THE BENEFITS AND PROBLEMS OF USING INTERNET IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE SECOND YEAR EDUCATION STUDENT OF USANT

A TERM PAPERPresented to
Ms. Catherine Nazarrea
Professor in English 2, of the College of Teacher Education
University of Saint Anthony
San Miguel, Iriga City

FRANCIA MAE N. NO
BEED-2A

OCTOBER 2014

APPROVAL SHEET

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for English 2; this term paper entitled BENEFITS AND PROBLEMS OF USING INTERNET IN THE ACADEMIC PERFOMANCE OF THE SECOND YEAR EDUCATION STUDENT OF USANT) has been submitted and respectfully submitted.

Submitted by: FRANCIA MAE N. NO BEED-2A

Checked and accepted by or as a partial fulfillment with a grade of .
Ms. Catherine Nazarrea (Instructor)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This research was made possible with the help of many people whose invaluable assistance in making this research possible. The researcher acknowledged with profound value and gratitude. To god, for guiding us in everyday and not leaving us through the hardship we encounter.

To Miss. Catherine Nazarrea, Professor of College of Teacher Education for her support, advice and encouragement, which serve as inspirations in realizing this study.

We sincerely thank our parents, family, and friends, who provide the advice and financial support. The product of this research paper would not be possible without all of them.

Above all, to our Almighty for giving the researcher the strength, wisdom, peace of mind and guidance in realizing this research study.

Thank you all. -The Researcher

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Benefits and Problems of Using Internet in the Academic Performance of the Second Year Education Student
I. Introduction
II. Statement of the problem
III. Significance of the study
IV. Scope and Delimitation
V. Review and Related List
VI. Definition of Terms
Chapter 2: Research Methodology
I. Questionnaire
II. Data gathering tool
III. Statistical Analysis
IV. Percentage Graph
Chapter3: Summary of Findings
I. Conclusion
II. Recommendation
Chapter IV
Appendixes/Bibliography
Chapter V: Curriculum Vitae
CHAPTER I: THE BENEFITS AND PROBLEMS OF USING INTERNET IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE SECOND YEAR EDUCATION STUDENT IN USANT

I. INTRODUCTION

Internet plays a fundamental 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 is a large computer network formed out of some thousands of interconnected networks, and it supports a whole range of services such as electronic, file transfer protocol, database access and many others. It is therefore not surprising the success story behind the advent of Internet. That is why today, the internet 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”.

Nowadays, using internet becomes a basic need for people from all around the world, including college students. You can search online from your gadgets, because accessing internet with people, you no longer have to use computer or laptop. Thus, for college students, you need to maximize the usage of your gadgets and internet to do these things: Do communication;College students need to communicate especially with their lecturers and sometimes it can’t be done face to face. You might need to get clearer information about the task, consult about your thesis proposal, discuss about your thesis project with your advisor/lecturer. You can have a group discussion with classmates about certain materials. Get more information; Lecturers usually give a little explanation about the material. To get more information and deeper understanding about the subject, students need to look for other sources like books and journals. However, finding books and journals in library might be tiring and sometimes the result isn’t satisfying. As the alternative, finding the tutorials and exercises through search engines is faster and more complete. Join online course; some college students feel that studying at college is not enough. They feel it’s necessary to join course that can enlarge their knowledge about the major they take. In this case, college students love joining online course to ease their learning process in which they don’t need to spend many time to go to certain place. Besides, they can also join course given by providers from different city or country. Ask help from online services; College students usually experience assignment that they aren’t able to do. Besides, they sometimes experience tiredness to do difficult assignment. In this case, asking help from online services is a good way. You can choose some services that match with your need. You can buy research paper online if you find difficulties in writing paper and essay.These are some problems of using internet. More disturbing is that the Internet has provided an opportunity for some to stalk and harass other online users. Other risks of Internet use include the exchange of pornography, online gambling, credit card debt as a result excessive amounts of time spent online. With these factors in mind, one might conclude that college students could be more susceptible to overusing or becoming dependent on the Internet.

