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Chapter Two
Chapter Two
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Conceptual Framework
Type of Smartphone
Activities
Smartphone Attention
Usage Span
Individual Age
difference
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Definition of Terms
Attention Span. This refers to the duration during which students can maintain focus
on a single task without being distracted. This will be measured using a standardized
Senior High School Students. This refers to the Grade 11 and 12 students of Dulag
National High School, who serve as the respondents for this study.
Smartphone Usage. This refers to the amount of time that students use their
Less than 4 hours, 4-6 hours, and 6 and above hours a day. These are the
categories of smartphone usage based on the amount of time that students spend using
Research Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis
There is no significant difference between the attention span of the students who
use their smartphone for less than 4 hours, 4-6 hours, and 6 and above hours a day.
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Ralph:
found that excessive smartphone usage can lead to significant changes in the brain's
that students who use their smartphones extensively tend to have lower academic
suggested that even the mere presence of a smartphone can negatively affect
5. Smartphone usage and attentional blink: A study by Matusz et al. (2015) found
that heavy smartphone users are more likely to experience attentional blink, a
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