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Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

This chapter includes the comprehensive background study on the factors that

determine the advantages of using mobile phone to the selected grade 10 students in

CBNHS-Salinas. Mobile phones doesn’t only influence the lives of the people in our

country but also affects every students in our school. It will discuss the current state of

the City of Bacoor National High School-Salinas under those factors.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Mobile phone is one of the most convenient and useful products of technology.

According to William and Sawyer (2011), mobile phone is a microprocessor, memory,

and built-in modem. Mobile phone is a multimedia phone that resulting in a luxurious

gadget, where there is camera, music players, videos, games, email access, digital

television and GPS. The evolution of time makes everything happened, the used of

mobile phone became extremely popular. In 2001 mobile phone users were less than a

billion worldwide considering that the majority of the users are those from developed

countries. By the end of 2010, mobile phone users have reached five billion worldwide

with subscription to developing countries out numbering that of developing countries

(Kelly, 2009; Rebello, 2010).

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The function of mobile phone is as a tool for human in their daily work. Students

are one of those who consumed a lot of time in using mobile phone. It brings them a lot

of benefits in any aspects and most of them is purely for educational purposes. Mobile

phones are a popular form of communication in today's society, and in 2010, students of

all ages own cell phones. Mobile phones enable collaboration between learners and

teachers anywhere that's why it's been popular among the students. Teachers have

especially been interested in using these devices as a means of providing learning

opportunities, reading online content from e-books or the internet, listening to music,

watching videos and all activities which support the learning of students.
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STATEMENT OF THE РROBLEM

The purpose of this study is to determine the advantages of mobile phone usage to

those selected grade 10 students of CBNHS-Salinas.

This study aims to answer the following questions:

1. What is the primary purpose of using mobile phone?

2. What are the factors that determine the advantages of mobile phone usage to the

academic performance of students?

3. How does these factors affect the students?

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SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

This study was conducted in the City of Bacoor National Highschool Salinas

during the school year 2019-2020. The study is focused on the factors that determine the

advantages of mobile phone usage to selected grade 10 students of CBNHS Salinas. This

study was limited to the students of CBNHS-Salinas and expected to obtained enough

information for research process.

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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The study aims to create an information regarding to the factors that determine the

advantages of mobile phone usage to the selected grade 10 students of CBNHS-Salinas. It

would reveal the advantages that can make their studies more convenient.

This study will be beneficial to the following:

Students

This is very beneficial to the students to know the benefits of using mobile

phones. This may also help the students to become aware of the school issues, especially

the so-called student issues, by knowing the real purpose of this research and by

forgetting the unfriendly thoughts about the staffs, officers and students who are against

on using mobile phones during school hours.

Future Researchers

This paper will be helpful to future researchers, especially the students.it can help

them to gain insights and knowledge about its effects and how the school copes up with

the issue.
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ASSUMPTION
1. Mobile phone is use by every students.

2. Mobile phones are beneficial to students.

3. Mobile phones are undeniably convenient and a helpful tool for

studying.

4. Students use mobile phones to search informations on internet.

5. Mobile phone is one of the factors in improving students’ academic

performance.
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This showcases the local and foreign literature and articles in accordance with the topic

which can help the researchers in broader studies.

Foreign Studies

Mobile phones easily promote collaborative and different types of learning through

their wireless connection to the internet and gives an easy access to information and

social media accounts. In classrooms, mobile phones motivate students to be more

engaged to lesson promoting learner centered participation. This indicates the dynamic

support that the mobile phone has brought to students.

According to Barker, Krull, and Mallinson (2006), The impact of mobile phone

technology on learning are portability, collaborative and motivation enhancing students

and teachers' education system. Mobile phones have an important role in the life of young

adults and students.

The mobile phones have full penetration to anything (Szántó, 2005). A previous

American study also suggest that students use mobile phone for variety of purpose.

Mobile phone help them feel safe, use it for financial benefits or help them manage

their time efficiently and it helps them keep in touch with friends and family members

(Aoki and Downes, 2005).

Ishii (2006) indicated that mobile phones have a variety of features that simply were

not possible years ago. Mobile phones are not just for communication anymore. Students
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can access the internet, send text messages, check emails, and even video chat others

quite literally from the palm of their hand.

In addition, Scholars body and Ellison (2008) stated that students can access variety of

social network sites from mobile phones.

