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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, it has been noticed that most of the youth are engaging to internet. As a
result, youth are referred as digital natives. The term refers to those who were born in
the presence of internet or those who are exposed to the so called social media. Thus, using
the social media and any form of internet applications becomes usual among todays
generation.
Some people believe that the internet has a positive impact on the student by
providing a variety of resources for their studies. However some people also strongly
disagree with that claim since internet brings some negative effects on the students such as
they become addicted and rely too much on internet with homework.
At first, many students are becoming addicted to the internet. They spend more and
more time on playing computers games or just surfing the net without particular reasons.
The time they spend on study is automatically reduced, which in turns cause the lower
internet addicts and they even refuse to go to school as they cannot escape from the trap of
internet.
Second, internet influences the students from not doing their home works or
assigned tasks by their own. Students can obtain the informations that they need with a
great ease by simply clicking the button. However, this great accessibility to any kind of
information can be abused. For instant, when students are given an assignment, what many
of them do is just go on the website or the blogs where the seemingly needed information
is posted, and simply drag, copy, and paste it without looking the content of what they
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copy. Some students even just download the material which some else has already done
It is clear that internet has serious effect to students. For one thing, students are so
a. age
b. sex
d. daily allowance;
2. What is the extent of positive effects of internet to the students of Pontevedra Christian
3. What is the extent of negative effects of internet to the students of Pontevedra Christian
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Age
Sex
Grade Level/Section Cons of Internet
Daily Allowance
(Extent of Negative
Effects of the Internet)
Figure 1. The conceptual framework showing the Pros and Cons of internet as perceived by
the secondary students of Pontevedra Christian School Inc., S.Y. 2016-2017 to their
demographic profile.
Students. The result of the study will let the students get information that can help
in their studies.
Teachers. The result of the study will help teacher know on how internet affects
Administration. The result of the study will help the administration to plan
programs that will help students in their students in relation to the use of internet.
Future researcher. The outcome of the study will help future researcher to have
Christian School, Inc. Pontevedra, Capiz who are officially enrolled during the school year
2017-2018.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
To make this research more understandable to the readers who may come across it,
the researchers included the definition of terms which enables them to have a clear
understanding. The following are some terms with their corresponding meanings.
Digital Native refers to a person born or brought up during the age of digital
technology and familiar with computers and internet from an early age.
Internet refers to a large computer network that links together other, smaller
CHAPTER II
Sushma Bagavadi Ellore, Suman Niranjan and Ulysses j. Brown, III (2014), the internet is
an integral part of most students of more than 90 percent of the students have access to the
internet. Addiction to the Internet and online social network sites can affect a students
academic performance both positively and negatively. Controlled use of the Internet can
Internet usage, Facebook usage, online media usage, polychronicity and students interest
on their academic performance and face-to face communication skills in studied. Eight
scales that includes Internet usage, Facebook usage, online media usage for education,
online media use for non-education, polychronicity, academic performance and face-to-
According to the study of Nidhi Kakkar, Jyoti Ahuja, and Preeti Dahiya (2015),
internet in becoming a widely accepted channel for information exchange and networking.
It is experiencing tremendous growth and development in its size and numbers of users all
over the world. The benefits of the internet have been widely researched and include
keeping in touch with friends, making vacation plans, managing finances, assisting with
educational needs etc. Despite the positive effects of internet, there is growing literature on
According to the study of Elizabeth A. Clark, B.A and Deborah Evarhart, Ph.D.
