The Importance of Internet Connection to Senior High School students

A Research Paper
Presented to
Engr. Richard Meriveles
Subject Teacher

In Fulfillment of the Requirements

In Practical Research 2
Second Semester S.Y. 2017-2018
Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School
Senior High School Department

Submitted by:

Information, Communications and Technology students

(Computer Systems Servicing NC II)

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Introduction:

Globally, being online or being connected to the Internet is essential to individuals. Being

connected to the internet makes our life easier especially in communication. According to the

Johnson Company, as of now there are more than 66 million of internet users and actually,

Philippines is dubbed by several International Companies as the ICT hub of Asia (Johnson, 2008).

In this school, several people and students are using gadgets, but why do they need a gadget?

Well, gadget is the best tool for communication and also people need an online communication

but you need to be connected first to the internet. Through internet also we can search some

information, share our opinions to the public, status, and message a friend. But without internet, all

of these will not work. Because of this, some students said that without internet, all

technologies/gadgets are useless but with the present of this discovery, our life became more easy

as possible.

Being online or connected to the internet has its advantages and disadvantages in this situation.

Some people use this internet as their way to communicate and search some answers to their home

works so that their work will be easier and faster. But on the other hand, some people use the

internet in order them to share fake information and deceive innocent people and that was the

disadvantage if others will use internet improperly because we are now in millennial Generation,

people are now updated on how to caught a victim through online.

The researchers conducted this study in this school, in order to clarify the importance of Internet

Connection to individuals especially to the senior high school students here in Rafael B. Lacson

Memorial High School. Through this study, hoping that respondents will cooperate in our study by
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giving their specific reasons why they need an internet Connection and how important to them .
 Chapter 1 . The Research Problem

The researchers provided 3 possible research topics to be conduct at Rafael B. Lacson Memorial

High School. The possible research topics are:

A. The Computer in the life of students

B. The Importance of Internet Connection to students

C. The impact of technology for students

Since we are a computer system servicing students, we provide those topics to be relate

on our course. We decide to choose Topic B which “The importance of Internet connection to

students.” We will conduct the study in Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School and our

respondents will be the senior high school students of the said school.

Statement of the Problem

General Objectives:

This study aims to determine the importance of Internet connection of Senior High School

Students at Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School of Talisay City during the Second Semester

of School Year 2017-2018.

Specific Objectives:

Specifically, this study aims to answer the following questions:

2. What are the reasons why internet is important in terms of: 3

2.1. Entertainment and Leisures

 2.2. Social Interaction

2.3. Academic and Trends

2.4. Business and Communication

Conceptual Framework

The conceptual framework was generated due to the methods on how we determine the importance

of Internet Connection of Senior High School Students. Input, process ,output will represent the

framework of our study. In INPUT area , it will indicate out starting point for developing our

research problem and after we choose our Research Topic, we will provide some questions

regarding the importance of internet to the selected respondents. In PROCESS , it will show our

methodology for our study , it includes our respondents on how get the sample size , the research

instrument to be used in data collection and our procedure to conduct the data-gathering and

afterwards the researcher will interpret the data and encode in Excel Spreadsheet and have the

summary profiling and Data analysis for the results. In OUTPUT, it will discuss the results of the

study, the decision of the researcher will be made , drawing Conclusion and Suggesting some

recommendation will be discussed in OUTPUT . Thus, the conceptual framework of this research

was done logically and systematically.

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 Conceptual Framework

Methodology

Interpretation
Research of Data
Discu
Topic
Data Analysis Dec
Statement of
the Problem Conc
PROCESS
Review of Recomm
Related
Literature

INPUT OU

Figure 1. Conceptual Framework

 Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature
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Local Related Literature

 According to the research of Socorro Gultiano last August 2016 ,about 40% of the country’s

public high schools have computers that have potential for Internet connectivity. However,

only 4% of these schools give students access to and training on the use of the Internet.

The salient findings culled from the FGDs can be summarized as follows:

1) The students make use of the Internet for their studies, i.e., to help with their assignments and

research. They also use it as a major source of information.

2) Although most schools allow their students to use the school computers and the Internet, the

limited time of use (within school hours) and crowding in the schools make Internet Cafés a more

attractive and more frequented place for Internet access among students. The only disadvantage of

the Internet Café is the cost of use (around 60 cents per hour), which the students can hardly afford.

Only a small fraction of students have computers with Internet connection at home.

