WEEKLY GAUGE FOR CELLPHONE USAGE OF GRADE 11 AND 12 STEM

STUDENTS OF TAGBILARAN CITY SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL

A Mini-Research Study Presented to

Tagbilaran City Science High School
Tagbilaran City, Bohol

In Partial Fulfilment of
the Requirements for
Enhanced Mathematics 10

Hans Laurent Mari Becares Abaya

Jimuell Doble Jimenez
Christian Dave Leones Jomoc
Hannah Trisha Macasero Betinol
Kassandra Kizzy Cuadra
Marie Helyn Cabusao Ferrer

July 2021
I. Introduction

The 21st century has seen technology use becoming an inevitable

part of life. Half of the world’s population has a mobile subscription with
smartphone adoption already reaching critical mass in developed markets.
Smartphones are now responsible for 60% of Internet connections around
the world. This form of technology has advanced with simple call and text
messaging functions being replaced with functions such as Internet access,
email, camera applications and multimedia services. In 2007, the Apple
Company launched its first ever smartphone simultaneously marking the
impact on education with its learning mobile applications (apps). By May
2013, the number of apps downloaded from the iTunes App Store alone
reached 50 billion (Apple Press Info, 2013).

The possible influence of mobile devices on higher education and their

impact on lifelong learning opportunities is still unclear and is an evolving
field of study. It is not surprising that educators have considered using
mobile devices such as smartphones in education given their affordable,
popular and practical functions. The appeal factor for learning through
smartphones, and particularly through apps, would be the ease and
flexibility offered by mobile learning. It minimizes the barriers inherent in
traditional methods or activities that used to be carried out in schools and
universities. However, researchers reported that university students often
use their smartphones for personal communication rather than for learning.
A recent study done on high school students found that smartphone use
was perceived as favorable prior to study but later revealed students viewed
smartphones as detrimental to their educational goals in the end.

II. Purpose

This study aims to determine….

 (Questions)

1. Number of hours per week

2. Mean, median, mode

3. Number of hours mostly spent by the Grade 11 and 12 STEM students

III. Methods

I. Data Gathering.
(iingon nga through Survey ang pag gather sa data which is in
google forms)

II. Making the Survey.

(Google Forms: ielaborate ang pagama sa google forms then
isuwat kung unsay contents sa form)

III. Choosing the Respondents.

(iexplain nga randomly gipili ang respondents then gisend
through messenger gihatag ang survey forms; nya iingon nga
nay 38 ka respondents all in all)

IV. Interpretation and Analysis of Data.

(kadtong process and formula sa percentile rank etc etc)
IV. Results

Table 1. Number of hours spent by Grade 11 and 12 STEM Students of

Tagbilaran City Science High School using Cellphones per
week.

Number of Hours Number of Hours

Name of Grade 11 and Spent Using Spent Using
12 STEM Students Cellphones (per Cellphones (per
day) week)
Rey 12 84
Alyssa 12 84
John 12 84
Joseph 10 70
Jerusha 9 63
Pearl 9 63
Alyssa Marie 9 63
Ray Jay 9 63
Janet 9 63
Melchor 9 63
Neguill Niño 8 56
Mark 8 56
Sam 8 56
Nina Althea 8 56
Dale Christie 8 56
Fritz Laurence 7 49
Francine 7 49
McDo 7 49
Ruth 7 49
Darius 7 49
Rodel 6 42
Rami 6 42
Vinabel 6 42
Marianne 6 42
Luke Lyndelle 6 42
Kyle 6 42
Juvel 5 35
Miah 4 28
Gwyneth 4 28
Andre 4 28
Julianne Angel 4 28
Cherie 3 21
Jairus 3 21
Precious 2 14

Table 2. Frequency Distribution Table on the number of hours spent

by Grade 11 and 12 STEM Students of Tagbilaran City
Science High School using Cellphones per week.

Number
Lower Upper
of Hours Frequenc
Boundaries Boundaries <cf >cf
(per y (f)
(LB) (UB)
week)
74 – 83 3 73.5 83.5 34 3
64 – 73 1 63.5 73.5 31 4
54 – 63 11 53.5 63.5 30 15
44 – 53 5 43.5 53.5 19 20
34 – 43 7 33.5 43.5 14 27
24 – 33 4 23.5 33.5 7 31
14 – 23 3 13.5 23.5 3 34

Given: N = 34; Lowest Value = 14; Highest Value = 84;

Class Size = 1 + 3.322 log N

= 1 + 3.322 log (34)

= 6.09

=7

Range = Highest Value – Lowest Value

= 84 – 14 = 70

Class Width = Range/Class Size

 = 70/7

= 10

Table 3. The Mean, Median and Mode of the number of hours spent by
Grade 11 and 12 STEM Students of Tagbilaran City Science
High School using Cellphones per week.

Mean Median Mode

50 50 46

Σ(f x) n Δ1
Mean =
n

1680
Median = LB+ 2
( )
−c f b
fm
i
Mode = LB+ ( Δ1 + Δ 2)i

= −2
34
=
34
2
−14
= 43.5+ ( −2+−6 )10
43.5+( )10
= 49.41 or 50 5
= 46
= 49.5 or 50

Table 4. Table for the third quartile which is the majority of the number
of hours spent by Grade 11 and 12 STEM Students of
Tagbilaran City Science High School using Cellphones per
week.

No. of Frequenc
Lower
Quartile student y of the Interval Quartile
Boundary <cfb
Class s (N) Quartile (i) (Qk)
(LB)
Class
54 – 63 53.5 34 19 11 20 60
 Q3 class: 3N/4 = 3(34)/4 = 102/4 = 25.5

25.5th position

20th – 30th positions belong to the class interval: 54 – 63 and the 25.5 th
position is also within the class interval.

LB = 53.5

N = 34

cfb = 19

fQ3 = 11

i = 20

3N
Q3 = LB + 4
( −cf b
f Q3
i )
Q3 = 53.5 + ( 25 .5−19
11 )10
Q3 = 59.41 or 60

V. Discussion/Conclusion