This research is made so that that the students will know if what are the benefits and problems of using internet and how it will affect their academic performance. Also the students will know what should be the best way in order to prevent those problems that they may encounter.

II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM This term paper gives information about the percentage of the students that are using internet. This study seeks to answer the following problems:
1. Are the students aware about the benefits and problems in using internet that may affect their academic performance?
2. What recommendation that could help the students in the problems of using the internet?

III. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY This study shall reveal the benefits and the problems of using internet in the academic performance of the secondyear education student in USANT. The following are the concern of this study. Likewise, other concerned authorities who will be able to read this presentation and research work will know especially the benefits and problems of using the internet. For the student, for them to be able to be aware that they need to be responsible especially in the social networking sites like Facebook, instagram, Google, twitter etc. Parents, this research will give them the idea, so that they will be able to know what are the benefits and risk factor that may happen in their children in using the internet.

IV. SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

This study covers exclusively the factors contributed to the benefits and problems of using internet in the academic performance of the students and influenced delimited to the education student of USANT.

Respondents are in the second year college level, male or female.

V. REVIEW AND RELATED LITERATURE This part deals with previous studies relevant to the present research study. Furthermore, it provides insights in conducting the present study. The selected studies and literature are foreign were foreign were found relevant to the totality of the present study. These were drawn from the reading of the researcher from different libraries and websites. From obvious reasons, it should be noted that the impact of internet access on on-campus instruction is still very low for various reasons. The technology is new, very costly and perhaps too threatening to existing academic structures and traditions. This view was supported by BrownandDiguid (1996). The influence of internet on academic performance of students differs depending on population. Some studies reported no significance effect; however, other studies effect of internet access of students with a post test results according to Ehrman (1995). In contributing to the academic performance of students, Wagner (1998) saw internet as a forum that promote group discussion which is time and distance independent. The word wide web service provide by internet with over 5 million websites allow students from all disciplines to source for relevant information. Busari (2001) sees that internet as a medium through which lecturers and students can meet without seeing each other. Students can also learn through teleconferencing where by the use of small video camera and microphone members of the group actually see and hear each other. Sanni et al (2009) in a recent study observed that there is a gender difference in internet use and thus adequate attention should be paid ensuring equal access between male and female students.

VI. DEFINITION OF TERMS For clearer and comprehensive understanding of this study, the following terms were defined operationally and/or conceptually.
INTERNET- A network that links computer that over the world by satellite and telephone, connecting users with service networks such as e-mail and the world wide web. USANT- University of Saint Anthony TEACHER EDUCATION STUDENT- Students who are taking up the course of Teacher Education. ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE- Refers to how the students deal with their studies and how they cope with or accomplish different tasks given to them by their teachers. BENEFITS- something that has a good effect or promotes well-being. PROBLEMS- a difficult situation, matter, or person. TELECONFERENCING-a system of video conferencing that uses a restricted band of frequencies and allows participants to be connected by telephone lines. Access- the right or ability to log on to a computer system or use computer program. network-a pattern or system that looks like a series of branching or interconnecting lines. Computer- electronic device that accepts, processes, stores, and outputs data at high speeds according programed instructions.

Chapter II
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Collection and interpretation of data was done through the use of methods band procedures applicable in this study. Thus, this section deals with the research methodology, questionnaire, and statistical tools.

RESEARCH METHODS This part is the presentation, analysis and interpretation of data gathering or instrument such as questionnaire and research using computer utilized by the researcher in gathering data as well as statistical tools in the treatment of data.
Dear respondents, Please be informed that I am having a research study about “The Benefits and Problems of Using Internet in the Academic Performance of the Second Year Education Student”. This questionnaire is solely for research purpose. Your objective response to each item in this questionnaire will be highly appreciated. Your responses will be confidently treated, and will as well be used only for the purpose of this study. Thank you very much for you honest and cooperation for my study.
Researcher,