3) In general, boys and girls use the Internet for different reasons. Boys play online games and watch

pornography, while girls prefer to listen to music and engage in social networking. It is perceived
 that online games are oftentimes addictive and can be detrimental to their studies; while social

networking is generally harmless but can also lead to adverse consequences for women, such as

sexual exploitation by foreign chat-mates, and searching for online romantic relationships or

marriage partners.

4) The students report addiction as the main disadvantage of Internet use. This then causes problems

with their studies and relationship with their parents. There are also those who report health

problems (eye strain) as a negative consequence of prolonged Internet use.

5) Although students are aware of some negative effects of Internet use, they are largely unaware of 6
other ethical concerns such as plagiarism and piracy. Many claim that they print entire pages

directly from the Internet, photocopy this for their classmates, and submit it as their assignment.

Downloading of files and videos are done indiscriminately. Teachers have not included ethical

guidelines in the use of the Internet in their classes.

 According to the research from the group of Jun Karren Caparoso that was conducted last

April 11,2017, they conclude that Advancement in technology brings major impacts on

education, the Philippine Educational System may expand their investment in promoting

Internet use in school/university education to enhance the performance of the students and

produce better results. Educators may inculcate the habit of using the Internet to students by

giving the students a set of assignments, projects, and online quizzes that will encourage

them to use it for academic purposes. Students may be re-oriented on the need to set their

priorities right. This drive towards reorientation must be campaigned by the school

management in conjunction with the parents/guardians of the students. While the usage of

Internet by students cannot be outlawed, they need to be continuously informed on the

negative effects of their over-dependency and unregulated use of Internet. Similarly, the
 School administrators may be more alive to their responsibilities by ensuring conformity to

the school laid down rules and regulations on student’s use of Internet during class session.

The Internet provides several opportunities for the Academia. It is a mechanism of

information dissemination and a medium for collaborative interaction between individuals.

 According to the study of Jee Y. Geronimo (March 21, 2015), the Internet may be a

distraction to many, but one study shows most Filipinos believe that increasing usage

actually has a good influence on education.

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The Philippines topped a list of 32 emerging and developing countries where most believe in the

good influence of the Internet on education.

In a report on Thursday, March 19, US-based Pew Research Center said 88% of Filipinos see that

increasing Internet usage is good for education.

It’s a common sentiment among the surveyed nations, with a median of 64% across the 32 nations.

Only 18% say the Internet is bad for education, while 8% say it has no influence. The survey

included non-Internet users.

"Generally, people who have access to the Internet are more positive about its societal influence,"

the study said.

But the same study showed less than half (42%) in the Philippines have Internet access. For those

who are connected, 93% use social media. (READ: Social media in PH: Religion more popular than

politics)
Although the Philippines is often dubbed the "social media capital" of the world, a 2014 United

Nations report showed only 37% of Filipinos were able to use the Internet in 2013, still below the

world average of 37.9%.

The Pew Research Center also showed that getting information about politics, health, and

government services is a common activity among Internet users worldwide, next to socializing,

which is the most popular activity.

Foreign Related Literatures

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 According to the study of Ibrahim Poda, the internet has become an indispensable tool in the

twenty first century. However, the development may be slowed by a lack of appropriate

facilities in less developed nations. A study of existing facilities in Burkina Faso was

undertaken to answer five questions on the participants’ perspectives on internet usage: (a)

how do the participants perceive internet utilisation; (b) what factors encourage the use of

the internet; (c) what factors discourage internet usage; (d) is the internet a tool for

enhancing learning and (e) how can improved management of available technology lead to

greater internet usage in the Humanities Faculty at Ouagadougou University? Participants

were selected because of their interest and involvement with technology, their computer

knowledge and their prior experience with the internet. The current status of internet

knowledge and utilisation were examined and factors that influenced internet usage were

considered. Six recommendations for improved practice at the post-secondary level were

discussed.
  According to the research of Harlina Halizah Siraj, he founded that internet is the most

wanted information and communication technology that brought the worldwide

revolutionary change in the information scenario. It helps students to broaden their

academic knowledge, research and assignments by accessing to the information world and

also by easy communication to their academic community. Though there are many benefits

linked with Internet use, there has been a growing concern regarding the risk associated with

Internet overuse. It is reported that Internet has a significant decrement onto students'

performance.

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 According to the research of Jacob Poushter (February 22, 2016)

In many advanced economies, the ubiquity of the internet is now a given. It permeates commerce,

social interactions, politics, culture and daily life. But this is not the case in all parts of the world.

And while internet access continues to grow in poorer nations, there is still a long way to go before

the world is completely wired.

