ABSTRACT
The major problem of this research was to find out if the utilization of computer and internet at home has an impact on the academic performance in Social Studies of Junior High School students in the City of Malolos Integrated School- Sto. Rosario. The study used descriptive-correlation research design and adopted a standardized questionnaire which was basically used by the researcher as a data gathering instrument. The respondents are the 285 junior high school students which were selected using purposive sampling approach. The data collected were interpreted with the use of weighted mean, frequency, and regression as Statistical Treatment. Tables and were used to present data and were tabulated using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS). Based on the result and findings of this study, it shows that there is no significant effects in utilization of computer and internet at home on the academic performance of Junior High School students. Conclusion were drawn and recommendations were offered.
Keywords: Utilization of Computer and Internet at Home, Academic Performance of Students, Social Studies, Descriptive-correlation, City of Malolos
INTRODUCTION
The usage of information and communication technologies has been rapidly increased in the 21st century and technology permeates all aspects of our lives (Aydın & Ozturk, 2016). Computers and internet are already common in private and public schools in the Philippines and across the globe. This was the result of implementation of a new trend in teaching-learning process—the utilization of Information and Communications Technology or ICT.
Many studies, researches, and reports have highlighted the benefits and potential opportunities of information and communication technologies or ICT for improving the quality of education. UNESCO as cited in Sangra & Sanmamed (2016) reported that ICT is viewed as a “major tool for building knowledge societies. In recent years, policy makers and philanthropists have undertaken many initiatives to increase disadvantaged children's access to computers and related technology. Some of these initiatives have focused on schools (Vigdor & Ladd, 2008). Many researchers found out that having computers and internet in schools resulted in improvement of the academic performance of the students.
However, the use of computer and internet connection are limited in school so as projects, assignments, activities and other requirements are not. Computer and internet connection are important part of modern education, yet many schoolchildren lack access to these at home (Fairlie & Robinson, 2013).
In connection, socio-economic status is one of the factors. Now, “does utilizing computer and internet at home has an effect in the academic performance of the students particularly in Social Studies subject?”
Some studies found out that there is no significant impact in the academic performance of the students even if they have computer and internet connection at home contradicting to the results of other researches. Fairlie and Robinson (2013) stated that although home computers are useful for completing school assignments through word processing, research, spreadsheets and other educational uses, they also provide a distraction caused by game, social networking and other entertainment use. In line, the researcher wants to find out if having computer and internet connection at home does have an effect in the academic performance of the students particularly in Social Studies.
This study aimed to support the reforms for the modernization and technological education that the government had already started. As the ICT integration is implemented in schools, the extension of ICT use in every home should also be done to ensure the further improvement of academic performance of the students in schools.
Moreover, it also aimed to support personal improvement of every Filipino student. Aydın & Ozturk (2016) concluded that using technology and technological devices in an appropriate way to create the most suitable learning environments and to reach maximum learning outputs can enhance learners’ success. It will intensify the call for a program of easy access to computer and internet of every home throughout the country.
Methodology
The descriptive-correlational method of research was used in the study to describe the effects of utilization of computer and internet at home to the academic performance in Social Studies of the respondents. It involves description, recording, analysis, and interpretations of conditions that currently existed (Sunga, 2018). Correlational survey is a systematic investigation of the relationship present between two or more variables. This method was used to look how related the variables to one another. The study made used a quantitative research approach in analyzing and understanding the predictor and criteria variables. Survey questionnaire pertaining to computer and internet access at home was used to gather data and information. The respondents of the study are the Junior High School students of City of Malolos Integrated School- Sto. Rosario School Year 2018-2019 located at Barangay Sto. Rosario City of Malolos, Bulacan. In selecting respondents, purposive sampling approach was adopted. Turner, Burton and Cardinal (2013) defined this method as the use of subjective views of the researcher in using respondents. It follows a set of inclusion criteria wherein target participants for the study would be determined as it fits in the set inclusion of criteria. That is why the population of the study is different from the number of respondents because the researcher used purposive-judgmental method where in the total population were asked with a provided specific criterion, having computer and internet connection at home. This automatically make them eligible to become part of the study. The following are the number of respondents 61 in grade 7, 77 in grade 8, 75 in grade 9, and 72 in grade 10 respectively.
This research adopted a standardized questionnaire from the University of California, United States of America designed by (Fairlie & Robinson, 2013) about the Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement among School children. The instrument distributed to the respondents was composed of different parts: Part I (Respondents Information), Part II (Time of Usage of Computer and Internet at Home), Part III (Type of Social Media ad Software), Part IV (Purpose of Using Computer: Educational, Social Media, Games and Entertainment) Part V (Academic Performance) or the general average in Social Studies.
For the data gathering procedure, the researcher followed the following protocols: (1) The researcher sent a letter of consent to the Office of the Schools Division Superintendent of City Schools Division of Malolos to conduct the study in one of the public schools in Malolos City. (2) After the signing of consent letter by the Schools Division Superintendent, the letter of was forwarded to inform the School Principal IV of City of Malolos Integrated School- Sto. Rosario. (3) With the approval of proper authorities, letters were sent to the parents/guardians of the respondents seeking their permission that their child was chosen as one of the respondents in the study. (4) After the retrieval of letter of consent from the parents, the researcher personally distributed the questionnaires to the respondents.
In data processing and statistical treatment, the questions were personally explained by the researcher to the respondents. After ensuring that all items were completely answered, the questionnaires were collected, tabulated and processed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences 28 (SPSS). The effects of utilization of computer and internet at home to the academic performance in Social Studies were computed using the following Statistical Treatment: (a) Weighted Mean (b) Frequency Distribution for Academic Performance based from DepEd Order No. 8 s. 2015 entitled “Policy Guidelines on Classroom Assessment for the K-12 Program (c) Correlation and Regression to measure and analyze the impact of the independent variable to dependent variable.
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