NAME: ¬¬___________________________________________ AGE: ¬¬-__________
ADDRESS: _________________________________________
GENDER:¬¬¬_________ STATUS: _____________ YEAR LEVEL: ___________
Direction: Put a check mark
1. How many times do you use the internet? Always Sometimes Never 2. What do you prefer to use? Internet Library 3. Are you aware about the problems of using internet? Yes No

4. Are you aware about the benefits of using internet? Yes No 5. How much is your budget in using internet? 15 30 50 100 or more

6. Do you have internet connection in your home? Yes No 7. As a college student, do you consider the internet to be an easy and convenient choice for communicating with friends? Yes No 8. Do you agree that internet use has had a positive impact on your college academic experience? Yes No 9. In using internet, what gadget do you use? Cellphone tablet computer/laptop etc.

10. What is your purpose in using internet? Doing projects Playing online games Using social media like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. Playing online games

DATA GATHERING TOOL

Data gathering tools are instruments used in collecting important data needed in the study. The researcher used a survey-questionnaire that contains the questions about using internet of the students. There’s also a research in the library, internet and short interview.

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

The present research made of descriptive research. It involves the analysis and interpretation of the present nature description, recording and composition or processes of phenomena.

PERCENTAGE GRAPH

We can see in the graph that 60% of the students answer that sometimes they use internet and 40 % answers their always use internet.

This graph shows if how much is the percentage of the students who are using the internet. We can see that there are 90% who prefer to use internet and there are 10% use the library.

The graph shows if how much is the percentage of the students is aware about the problems of using internet. We cansee that 80% of the students are aware about the problems of using internet and 20% are not aware about the problems of using internet.

The graph shows if how much is the percentage of students is aware about the benefits of using internet. We can see that 100% of the student that I’ve survey answered that they are aware about the benefits of using internet.

The graph shows if how much is the percentage of the students in their budget of using internet. We can see that 60% of the students answer that their budget in using internet is PhP 15, there are 30% of the students answer that their budget is PhP 30 and there are 10% of the students answer that their budget is PhP 50.

The graph shows if how much is the percentage of students who have internet connection in their home. We can see that there are 80% of students answer that they have no internet connection and 20% have internet connection in their home.

This graph shows if how much is the percentage of the students considers that internet is an easy and convenient choice for communicating with their friends. We can see that 100% of the students that I’ve survey answer Yes.

The graph shows the percentage of students who agree that internet use has had a positive impact on their college academic experience. We can see that 100% of the students agree.

The graph shows the percent of the student are using gadgets like cellphone, tablet, computer/laptop and etc. in using internet. We can see that 50% of the students use their cellphone, 40% who use laptop/computer and 10% use tablet.

This graph shows the percentage of the students if what their purposes in using internet are. We can see that there is 50% of student using internet to make projects and there are 20% of students using social media.

CHAPTER III

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

This study aims to know the things to remind the 2nd year education students in using internet. The researcher presented this study by the descriptive-analytic design and makes a survey – questionnaire that answered by 10 education students in second year level.

CONCLUSION

As to the data gathered by the researchers, the following conclusions were derived.

As to the data gathered, it shows that 2nd year education students are much aware with the benefits than the problems of using internet. A large of number of respondents prefer to use internet instead of library Almost of them use cellphone in surfing internet. A large numbers of respondents have no internet connection in their home.

RECOMMENDATION

From the study conducted, the researcher came up for suggesting the following recommendations on how to cope with the problems encountered by the students in using internet.

Students should minimize the use of internet. Use the internet in a good purposes Don’t use the internet in a bad way. Students must know also the problems of using internet. Read books instead of using internet.

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APPENDIXES

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME:Francia Mae N. No ADDRESS:San Juan, Iriga City
BIRTHDAY:September 20, 1997
CITIZENSHIP:Filipino
NAME OF THE PARENTS: Ferdinand D. No Marelyn N. No
NAME OF SIBLINGS: Lester John N. No Rey John N. No
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT:
COURSE: Bachelor of Elementary Education
ELEMENTARY:San Juan Elementary School
SECONDARY:Rinconada National Technical Vocational School
COLLEGE:University of Saint Anthony