R epublic of the P hilippines

Department of E ducation
REGION I
SCH OOLS D IVISION OFFICE D AGUPAN CITY
D AGUPAN CITY N ATION AL H IGH SCH OOL – SEN IOR H IGH SCH OOL
TAPUAC DIST., D AGUPAN CITY

Understanding how schools benefit when letting their students use

social media

A Research Plan Submitted to the Research Faculty of the

Dagupan City National High School – Senior High School

Proponents:

CALMA, LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER ESCOSIO

ESPINOSA, MARK DENVER SIAPNO

SALAYOG, RAFAEL JOHN GAMAZON

BUSTO, IZZY BANIQUED

ELINZANO, RIZZA ESPAÑOL

LOPEZ, KATE ANNE RAMOS

SOLLOMON, AALIYAH KYLA A.

VILLANUEVA, MONICA GUMAPOS

Adviser:

DEAN DARYL B. CAÑETE

Dagupan City National High School – Senior High School

Address: Tapuac Dist., Dagupan City
Email: 300368@deped.gov.ph
Telephone: (075) 202-6057
 Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM

Background of the Study

Nowadays, social media is more or less a requisite part of our lives.

With people of all ages making use of social media, it has evolved into

something that is essential for us human beings to survive. Even various

social media accounts have lowered their age requirements to enable more

users of that certain platform. (Manuela Willbold, 2019)

One of the major benefits of social media platforms is having a much

more convenient way of communication. Take the case of, social

interactions, it is much easier to talk to your loved ones who are abroad, you

don’t have to travel far just to see them you could just video chat using

various social media platforms like Skype, Messenger or Discord. Moreover,

you could expand your business by reaching a lot people at once through

social media.

Different websites and social media platforms are also a great way for

students to acquire useful information in assisting them in their studies. It

can also be used to obtain crucial information about current affairs and latest

scientific researches. (How Social Media Improved Communication?, N.D.)

It has been perceived that many of our generation’s youth can be

easily bored when reading or writing but through the help of social media,

there are a lot more entertaining ways to learn or take in more information
about certain studies that they are often required to know. (Zachary Jason,

2017)

Furthermore, an additional benefit in using social media is utilizing it in

distance learning. Since the pandemic has cut off many of the usual methods

of learning, it has been really hard for students to catch up to the studies

required in their curriculum. However, because of online learning platforms

people are slowly adjusting to these methods.

Thus, we can conclude that social media platforms that enable free

voice and video chat, sharing of documents and presenting valuable

information can be highly effective in improving the academic performance

of students. (Cathy Li & Farah Lalani, 2020)

Simultaneously the parents of these students should be aware of the

dangers of social media, they should always make sure of the safety of their

children, It should be noted that high security must be maintained when

letting a minor use social media platforms. These are all great advice before

letting your child utilize social media for online learning. (NortonLifeLock, N.

D.)

Despite the fact that technology has evolved and made online learning

much easier, it is still acknowledged that teachers play a key role in

improving the academic performance of their students. Teachers often make

an effort to reach out to their students and understand what each of them

are going through because of this pandemic. (Stephen Merrill, 2020)

 In conclusion, teens have been known to be a master of keeping

themselves busy through social media. However there have been multiple

incidents of cyberbullying and impostor syndrome. Because of these certain

dangers, students must be responsible and be well aware of the incidents

that could happen on social media. In contrast, social media still has a lot of

benefits in terms of communication and giving or receiving viable

information. (Summer Allen, 2019)

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

This research builds upon: Vroom’s Expectancy Theory by Victor Vroom

and The motivational theory by Porter and Lawler. These theories have a lot

in common as they argue that people work harder and exert more effort if

they understood that there are relationships between the effort they put in,

the performance they gain and the rewards they receive.

According to Victor Vroom’s motivational model (1964), motivational

theories also explain that the path students use to achieve a certain goal

affects the way they engage with academic tasks. It suggests that the

amount of motivation and effort a student will put into learning will depend

on expectancy, instrumentality and valence. Furthermore, according to

Porter and Lawler the view of the student on the reward they will receive

also greatly affects their academic performance.

The utilization of social media in academics have an effect to the

students themselves making it the independent variable. The academic

performance of the students will serve as the dependent variable. This will

be proven using open-ended interview guide questionnaire.

This study adopted the Input-Process-Output (IPO) model.

INPUT

DCNHS-SHS students’ utilization of social media

PROCESS

Analysis on the benefits of letting students use social

media for academic purposes.

OUTPUT

A better understanding on why social media is an effective tool

in learning Figure 1. The paradigm of the study
Statement of the Problem

The purpose of this research is to understand how social media greatly

benefits the academic performance of the students. Research on this topic

will start to reveal how social networking sites are used for academic

interactions. Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions:

1. Does the use of social media have an impact on the students’

academic performance?

2. What are the benefits of using social media as an aid to online

classes?
3. What is the amount of time students spend in utilizing social media in

various academic purposes?

Scope and Delimitation

This study will focus on the students of DCNHS (Dagupan City National

High School) specifically Grade 12 students enrolled in the school year

2020-2021 from the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and

Mathematics) strand. The study will consider every aspect of the students’

utilization of social media and what advantages they gain from it. Each of the

students will be given the same questions to answer.

Significance of the Study

The findings of the study will provide deeper insight on how social media

affects the academic system

To the students, the results may serve as an eye opener on how

different life is with online classes. They now have to study alone but also

spend more time with their family

To the parents, they would understand that social media can be very

useful if it is utilized in the right manner

To the school, the outcome would improve how they handle the

academic performance of their students

To the teachers, it would be a great help to them by improving their

perception on the students’ utilization of social media for their studies

Definition of Terms

To facilitate a competent understanding of this study, the following

terms are defined operationally.