Chapter 3: Methodology

This section describes actions to be taken to investigate a research problem and the

rationale for the application of specific procedures or techniques used to identify, select, process,

and analyze information applied to understanding the problem. (Kallet 2004). This study will

further explain and present the research design of this study, the research/data-gathering instruments

used, the validity of the data-gathering instruments, , the conduct of the study and the procedures in

the data analysis.

Research design
 The research design refers to the overall strategy that you choose to integrate the different

components of the study in a coherent and logical way (De Vaus,2006). Descriptive type of

research was used in this study. Descriptive research designs was a type of study which provide

answers to the questions of who, what, when, where, and how associated with a particular research

problem; a descriptive study cannot conclusively ascertain answers to why. Descriptive research is

used to obtain information concerning the current status of the phenomena and to describe "what

exists" with respect to variables or conditions in a situation (Anastas, 1999). 9

Specifically, the researcher made one test survey instrument and reproduce it based on the

sample size to get data about the Importance of Internet Connection to the Senior High School

Students of Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School. The researcher conducted the study logically.

A researcher-made questionnaire was first checked by the research Adviser and validated by experts

on the fields of Technologies including Internet who was used to answer the specific problems at

the Statement of the Problem (SOP) section. Therefore, data-gathering and analytical procedure was

also done to come up with valid results.

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Respondents of the Study
RESPONDENTS
Sampling
SECTIONS GRADE 11 GRADE 12 method was
ABM-A 0 0
used to get the sample
ABM-B 5 2
size of the population.

Senior High School

Students from Grade

12 and Grade 11

was taken to be the

respondents of the study

.They are from the

different Track and

Strands and Section.

 ABM-C 0 3
HUMSS-A 4 2
HUMSS-B 0 2
HUMSS-C 0 2
HUMSS-D 4 0
GAS-A 0 2
GAS-B 0 2
GAS-C 0 2
ICT-A 3 1
ICT-B 0 2
ICT-C 0 1
EIM-A 0 0
EIM-B 0 2
EIM-C 0 0
COOK-A 5 0
COOK-B 0 0
UNIVERSAL 4 2
TOTAL 25 25

Table 1. Respondents

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A total of 50 male and female students was taken to be the respondents of our study. The sample

size was taken randomly from the different sections of Grade 11 and Grade 12.

Data-gathering Instrument

To collect the data from the respondents, the researcher made a type-written questionnaire with

specific number of items so that it will be easy to the respondents to choose their response. Items in

questionnaire was concerning for being online of the respondents, How often they use it and how
affects their life as a student and How can be helpful for them to use this. They will provide first

their name , gender and their grade level together with their chosen track and strand and section.

Afterwards, the first question will asked them if they used internet and how often. Question number

2 will asked their monthly family income and the question number will be their possible reasons

why they used internet. As the researchers we are looking forward that the results of our data

gathering is concrete. You can see the sample survey questionnaire that was used in Appendix A

section of this study.

Data-Gathering Procedure

To start the data collection, we inquire the total number of students for each section by asking a

list of students’ name for each sections and we do our lottery sampling technique to pick a name for

each sections based on the sample size required without bias. After selecting the sample randomly

and to become our respondents to our study, we validated our questionnaire to all expertise in the

fields of Technology using our validation sheet , letter and rating tool. Aftrewards, the researcher

distributed the survey-questionnaire for each randomly chosen respondents from Grade 11 and

Grade 12. Respondents must answer the questionnaire based on their knowledge and experience

together with the internet connection and how it gives importance to their life as a student. Because

of this data gathering technique that was done by the researchers, collection of information from the

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Chapter 4: Data Analysis

 The collected data was analyzed by the researcher by encoding the collected data into Microsoft

excel. This section will show The Summary profiling of the respondents including their sex, grade

level, track and strand and their response to our questions about internet’s importance.