(2008), there is currently an increased interest in the effect of internet use in the students
population; a group that may be particularly susceptible to problems related to online use
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because of the accessibility afforded them on campuses and due to their developmental
According to the study of Johannesburg (2012), the internet is a technology that has
become a big part of peoples daily living. Through its ability to act as a support medium
in the different functions for which people use it, the internet was introduced to academic
the internet plays a major role in the classroom, from course materials being available
online to larger ranges of academic resources being a few clicks away, the influence of the
According to the study of Ashrish Kapahi, Choo Siow Ling, Sureswaran Ramadass,
Nibras Abdillah (2013), the internet started as a divine gift to the human society, it was
meant to enlighten the human society by transferring knowledge, making available all the
information needed for human wellbeing, growth and prosperity. But as the internet grew,
it created its own set of problems one of the key ones being internet addiction. According
to Dr. Jerald J. Block, from the Center for internet addiction, Internet Addiction affects
as many as one in the world. Block also defined internet addiction as a compulsive activity
involving excessive use, withdrawal and negative repercussions including social isolation,
lying, low achievement and fatigue. Internet addiction is surfing as a key problem,
relatively new field of academic inquiry. Empirical studies suggest that IA, like other well
researched addictive behaviors, has an effect on many aspects of a persons life, including
1996; Young, 1996, 1998). Evidence of IA has been suggested by the finding that some
internet users spend increasingly longer periods of time online and experience withdrawal
symptoms when offline. Those preoccupied with Internet-related activities may neglect
exercise, family and social activities (kim et al., 2010 Nalwa and Anand, 2001; Kang, and
communication but also as a powerful tool. It is seen as the most influential and the most
important technology in this sense (Leivrouw2001: 22-23, Dickson 2000). Internet usage
among students involves not only the use of leisure time, but also their community
involvement and social networking. Student Communities are mow facing major social
issues like isolation, thus pulling down their cultural values by accessing the virtual sites
According to the study of Dr. Scott B. Wegner, Dr. Ken C Holloway, Edwin M.
Gartoon (1999), the practice of using technology to deliver coursework in higher education
has seen a veritable explosion. The use of technology has not only created new
opportunities within the traditional classroom but has also served to expand learning
universities nationwide. In many instance the change to an internet based delivery system
has been instituted with little or no consideration of the impact on student learning. The
role of technology in the delivery of instruction at schools has been truly explosive. While
relatively unheard of just ten years ago, a key word search of the internet today using
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Internet-based distance learning yields literally hundreds of sites devoted to the subject.
Opportunities to receive coursework via the internet exist routinely at most schools while
the opportunity to pursue an entire degree program is becoming a reality at more and more
institutions worldwide. The prognostications made just a few short years ago, that the
distance of education is active at all levels of educational hierarchy and look to maintain a
general upsweep.
growth and development in its size and number of users all over the world. The benefits of
the internet have been widely researched and include keeping in touch with friends, making
vacation plans, managing finances, assisting with educational needs etc. Despite of the
positive effects of internet, there is growing literature on the negative effects of its
excessive use (Chou and Hsiao, 2000; Frangos and Frangos, 2009). Internet addiction is a
rather new research area, which has less than ten years history.
According to the study of Awais, Bilal, M Usman, M Waqas, Sehrish, the internet
was initially developed by the US Defense Department and was at one time only popular
within the research community. Its ability to share information across organizations and to
interact with people at low cost has gradually enticed other sectors to explore its use.
Today, the Internet has an impact on every facet of our life including business operation,
universities around the world are expanding their investment in information technology
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(IT), and specifically the internet, and are actively promoting internet use. From the
multitude of variable such as prior student knowledge of IT, experience in its usage,
role in organizations and society. The basic fact justifies the information revolution that
has been taking place across the globe in recent times. The term Internet according to
Cawkell in Ogedebe (2004, p. 152) is a large computer network formed out of some
thousands of interconnected networks, and its supports a whole range of service such as
electronic, file transfer protocol, database access and many others. It is therefore not
surprising the success story behind the advent of internet. This is why today; the internet
has linked thousands of nations and enterprises across the world. Hence, the world which
appears physically large has been made to be too small by internet and reference to it as
global village.
are many ways that it can be applied to different things. Education is no different. There
are many technological advances that have changed the world of education in the 21st
century. Knowing about these advancements and the impact they have on education around
the world can will show just how essential technology is to education. These different
technology uses is the class room have a vast impact on the overall education of students
around the world which will be shown. The impact for this technological advancement is
on more than just a grade school level though. Today just about any high school class that
a person could want to take can be done online. Many people earn a degree online today.
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In fact in 2011, University of Phoenix gave out 6,000 online degrees. This is monumental
when you compare it to other schools. For instance, Arizona State University, which is
known for having a high number of students, only gave out 2,075 degrees that year, all of
which were from on campus education. This has become the ideal way for many people to
earn an education. Single parents and those who must work and go to school find that this
form of education is more suited for their needs. This is because it can easily be worked
around the schedule of the students. While there are times that a student may need to be
online, such as for required online discussion boards, tests or submitting the assignment,
overall it is easier to fit into ones schedule than driving to a classroom at a specific time.