Local Studies

The mobile phone has fundamentally affected our society, accessibility, safety,

security and coordination of social and business activities. It has become part of a culture

of every region in the world. The uses of mobile phones are numerous and this includes

keeping contact with friends and family members, conducting business and others.

Jhasper Managyo (2017) stated that, Filipinos are using their mobile phones not only

to communicate but also as mobile computers as well, according to a recent market study

issued. TNS, a global customized research company, said in its report that Filipino

consumers are not must using cell phones to call and texting messages and photos, but

also as a means to have internet on-the-go, allowing users to be always online. Of the

38,000 respondents in Metro Manila, 75 percent of the respondents surveyed used mobile

phones to take photos or videos; 45 percent to browse the internet; 44 percent to access

their social networking sites and 37 percent to check their emails.

The study was conducted from November 2012 to January 2013. “Based on the

findings of the study, the increase in various mobile activities & plain the growing trend

of Wi-Fi accessibility in public areas”, said TNS Philippines Managing Director Gary

de Ocampo.
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The Kaiser family foundation (2005) named today’s youth the m-generation because

of the adolescents’ ability to multitask. Student can use a variety of media devices at one

time.
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CONCEРTUAL FRAMEWORK

The proposed conceptual framework below shows how mobile phone usage affect the

academic performance of students.

Figure 1

MOBILE РHONE
USAGE
 To read news
 Search
information
 Read or send
emails

ACADEMIC
РERFORMANCE

STUDENTS
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RESEARCH HYРOTHESIS

• There are a lot of students who uses mobile phone in their studies.

• The usage of mobile phone is very beneficial to students that serves as source of

information to them.

•There are more mobile phone-based information for students when looking for

references.

•Some of the students believe that mobile phones are convenient and easier to use than

books.

• Students who uses mobile phones classified mobile phones as an advantage for

improving their academic performance.

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DEFINITION OF TERMS

Access (noun) - permission, liberty, or ability to enter, approach, or pass to and from a

place or to approach or communicate with a person or thing Obtain- to gain or attain

usually by planned action or effort.

Development (noun) - Development is a process that creates growth, progress, positive

change or the addition of physical, economic, environmental, social and demographic

components.

Leisure (noun) - is the time when one is not working or occupied or in a simple word,

we can say its free time.

Limited (adj.) - restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short. Information-

facts provided or learned about something or someone. Advantage- is the state of being in

a better position than others who are competing against you

Mobile phone (noun) - A mobile phone is a wireless handheld device that allows users

to make and receive calls and to send text messages, among other features.

Potent (adj.) - Potent means really strong, but not like a body builder. Use potent instead

to describe things like intense smells, powerful magic potions, and very influential

people.
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Chapter 2

This chapter includes the research findings and procedures done by the researchers.

Also, it showcases the survey results presented in graphical forms.

RESEARCH FORM

Applied research is a methodology used to solve a specific, practical issue affecting an

individual or group. It aims to find an evidence for problem or topic that is faced by a

group or organization. The researchers chose this form of research because it provides

information that can be used to help people in their studies by understanding and

analyzing the evidence that will be presented in the research.

RESEARCH METHOD

In this study we used a non-probability sampling technique by conducting a survey in

selected 100 students of City of Bacoor National High School- Salinas giving 25 random

survey per year level.

The researchers conducted this research to know or to verify if mobile phone has an

important role in improving their studies beyond its advantages. Using the quantitative

research, our group used statistical method to collect quantitative data from our research

study. In this research method, the researchers deploy a mathematical framework and a

survey that contains five questions. The selected students in all grade levels are randomly

given a survey sheets for us to know the factors of the advantages of mobile phone usage.

The results from the survey showed that all path coefficients were positive and
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statistically significant. Above all, the results from the analysis showed that respondents

tend to use mobile phones because of its advantage.

RESEARCH FINDINGS
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This chapter presents the results of the surveys done by the researchers on conducting

the study. In order to execute the outcome of the surveys, the researchers applied a pie

graph.

Figure 2

This pie graph shows students’ answers to the given survey which asked them if they

use mobile phone in their studies. 88 percent of 100 students said that they use mobile

phone their studies. While the remaining 12 percent said that they do not use mobile

phones in their studies. In conclusion, it is clear that a large proportion of students use

mobile phones in their studies.