A. Summary Profiling

Respondent’s No. GRADE&SECTION SEX AGE

1 11-HUMSS-D M 19
2 11-HUMSS-D M 17
3 11-HUMSS-D M 17
4 11-HUMSS-A F 16
5 11-HUMSS-A M 16
6 11-HUMSS-D M 19
7 11-HUMSS-A F 17
8 11-HUMSS-A M 20
9 11-ABM-B F 17
10 11-ABM-B F 17
11 11-ABM-B F 17
12 11-ABM-B M 17
13 11-ABM-B F 17
14 11-COOKERY-A F 17
15 11-COOKERY-A F 17
16 11-COOKERY-A M 17
17 11-COOKERY-A M 18
18 11-UNIVERSAL F 17
19 11-UNIVERSAL F 17
20 11-UNIVERSAL F 19 13
21 11-UNIVERSAL F 19
22 11-ICT-A F 17
23 11-ICT-A F 17
24 11-COOKERY-A F 18
25 11-ICT-A M 17
26 12-ICT-A M 18
27 12-HUMSS-A F 18
28 12-HUMSS-A M 17
29 12-ABM-B F 18
30 12-GAS-C M 18
31 12-GAS-C M 17
32 12-ABM-C M 18
33 12-ABM-C F 19
34 12-ABM-B F 18
35 12-HUMSS-B M 18
36 12-HUMSS-B F 18
37 12-HUMSS-C M 18
38 12-HUMSS-C F 18
39 12-GAS-B M 17
40 12-GAS-B F 18
41 12-GAS-A M 17
42 12-GAS-A F 18
43 12-UNIVERSAL M 18
44 12-UNIVERSAL F 18
45 12-ICT-B F 17
46 12-ICT-B M 18
47 12-EIM-B M 17
48 12-EIM-B M 19
49 12-ICT-C M 19
50 12-ICT-C M 19

Table 1. Profile of Respondents

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 Result Of Data-Gathering
QUESTIONS ALWAYS OFTEN SOMETIMES RARELY NEVER
(100%) (75%) (50%) (25%) (0%)
* Do you use internet? 25 10 11 0 4
WHY DO YOU USE INTERNET?
I USE INTERNET BECAUSE……
1. I want to watch my favorite movie. 9 9 21 5 6
2. I need to be updated about current events. 13 16 12 8 1
3. I need to communicate with my friends. 27 13 8 4 2
4.I want to play online games. 6 4 11 17 11
5. I love making friends through internet 8 8 15 16 3
6. I need to search answers for my home works. 26 10 8 3 3
7. I need to do online business. 2 0 5 12 31
8. I need to learn new things. 13 19 13 2 3
9. I need to discover new things. 25 10 9 5 1
10. I need to verify if something is true or not. 20 19 5 2 4
11.I need to have a deeper understanding about my career. 10 26 3 3 8
12. I need to do advanced study. 11 8 25 4 2
13. I need to post something. 10 9 26 4 1
14. I need to read online articles. 7 8 28 5 1
15. I need to listen to my favorite music. 26 9 8 3 3
16. Others 0 0 0 0 0

Table 1.1 Frequency of Data Collection Results

FAMILY MONTHLY INCOME 10000-3999 4000-6999 5000 and above

NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS 17 12 21

Table 1.2 Frequency of Monthly Family Income

Average
SEX
MALE 26
FEMALE 24
TOTAL 50

Table 1.3 Frequency of Respondents’ Sex

Average

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B. Hypothesis Testing

The collected data was analyzed by the researcher by encoding into Microsoft excel to

classify the questions into their category . We used z-test for two means (male and female)

to give the P value so that we can decide and conclude for the results. Before we analyze the

data, we provide first a number for each respondent’s questionnaire and we encode their

answers through a numbers of 1- to represents their answer such as 5 is the highest and 1 or 0

is lowest. After that we classify all the questions into their category which is question number

The following tables are the results of our data analysis when grouped according to their sex.

z-Test: Two Sample for Means

Male Female
Mean 3.4666667 3.36
Known Variance 1.5804 1.6323
Observations 75 75
Hypothesized Mean Difference 0
z 0.5153761
P(Z<=z) one-tail 0.3031451
z Critical one-tail 1.6448536
P(Z<=z) two-tail 0.6062902
z Critical two-tail 1.959964
Result P Value > a=0.05
Conclusion Accept Ho
Decision There is no significant difference
between two means

Table 1. Entertainment and Leisures

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 z-Test: Two Sample for
Means

Male Female
Mean 3.45833333 3.115384615
Known Variance 1.7729 1.7971
Observations 72 78
Hypothesized Mean
Difference 0
z 1.57085783
P(Z<=z) one-tail 0.05810784
z Critical one-tail 1.64485363
P(Z<=z) two-tail 0.11621568
z Critical two-tail 1.95996398
Result P Value > a= 0.05
Conclusion Accept Ho
Decision There is no significant difference

Table 2. Social Interaction

z-Test: Two Sample for Means

Male Female
Mean 3.672619 3.851648
Known Variance 1.383347 0.998619
Observations 168 182
Hypothesized Mean Difference 0
z -1.52837
P(Z<=z) one-tail 0.06321
z Critical one-tail 1.644854
P(Z<=z) two-tail 0.12642
z Critical two-tail 1.959964
Result P Value > a= 0.05
Concluion Accept Ha
Decision There is no significant difference
between two means

Table 3. Academic and Trends

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 z-Test: Two Sample for Means

Variable Variable
1 2
Mean 2.583333 2.711538
Known Variance 2.087585 2.267054
Observations 48 52
Hypothesized Mean
Difference 0
z -0.43444
P(Z<=z) one-tail 0.331986
z Critical one-tail 1.644854
P(Z<=z) two-tail 0.663973
z Critical two-tail 1.959964
Result P Value> a= 0.05
Conclusion Accept Ho
Decision There is no significant difference
between two means

Table 4. Communication & Business

Chapter 5: Discussion

Internet has become an integral part of our society. There is no doubt that internet brings

benefits to the users especially to those students who needs this kind of discovery in technology .