According to the study of Camilla Brndstm (2011), the internet plays a significant
role in the lives of young people today. Previous research points to advantages as well as
disadvantages of the use of the internet in a formal educational context. The aim of the
current study was to investigate the influence of the use of the internet on planning and
instruction. Five upper secondary school teachers were interviewed face-to-face. Five
recurrent themes were identified in the interview data: General Opinions on and experience
of the Internet, attitudes to teaching and learning, opinions on the use of the Internet as a
planning and teaching resource, effects of the use of the internet on students and teachers,
and drawbacks of the use of the Internet in the school. It was found that the teachers think
that the internet is a valuable source of information and an important additional teaching
tool. The Internet can e.g. motivate the students, make teaching more fun, and allow
variation in teaching. Four major drawbacks of the use of the Internet were reported by the
teachers, viz. Students cheating, unreliable information, technical problems and students
of various services and resources. Although, many people still think e-mail and World
Wide Web as the principle constituents of Internet, there is a lot more in store than e-mail,
chat rooms, celebrity web sites and search engines. Internet makes easier to teach nay
content using LCD player it become visually as well as auditory effect. It has also become
the best business tool in the modern scenario. Today, Internet has brought a globe in a
single room. Right From getting news across the corner of the world to accessing
potential and a lot to offer in terms of services. However, like every single innovation in
science and technology, Internet has its own advantages and disadvantages.
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the method and procedures that were used in the study. These
include the research design, locale of the study, respondent of the study, the sampling
techniques, the research instrument, the validity and reliability of the research instrument,
RESEARCH DESIGN
find out the positive and negative use of internet to the secondary students. The study used
descriptive statistics to obtain the necessary data and its interpretation. These are means,
The study was conducted at Pontevedra Christian School, Inc. The school has total
member of student of 438 composing the Junior and Senior High School. The two grade
The study was participated by the 188 selected secondary students of Pontevedra
Christian School, Inc. who were chosen purposively. The respondent were enrolled in
SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
The study used a purposive sampling techniques based on the convenience of the
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
The study utilized a research made instrument which was divided into two parts.
The Part I includes the demographic profile of the respondents such as age, gender, and
daily allowance. Part two (II) is composed of questions that answer the advantages and
The research instrument was validated and undergone pilot testing before the final
administration to the respondents. The researchers requested six (6) teachers to validate the
In gathering data, the researcher secured a permission letter from the principal of
Pontevedra Christian School, Inc. Upon the approval of the principal, the researchers had
set a schedule for administering the questionnaire to the respondents. The questionnaires
After gathering the needed information for this study, the raw data were presented,
CHAPTHER IV
This chapter presents the data gathered and the corresponding interpretation of the
findings on the positive and negative effects of internet as perceived by the secondary
Age. Table 1 shows the distribution of the respondents according to age. Data
revealed that 32.98 percent of the respondents are below 13 years old, 48.40 percent are 14
to 16 years old and 18.62 percent of them are above 17 years old. The respondents have
the mean age of 14.62, which implies that their ages are just right for typical secondary
students.
Sex. Table 2 presents the distribution of the respondents according to sex. Data
revealed that females (111 or 59.04 %) outnumbered the males (77 or 40.96%). This means
that the secondary students of Pontevedra Christian School are dominated by females.
to grade level/section. Data revealed that most (30 or 15.96%) of the respondents came
from grade 10 Philip, while grade 7 James had the least number of respondents (18 or
9.57%).
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14 16 91 48.40
Male 77 40.96
daily allowance. Data revealed that almost (87 or 46.28 %) of the respondents have 51.00
100.00 daily allowance, (80 or 43.09%) of the respondents have 1.00 50.00 daily
allowance, (11 or 5.85%) of the respondents have 101.00 150.00 daily allowance, (5
or 2.66%) of the respondents have 151.00 200.00 daily allowance and (5 or 2.66%) of
Table 5 shows the extent of the influence of the positive effects to the respondents.
The data revealed that most of the positive effects are very influential to the respondents.