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Figure 3

This pie graph shows students' answers to the given survey which asked them how

often do they use their mobile phones. 56 percent of 100 students said that they always

use their mobile phones. 37 percent answered they sometimes use their mobile phones.

While the remaining 7 percent said that they never use mobile phones. In conclusion, it is

clear that a large proportion of students always use mobile phones for their studies.
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Figure 4

This pie graph shows students’ answers to the given survey which asked them in what

way does mobile phone usage become beneficial to them. 52 percent of 100 students said

that mobile phone serves as their source of information, 26 percent of 100 students said

that it helps them in their academic performance, 15 percent of 100 students said that they

use it on their free time as a hobby and the remaining 7 percent said that they use it as an

easy access on their social media account . In conclusion, it is clear that a large

proportion of students use mobile phone as their source of information.

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Figure 5

This pie graph shows students’ answers to the given survey which asked them the

primary purpose of using mobile phones. 73% of 100 students said that they are using

mobile phone to search informations, 9% said that they use it to read/send emails and

messages,8% to use online applications,7% to play games, and 3% to read news.

Therefore, it is clear that a large proportion of students are using mobile phones to search

informations.
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Figure 6

This pie graph shows student’s answer to the given survey which asked them if they

classify mobile phone as an important factor to improve their studies. 90 percent of 100

students said that mobile phone is an important factor to improve their studies. While the

remaining 10 percent said that it is not an important factor to improve their studies. In

conclusion, it is clear that a large proportion of students consider mobile phone as an

important factor to improve their studies.

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Chapter 3: Summary

Our group conducted a research about the factors that determine the advantages of

mobile phone usage to selected 100 students of CBNHS-Salinas. We provided five

questions and surveyed selected students every year level in our school. These questions

are focused in what way mobile phone become beneficial and if it is really beneficial to

students. It turns out that there are 88% students who have a phone and 12% does not

have phone. It states that there are a lot of students who use phones in their lives. And

also, there are a high percentage of students that are using their phones for searching

information purposes. With that, we classify mobile phones as an advantage for a lot of

students in CBNHS-Salinas. Most of us are using mobile phones. It is widely used

because of its universal benefits like communication, gaining knowledge, artistic uses,

entertainment, etc. For students, we used mobile phones for searching and printing

purposes, news updates and such. We want to know if mobile phones are really beneficial

to selected students of CBNHS-Salinas. The factor that will determine the advantages of

mobile phone is if there is any improvement in their academic performance. It will show

if there is any progress in your studies if you use mobile phones.

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CONCLUSION

This chapter showcases the outline of the study led by the researchers. This chapter

incorporates the summary of all research discoveries. The following are the perceptions

that the researchers had on conducting the study:

•In this generation, students who don't use mobile phones for their studies are rare.

•Mobile phones make it easier for students to do their school works.

•The students use mobile phones in order to communicate easier with their schoolmates

when there are school works that are in need to be done.

•The school provided rules to limit the students on using their phones when it wasn't

necessary for their studies.

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RECOMMENDATION

Majority of the students used mobile phone in their studies, that's why it is

necessary for parents and teachers to maintain a warm and cordial relationship to their

student or child when it comes in guiding and teaching them to be a responsible student.

Using mobile phone for a good source of information should be implemented because it

will add on a lot of knowledge to the students. Students should be taught study skills to

achieved and maintain a good study habits. A good study habits may influence students

academic performance. Most of the students classify mobile phone as an important factor

on improving their studies, that's why promoting proper use of mobile phone is important

in seeking for the factors that will determine the advantages of mobile phone.
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APPENDIX A
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Greetings!

We, the Grade 10 Rizal Students (Group 5) are conducting a study to analyze the factors
that determine the advantages of using mobile phones to selected 100 students of
CBNHS-Salinas. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

Name:

Grade and Section:

Check or shade the circle for your choice of answer. Please answer honestly.

1.Do you use mobile phone in your studies?

○ Yes ○ No

2. How often do you use your mobile phone?

○ Always ○ Sometimes ○ Never

3. In what ways does mobile phone usage beneficial to you?

○ It helps me in my academic performance

○ It serves as my source of information

○ Easy access on my social media accounts

○ I use it on my free time as hobby

4. What is your primary purpose of using mobile phone?

○ To read news

○ To search for information

○ To use online applications

○ To play games

○ To read/ send emails and messages

5. Would you classify mobile phone as an important factor on improving your studies?

○ Yes ○ No
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APPENDIX B
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