The researcher found that students have their reasons why they need to access to the internet in

order to be online. According to the finding of this study there are 69% of the respondents gives

importance to the internet due to communication and school works. There are 31% of respondents

who give importance to the internet due to their Personal Pleasures.

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Chapter 6: Conclusion and Recommendations

Conclusion:

As the researchers, we conclude that:

i. There is no significant difference between male and female when it comes to their uses of

Internet due to Entertainment and Leisures

ii. There is no significant difference between male and female when they used the internet

because of Social Interaction.

iii. There is no significant difference between male and female when they used internet for

Academic and trends.

iv. There is no significant difference between male and female when they give importance to

internet because of Communication and Online Businesses.

Recommendation:

As the researchers, we suggest and recommend the following:

i. Faculty members’ offices should also be equipped with the Internet facilities.

ii. School must provide a program or orientation about internet usage.

iii. Teachers can implement some discipline when students do some Internet Activities

in class hours.

iv. Teacher can remind students about Internet usage.

v. More computers with the latest specifications and multimedia kit should be installed
so that the users can use Internet telephony, video-conferencing, chatting and other
useful services of the Internet.

vi. ICT Teachers can provide a Free Internet Connection for those students who need it
due to their school works.

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References:

https://my2017net.wordpress.com/2017/10/07/philippines-ict-hub-of-asia/

http://paa2010.princeton.edu/papers/101023

https://www.rappler.com/nation/87542-growing-internet-use-ph-good-education

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ847308.pdf

Salam ,Abdus ( May 2015), Internet Usage and Academic Performance: A Study
in a Malaysian Public University

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275833912_Internet_Usage_and_Acade
mic_Performance_A_Study_in_a_Malaysian_Public_University

http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/02/22/internet-access-growing-worldwide-but-
remains-higher-in-advanced-economies/

Acknowledgement
We thank our colleagues from Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School Senior High
School Department who provided insight and expertise that greatly assisted the research,
although they may not agree with all of the interpretations/conclusions of this paper.

We thank Engr. Richard Meriveles for assistance with particular technique and for
comments that greatly improved the manuscript as our Research Instructor.

We would also like to show our gratitude to the Senior High School Teachers for sharing
their pearls of wisdom with us during the course of this research, and we thank 3 “anonymous”
reviewers for their so-called insights. We are also immensely grateful to Mr. Rogelio Ruales Jr.,
Mr. Gee Jay Jimenez and Mr. Rey Dan Medina for their comments on an earlier version of the
manuscript, although any errors are our own and should not tarnish the reputations of these
esteemed persons. God bless us all.

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 Appendix A

Republic of the Philippines

Province of Negros Occidental
City of Talisay
Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School
THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNET TO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
(A survey-questionnaire)

Direction: Please write your personal information firston the space-provided and kindly answer thefollowing questions
by putting a check (√) on the blanks and rate the following statements according to your experiences with the internet.

Name: _____________________________________________________________Age:______________

Sex: _________________________ Track/Strand/Section: __________________________

1. Do you use internet?

______ Always ________Often _______Sometimes _____ Rarely ______Never

2. How much is your Monthly Family Income?

_______Php 1000-3999

_______Php4000-6999

_______Php7000 and above

3. Why do you use internet?Please put a check (√) for your rating on how you give importance for these online activities.

I use internet because: 0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

(Never) (Rarely) (Sometimes) (Often) (Always)
1. I want to watch my favorite movie.
2. I need to be updated about current events.
3. I need to communicate with my friends.
4.Iwant to play online games.
5. I love making friends through internet
6. I need to search answers for my home works.
7. I need to do online business.
8. I need to learn new things.
9. I need to discover new things.
10. I need to verify if something is true or not.
11.I need to have a deeper understanding about my career.
12. I need to do advanced study.
13. I need to post something.
14. I need to read online articles.
15. I need to listen to my favoritemusic.
Others (Pease Specify) ___________________________________________________________________________________

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