The statement Internet allows easy and quick access to information ranks first, it has the
mean of 4.38, which is interpreted as extremely influential. The statement Internet can
motivate the students to study ranks fifteenth, it has the mean of 3.68, which is very
influential. Generally, all 15 statements had the mean of 4.01, which is interpreted very
influential.
The statements have the following ranking based on the results: internet allows
easy and quick access to information was found as the highest positive use of internet by
the secondary students. It is followed by Internet helps students in their school projects
and home works, Students use internet to make friends with other people, Internet
provides useful applications, Internet provides materials that help students answer
questions, Internet helps students to communicate even theyre not together, Internet
helps students to learn in their studies easily, Internet helps students be informed of the
current trends, Internet helps students express themselves and show creativity on sites,
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Internet gives students interactive activities like chat-room, hyperlinks, E-mail, and
Online lessons, Internet makes students become active about anything they are
passionate about, Students can use internet to get more stuff done in less time, Students
use internet for their leisure time, Internet makes learning interesting by offering
educational videos and games, and Internet can motivate the students to study.
Table 6 shows the extent of the influence of the negative effects of the internet to
the respondents. The data revealed that most of the negative effects are very influential to
the respondents. The statement Internet can cause cyber-bullying ranks first, it has the
mean of 3.88, which is very influential. The statement Internet lessens social abilities
ranks least, it has a mean 3.56, which is very influential. Generally, the 15 statements
The statements have the following ranking based on the data gathered: Internet
can cause cyber-bullying was found as the highest negative use of internet by secondary
students, followed by Students rely too much on internet, Students use internet to work
on their home works or projects without acknowledging the sources, Students use
internet for playing games rather than studying, Students lose track of studies because of
procrastinate on their home works because of spending too much time on internet,
Students are wasting their time because of useless chats, Internet reduces social
interactions, Students can learn how to hack social media accounts using internet,
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Table 5. The extent of the influence of the positive effects to the respondents.
STATEMENTS MEAN VERBAL
INTERPRETATION
1. Internet allows easy and quick access to 4.38 Extremely influential
information.
2. Internet provides materials that help 4.07 Very influential
students answer questions.
3. Internet makes learning interesting by 3.79 Very influential
offering educational videos and games.
4. Internet helps students to communicate 4.05 Very influential
even theyre not together.
5. Internet helps students express themselves 3.97 Very influential
and show creativity on sites.
6. Internet helps students in their school 4.30 Very influential
projects and home works.
7. Internet provides useful applications. 4.08 Very influential
8. Students can use internet to get more stuff 3.86 Very influential
done in less time.
9. Internet makes students become active 3.95 Very influential
about anything they are passionate about.
10. Internet helps students be informed of the 3.98 Very influential
current trends.
11. Internet helps students to learn in their 4.04 Very influential
studies easily.
12. Internet can motivate the students to 3.68 Very influential
study.
13. Students use internet for their leisure time. 3.84 Very influential
14. Internet gives students interactive 3.96 Very influential
activities like chat-room, hyperlinks, E-mail,
and Online lessons.
15. Students use internet to make friends with 4.14 Very influential
other people.
TOTAL 4.01 Very influential
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Table 6. The extent of the influence of the negative effects to the respondents.
STATEMENTS MEAN VERBAL
INTERPRETATION
1. Internet reduces social interactions. 3.69 Very influential
2. Internet lessens social abilities. 3.56 Very influential
3. Internet provides incorrect facts from 3.57 Very influential
unreliable sources.
4. Internet surfing is a distraction. 3.62 Very influential
5. Internet can cause cyber-bullying. 3.88 Very influential
6. Students rely too much on internet. 3.85 Very influential
7. Students lose track of studies because of 3.73 Very influential
internet.
8. Students can accidentally log in to 3.73 Very influential
inappropriate website.
9. Students procrastinate on their home works 3.73 Very influential
because of spending too much time on internet.
10. Students are wasting their time because of 3.70 Very influential
useless chats.
11. Students use internet for playing games 3.77 Very influential
rather than studying.
12. Students can learn how to hack social 3.64 Very influential
media accounts using internet.
13. Students use internet to work on their home 3.78 Very influential
works or projects without acknowledging the
sources.
14. Students use internet to watch and access 3.46 Very influential
porn sites.
15. Internet can give students lack of physical 3.73 Very influential
activities.
