Chapter 3
SUMMARY, FINDINGS, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter shows the summary of finding, conclusions and
recommendations. The data gathered which were analyzed and
interpreted in the previous chapter are summarized here.
Conclusions were drawn based on the findings of the study.
SUMMARY
The main purpose of this study was to determine if there is
a connection between the students’ over dependency on gadgets use
to their interpersonal and psychological skills.
This research investigation was descriptive in nature.
The respondents of this study were the 224 students of the
senior high school. The said respondents were determined through
random sampling.
To determine the students’ profile, the researchers got the
percentage who answered the questionnaire.
To determine the relationship between students’ over
dependency on gadget use and their interpersonal and
psychological skills, the researchers used weighted mean.
To determine the positive and negative effects of gadget use
and the factors affected by over dependency on gadget use on the
interpersonal and psychological skills of students, the
researchers used weighted mean.
To determine if there is a relationship between the
students’ profile and their interpersonal and psychological
skills o gadget use, the researchers used Pearson r correlation
coefficient.
FINDINGS
Based on the analysis of the data the following findings
emerged which served as basis for conclusions and the
corresponding recommendations:
On Age
The results show that the most number of respondents in the
study are 18 year old they comprise the majority of the total
number of respondents.
On year level
The results show that the grade 12 students got the highest
number of respondents which has the total of 145 students which
is equivalent to 64%.
On gender
The results show that there are more females than males in
the study.
On positive and negative effects of gadget use
The results show that the respondents always observed the
positive effects of gadgets. Meanwhile, the respondents sometimes
observed the negative effects of gadgets.
On interpersonal skills
Results show that the respondents sometimes observe that
their over dependency on gadgets use affects their interpersonal
skills, mental health, and emotional well-being. Meanwhile, the
respondents never observe that over dependency on gadgets use
affect their behavioural aspect.
Conclusions
Based on the findings, the following conclusions were drawn:
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3) The personal profile shows that female dominate the
interpretation in the effects of over dependency on gadget use.
4) There is a weak positive relationship between the dependency
on gadgets and the respondents interpersonal and psychological
skills.
Recommendations
Based on the findings, the researchers recommend that;
1. The teachers can make use of apps on mobile phones such as
Google classroom and Microsoft apps as a medium for the
students to learn more about the lesson
2. Further studies should be conducted but with a bigger number
of respondents in a wide scope
A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ USE OF GADGET
Rationale