Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Agsam Integrated School
Agsam, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

Effects of Gadgets Addiction In Agsam

Integrated School

Submitted by: Jarmae D. Mangacop

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Agsam Integrated School
Agsam, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

Chapter I

INTRODUCTION

Electronic gadgets like video games, internet, and phones has become widely

and unrestrictedly used tools. These gadgets have become a central forces that fuels

the rhythm of daily life. In our present generations, students are obsessed in using

gadgets. It is an undeniable fact that many of the gadgets have negative effects and

influence upon the quality of students performance in many ways.

According to Claire Gellespie that electronic gadgets offers many advantage to

students; greater access to information increase opportunities for collaboration.

However, the effects of gadget are not always positive. Overuse of technology through

gadgets like smartphones, ipads and video games may interfere with a students

attendance ability and interest in learnings. Persistent use of gadgets encourages a

sedentary lifestyle and may lead poor posture and weight gain and wrist hand pain.

Students tend to involve more time using gadget rather than studying, that may

affect the students study habits and academic performance. Students who become

addicted to gaming, texting or social media may try to do this in the classroom, which

may disrupt. Ongoing classes and if caught will lead to a disciplinary proceedings, can

ruin their future.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Agsam Integrated School
Agsam, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

These gadgets on student can be the fact that they can become obsessive and

the student can neglect everything else, like their social life, their family and friends. It is

not a bad thing to have a computer or gadgets inventions, But it’s bad thing to spend all

your life in front of it pretending that everything doesn’t exist. We must have limitation in

everything we do.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

As shown in the figure, The first box shows the profile of the respondents which

includes their Age, Gender and Grade. Followed by the effects of gadgets addiction in

Agsam Integrated School students. With this the researcher can identify if the gadget

addiction affect the students.

Input Process Output

-Profile of the -Effects of -Proposed

respondents
gadget Intervention
-Age
Addiction in
-Gender
Agsam
-Grade
Integrated

School

FIGURE OF SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM

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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Community- This study is significance to the community because it will make them

aware of their youth that abused the use of these gadgets & help make ways to prevent

such abuses.

Future Researchers- This study is significance to the future researchers for them to

encourage future researchers to conduct studies about the technology advancement

especially the devices that hider the study habeits of the students.

Government- This study is significance to the government to eliminate the negative

impacts of gadgets among students through formulating different programs that

advocates to engage the students in proper use of gadgets and learning at the same

time.

Parents- This study is significance to the parents that their hardships will be useless

if the student are not doing their responsibilities in school and for them to be aware.

Teachers- This study is significance to the teachers will know that the addiction of

the gadgets has a negative effect to their students. And because of that,

the addiction can also affect the performance of their students.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Agsam Integrated School
Agsam, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study aims to answer the following question:

1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:

1.1 Age

1.2 Gender

1.3 Grade

2. What are the effects of gadget addiction in Agsam Integrated School?

3. Is there a significance relationship between the profile of the respondents to the

effects of gadget addiction in Agsam Integrated School students?

4. What program can be proposed based on the result of the study?

HYPOTHESIS

There is no significance relationship of the profile of the respondents to the effects of

gadget addiction in Agsam Integrated School.

SCOPE AND LIMITATION

Time Limitation – The study covered the academic year ( 2019 – 2020 )
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Agsam, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

Place Limitation – Research will be conducted at Agsam Integrated School

Respondents Limitation – Research will be conducted to the Agsam Integrated

School Students.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Gadget Addiction – Is nothing but the use/abuse of gadgets so much that it starts

negatively influencing your health and life as a whole. The worst victims of gadget

addiction are children and teenagers. It’s because both of the age groups are having

mind sets that compel them to explore things around them.

Effect – A change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.

Gadgets – A small mechanical or electronic device or tool especially an ingenious or

novel one.

Academic Performance – Is the extent to which a student; Teacher or institution

has achieved their short or long term educational goals. Cumulative GPA and

completion of educational benchmark such as secondary school diplomas and

bachelor’s degrees represent academic achievement.

Chapter II

Review of related literature ( Foreign )

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Although the use of tech-gadgets and service has many positive impacts, they are

short lived. In long run it has negative impacts on the individuals. The digital activities

make the youth strong in technical skills but make them weak in real life practical skills.

It takes the young mass away from the reality helping them to lived in their imaginary

world. Due to the time spent on the device s the youth are refrained from some outdoor

activities with friends and family. The indulgence in violent games may create more

violence in their mind. The more they use the gadgets, the more they are crazy about it

which may distract them from study. During the time of playing games when they can’t

achieved the set target, it may raise their anxious level higher. After all addiction to the

devices may develop unhealthy lifestyle, poor time management and poor eating

habbits among the youths. It would have been a lot better if the drawbacks or negative

impacts of the use of digital device would have been known before some years. As the

use of digital services has negative impact students should minimize the use of these

tools and should aware about its use (Walsh, 2012)

The voracious use of tech services has negative impact on the youth. Due to these

effects students want to do things faster, easier and cheaply. Everybody want to do

things according to their own schedule and pace, failing in which they become anxious.