TOTAL 3.69 Very influential
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CHAPTER V
This chapter presents the summary of the study, the conclusions drawn from the
SUMMARY
The general objective of the study was to describe the positive and negative
effects of internet to the secondary students of Pontevedra Christian School, Inc. S.Y
2017 2018.
a. Age
b. Sex
c. grade level/section,
d. daily allowance;
5. What is the extent of positive effects of internet to the students of Pontevedra Christian
6. What is the extent of negative effects of internet to the students of Pontevedra Christian
The respondents of the study are 188 selected secondary students of Pontevedra
Christian School. The instrument used in data gathering was survey questionnaire.
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All collected data were subjected to computer processed statistical analysis using
The respondents have the mean age of 14.62, which implies that their ages are just
right for typical secondary students. As to their sex, females (111 or 59.04 %) outnumbered
the males (77 or 40.96%). Most (30 or 15.96%) of the respondents came from grade 10
Philip, while grade 7 James had the least number of respondents (18 or 9.57%). Almost (87
or 46.28 %) of the respondents have 51.00 100.00 daily allowance, (80 or 43.09%) of
the respondents have 1.00 50.00 daily allowance, (11 or 5.85%) of the respondents
have 101.00 150.00 daily allowance, (5 or 2.66%) of the respondents have 151.00
200.00 daily allowance and (5 or 2.66%) of the respondents have 500.00 and above daily
allowance.
As an entire group, the respondents rated their positive effects of internet as very
As an entire group, the respondents rated their negative effects of internet as very
CONCLUSIONS
Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were arrived at:
whose mean age is 14.62. This implies that their ages are just right for typical secondary
There is a very influential positive effect of internet usage among the respondents.
This implies that using the internet may help enhance the academic performance of the
However, there is also a very influential negative effect of internet usage among
the respondents. This implies that since there is an easy access to information, the
respondents may tend to use their internet skills to harm others as to commit cyber-
bullying.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on the findings and conclusions of the study, the researchers have drawn
1. The school may provide internet services among its students, specifically in the
library which can be used by the students during their research works. However,
2. The teachers and the parents shall guide their students and children on the proper
3. Similar studies shall be conducted to other colleges to affirm or reject the findings
of this study.
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APPENDICES
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Appendix A
Dear Madam,
We, the grade 12-mark Students are presently conducting a research entitled Internet: Its Pros
and Cons as perceive by the Secondary Students of Pontevedra Christian School, Inc. S.Y
2017-2018, this will determine the effects of internet to the study of Secondary Students.
In connection, we would like to ask permission from your good office to allow us to administer our
interview schedule in your school. We assure you that the responses of the respondents to this
interview schedule will be kept confidential. Thank you very much for your support.
Respectfully yours,
MARQUEZ, RODEL A.
Signed:
Approve
Appendix B
To the Respondents;
We, the Grade 11-timoth prey Students are presently conducting entitled Internet: Its
Pros and Cons as perceive by the Secondary Students of Pontevedra Christian School,
Inc. S.Y 2016-2017 ,this study will determine the effects of internet to the study of
Secondary Students.
In connection, we would like to ask your entire cooperation with our study. Please answer
our questionnaire sincerely. We assure you that your response to this questionnaire will
be kept confidentially .Thank you very for support.
Respectfully yours
Noted:
Adviser
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Appendix C
To the Respondents,
Greetings,
In connection with our action research, Internet: Its Pros and Cons as Perceive
by the Secondary Students of Pontevedra Christian School, Inc. S.Y 2016-2017, we,
the researchers, would like to solicit some information regarding our study. Your
cooperation in supplying the needed data is necessary to make this study successful.
Please provide the needed information as honestly as you can. Rest assured that the
data collected will be treated confidentially.
Thank you very much!
The Researchers.
Direction: Below are some personal questions. Please fill in the information needed.
51-100 ( )
101-150 ( )
151-200 ( )
Part II: Internet: Its Pros and Cons as Perceive by the Secondary Students of
Pontevedra Christian School, Inc. S.Y 2016-2017.
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Direction: Please rate the following as to the extent of the Pros and Cons of the
secondary Students of PCS S.Y. 2016-2017. Put a check (/) on the appropriate column of
your choice.
5- Strongly Agree
4- Agree
3- Undecided
2- Disagree
1- Strongly Disagree