, g, and and ith ithdr dra aal al sy symp mpto toms ms (aniety, agitation& if they go ithout access to their gaming I%I.'amers also report that they play games to escape things li!e family or personal problems 0 in a similar ay to people ho use drugs or alcohol to escape their problems. . .
8au 8auses ses of of techn echnol olog ogy y )ddi ddicti ction Fased on the data gathered by the researchers e can see that one of the main
causes of technology addiction is entertainment and sociali"ing ith other people through the use o technology. D. D. 6ects of technology addiction to the academic academic ecellence ecellence of students Fased on the data gathered on of the most common problem ith technology addiction is absentism by students and relying to much to technology. ;ost of the respondents agreed that they cannot stand not using gadgets, thus distracting from studying. 8onclusions n the light of above %ndings of this study, s tudy, the folloing conclusions ere dranG
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1. +he biggest number number of respondents respondents as males and only only fe ere ere females. females. 2. ;ales tend tend to be more more addicted addicted to technology technology than than females. females. 3. +echnology echnology addiction addiction causes people people to be la"y, distracted distracted and discouraged discouraged in terms of studying. $. +echnology echnology has both positive positive and negative negative eect to the academic academic ecelle ecellence nce of students. :rom it7s positive side technology helps in terms teaching and learn learning ing to be easier easier and eJcien eJcientt
and from from it7s it7s negati negative ve side technol technology ogy
distracts and causes students to be la"y in terms studying studying and also it causes students to become anti-social hen it comes to reality. *. With With regards regards to the possible solutions solutions to minimi"e minimi"e technology technology addiction addiction,, it as revealed that the teachers, parents and student should ccoperate. ecommendation 1. Parent arent should monitor monitor their their children children hen using gadgets. gadgets. 2. Parents Parents should have more time and attention attention for their children. children. 3. +he tudents should discipline themselves themselves hen using any form form of technology technology.. $. +eachers should be aare aare of the behavior of the student during classes. *. Parents Parents should limit the use of technology to their children.