Face to face communication is avoided by the young mass, which is not good for the

society. (Erickson, 2012)

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Agsam, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

The addictive internet use has negative impact to mental health. There is a positive

relation between gadget addiction and psychiatric disorder like depression, bipolar

disorder, obsessive –compulsive disorder, attention deficit disorder, ect. So the

addictive internet use should need clinical help. (Young 2000)

Review of related literature ( Local )

It’s tragic every time our phone doesn’t have load or our internet connection at home is

bad, we feel “disconnected” from the world. It make us feel like we’re standing on a

deserted island with the other islands being far away and unreachable. It feels like there

is so little we do, all because we can’t text or call and we can’t google anything we need

to know right now. It’s sad because we shouldn’t be thinking that way. Of course, this is

not to belittle what these technological gismos can do for us. Yes, they are important but

if we seriously think about it, They are not that important. When Jose Rizal was trying to

fight the injustice of the Spaniards, there was no facebook and no twitter upon which to

launch a campaign against the Spanish friars. No cell phones to call others Filipinos

(especially Andres Bonifacio or Gen. Luna) to back him up, And no google to get

information on the people he wanted to do “battle” with. But Rizal

succeeded.(Philippineone01,2017)

Review of related studies (Foreign)

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Agsam Integrated School
Agsam, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

Technology has both positive and negative impact some studies fucos on both positive

and negative consequences of use of tech device and services and provide a equalized

approach regarding the use of the same. Technology is an interval part of our everyday

life as people are dependent on it from all over the world or communication,

organization and employment ect. One cannot stay away from the technology even for a

day. Not even a single day goes without a cell phone in hand or without laptop and net

surfing. Although technology being at its best there are basic problems that follows us

everywhere and generally it has drawbacks in the areas of health, public safety and

education.(Saez,2010)

Students should be encourage to develop in a technological world. The necessity of

social networking, computer games or digital habits of them should be understood by

the elders. But simultaneously the consequences of those habits should also be

studied. It’s is better to study the relationship between the technology, child

development and the popular culture. Parents should facilitate a healthy and balanced

relationship between technology and their children helping them to use the social media

effectively(Mitchel,2012)
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Agsam Integrated School
Agsam, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

Review of related study (local)

Excessive use of mobile phones causes students to fare poorly in elementary, junior

high and high school, not only because it makes them lose their concentration due to a

lack of sleep, but also because it apparently compromises what they have studied,

researchers say. Students who spend several hours each day staring into mobile

phones or smart phones tend to change their sleeping habits and stay up late to use the

devices, education ministry research published last week showed. The research was

conducted last November with 23,139 participants from the fifth grade of primary school

up to the third year of high school, at 771 public schools nationwide. It showed, for

instance, that 53.5 percent of junior high students who said they use a mobile phone for

more than four hours a day to talk, send email or surf the Net, habitually do not get to

sleep until after midnight. That ratio was much lower, at 14.9 percent, for those who

don’t use mobile phones at all. The research also found that overusing mobile phones

affects the quality of students’ sleep. Asked if they find it hard to get up in the morning,

78.1 percent of junior high respondents who often watch or use electronic devices,

including TVs, game consoles, mobile phones and computers, immediately before

bedtime said they sometimes or frequently do have trouble the next morning. That

compared with 60.9 percent among those who don’t use gadgets at all.

Chapter III
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METHODOLOGY

This chapter introduces on how details will be collected through some of the methods.

The details will be collected through research design, respondents of the study,

sampling, data gathering procedures, data gathering instrument and statistical

treatment. This chapter will be dedicated to the evaluation of the methods and

procedures done in order to obtain the data, how they will be analyzed, interpreted and

how the conclusion will be met.

RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY

This study was conducted in order to know the effects of gadget addiction in Agsam

Integrated School students. In order to gather the necessary data, the researcher

utilized the evaluation method, using quantitative approaches. A total of 40 respondents

were randomly selected as participants. The survey questionnaire was the research

instrument used for data gathering. The data of the study will gathered according to the

following steps.

INSTRUMENT

The questionnaire is the instrument of the study and will be given to the respondents

The researcher will use the questionnaire that will be answerable in terms of instructed

interview to the respondents.

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PROCEDURE

The gathered data will be analyzed by the researcher thoroughly. The students who

have been chosen in this study accomplished a survey questionnaire to evaluate the

effects of gadgets addiction. The results of the survey were then processed by

computing the Person correlation of each survey item. The computed values were

compared to likert scale for the data interpretation.