The Effects of Social Networking Sites on the Academic Performance of Grade 7 Students
CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION
Based on the studies today , social media has influenced students to rely on the accessibility of information that is available on the internet .The students are reduced on focusing on their learning as well as on retaining the information.
In the Philippines the quality of education is getting low because of the short period of education ,so that’s why the K to12 became was born. The K to 12 Program covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six years of primary education, four years of Junior High School, and two years of Senior High School) to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship. Program implementation in public schools is being done in phases starting SY 2012–2013. Grade 1 entrants in SY 2012–2013 are the first batch to fully undergo the program, and current 1st year Junior High School students (or Grade 7) are the first to undergo the enhanced secondary education program.
In addition, some of the students open social networking sites while they search the internet and even after they study. These students cannot concentrate on their study thus they fail on their class recitations, quizzes and exams.
Social networking sites such as Facebook are popular today to highschool students especially Grade 7 students . Almost all Grade 7 students use social networking sites.
Social media may have a positive impact on Grade 7 students sense of themselves in the community. Social media-using students were twice as likely as other students to feel well-liked by their peers and to participate in extracurricular activities.
Negative effects abound .If Grade 7 students use social networking sites even before or after they study they cannot focus enough to their studies. Social networking sites can be very addictive to
INTRODUCTION
Based on the studies today , social media has influenced students to rely on the accessibility of information that is available on the internet .The students are reduced on focusing on their learning as well as on retaining the information.
In the Philippines the quality of education is getting low because of the short period of education ,so that’s why the K to12 became was born. The K to 12 Program covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six years of primary education, four years of Junior High School, and two years of Senior High School) to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship. Program implementation in public schools is being done in phases starting SY 2012–2013. Grade 1 entrants in SY 2012–2013 are the first batch to fully undergo the program, and current 1st year Junior High School students (or Grade 7) are the first to undergo the enhanced secondary education program.
In addition, some of the students open social networking sites while they search the internet and even after they study. These students cannot concentrate on their study thus they fail on their class recitations, quizzes and exams.
Social networking sites such as Facebook are popular today to highschool students especially Grade 7 students . Almost all Grade 7 students use social networking sites.
Social media may have a positive impact on Grade 7 students sense of themselves in the community. Social media-using students were twice as likely as other students to feel well-liked by their peers and to participate in extracurricular activities.
Negative effects abound .If Grade 7 students use social networking sites even before or after they study they cannot focus enough to their studies. Social networking sites can be very addictive to