Academic System. This comprises everything that goes into

educating students

Utilization. The action of effectively making use of something

Benefits. This pertains to an advantage or edge gained from a certain

situation

Qualitative Research. This refers to collecting and analyzing non-

numerical data to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences.

 Chapter 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This chapter presents a review of some related literature and studies,

which are directly related to the study and provided the researcher the

necessary background and information. Moreover, the literature and studies

contained herein will help the researchers in the interpretation of the

findings of this research.

LITERATURE REVIEW

The goal of this project is to look into the potential benefits of using

social media in the classroom. Following a thorough examination of a large

number of these online tools, it was discovered that social media has

numerous educational benefits. In fact, these web-based applications have

been found to improve communication among students as well as between

teachers and students.

Teachers and students can interact with each other in a matter of

seconds thanks to these technologies. Students' engagement can also be

boosted with the help of social media. Students who frequently complain

about being intimidated or bored in class may feel more at ease expressing

their creativity and expressing their opinions on a social networking website.

Another outcome of this study is that social media applications encourage

collaboration by allowing students to collaborate on a common goal. We

recommend that these online social tools be used in learning environments

because of their educational benefits.

The use of social media platforms has become a commonplace.

Students use them all the time, as you can see. Facebook, Wiki, YouTube,

bulletin boards, LinkedIn, blogging, and twittering are among the most

common resources. The advent of modern technology makes every effort to

meet the needs of people, especially the younger generation. How do we, as

educators, capitalize on this trend? This paper will present findings from a

research study conducted at the University of Houston's central campus in

the fall of 2009. Students' usage of various social media platforms, their

views and attitudes toward these tools, and their preferred social networking

groups were all investigated in this report. The findings show that Facebook,

Wikipedia, and YouTube are the three most used social media tools, with the

top four reasons for using them being social interaction, path

communication, pace of feedback, and relationship building.

They chose a group of civically active people with no membership

requirements, as well as a group focused on a current issue that would not

last long. The author proposed some educational implications of some of

these resources as a valuable resource for teaching and learning based on

their feedback. (Liu, Youmei, 2010)

Technology, according to Abelardo Pardo, provides a forum for

creativity by allowing users to share their feelings about the knowledge

being written. He goes on to say that social media is a medium that enables

students to engage with one another, with their teachers, and with groups

that share their educational interests. These forms of interactions, according

to Pardo, are "an important part of how humans learn." (Pardo, p. 45, 2013)

Social media tools have become ubiquitous. You can see students use

them all the time. Among them most popular tools are Facebook, Wiki,

YouTube, bulletin board, LinkedIn, blogging, and twittering. The

advancement of modern technologies tries its best to accommodate the

needs from people, especially the younger generation.

YouTube, for sharing and streaming content, and Facebook, for having

a full online identity and a network of friends, are two examples of media

outlets used by the younger generation.

There are a few advantages of using social media, according to

O'Keeffe and Clarke-Pearson of the American Academy of Pediatrics. They

agree that one of the most significant advantages of social media is that it

helps people better understand themselves by allowing them to interact with

others and become more innovative by blogging. As a result, they achieve

better results in their individual schoolwork. According to O'Keeffe and

Clarke-Pearson, another significant advantage of using social media is that it

allows students to enhance their learning by allowing them to exchange

information with one another and perform group projects more effectively

(O'Keeffe and Clarke-Pearson, 2011).

According to Napoleon Egedegbe, various researchers and scholars

have come to the same conclusion about the effect of social media on

student academic performance: “There is no impact” (Egedegbe, 2013).

RELATED STUDIES

Electronic communication tools are rapidly encroaching on every

aspect of life, and educational institutions have struggled for decades to

understand the function of such devices in information distribution, utility,

and interactive style. Adoption and use of mobile devices and social media

can give students with a plethora of futuristic learning opportunities,

including access to course information and engagement with peers and

professionals (Cavus & Ibrahim, 2008, 2009; Kukulska-Hulme & Shield, 2008;

Nihalani & Mayrath, 2010; Richardson & Lenarcic, 2008, Shih, 2007).

Students in higher education are pouring their acceptance of mobile

devices such as cellphones, smartphones, and tablets in Higher Education

Institutions (HEIs), according to the Educause Center for Applied Research

[ECAR] (2012) survey. Almost 67 percent of polled students agreed that

mobile devices and social media plays an important role in their academic
achievement and career improvement. Despite the physical barrier, mobile

devices and social media provides excellent educational e-learning options to

students for academic collaboration, access to course information, and

tutoring (Gikas & Grant, 2013).

The benefits of using social media and mobile devices are generally

recognized in terms of obtaining course information, video clips, and

transferring instructional notes, among other things. In general, students

believe that social media and mobile devices are the most cost-effective and

convenient ways to get pertinent information. According to studies

conducted in Western countries, using online social media for collaborative

learning has a considerable impact on students' academic performance and

satisfaction (Zhu, 2012).

Students may use social media and mobile devices to build, edit, and

distribute course content in text, video, and audio formats. These technical

advancements have resulted in the emergence of a new type of learning

community, one focused on the ideals of collaborative discovery and

interaction (Selwyn, 2012).

Students may engage with their teachers, access their course

materials, customize them, and shape student groups using social media

platforms in academic institutions (Greenhow, 2011a, 2011b).

All the studies reviewed by the researchers were considered relevant

to the present study.

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