Phone Usage during class hours

1. PROBLEM: Phone Usage During Class
Hours/Discussions
GAMOTIN, RAYMUND STEVE H. AGUDULO, JERAMEA
RAMAS, AYANNA JANE S. BERUELA, CATHERINE MAE
CABRILLOS, NORGIE P. AMISTOSO, ANNA MAY
TONGCO, DONNA MAE
ANDULOG, JOSEPH Q.
PAT, REA D.
MAGHANOY, RILL JEAN
ESPIRITU, ANGELICA
ESPARCIA, JEFREY

2. INTRODUCTION
• The use of mobile phones has been an ubiquitous sight in educational institutions
world wide. While smartphones have undoubtedly revolutionized the way we
communicate and access information, it can cause distraction that can impede
student’s ability to focus in studies (Thornton et.al., 2014).
• As a result, students who uses phones during classes tend to have low grades if they
spend more time in phones.
• The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of classroom rules on the
frequency and number of phone usage during class hours.

3. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1. Why are some students use phones during classes?
2. What is the difference in the number of phone users among students between
controlled and experimental treatment?
Hypothesis: Classroom rules regarding phone usage will lead to a reduction in the
frequency and duration of phone usage during class hours.

4. RESEARCH DESIGN

5. PROCEDURE
• Select participants in the experiment.
• Observe, capture images, and record the frequency and number of students
that used phones during classes without the rules.
• Introduce clear classroom rules regarding phone usage to the experimental
stage.
• Observe and record the frequency and the number of students that uses
phones during classes when the intervention is applied.
• Comparison of the raw data will follow.

6. PROCEDURE
• Select participants in the experiment.
• Observe, capture images, and record the frequency and number of students
that used phones during classes without the rules.
• Introduce clear classroom rules regarding phone usage to the experimental
stage.
• Observe and record the frequency and the number of students that uses
phones during classes when the intervention is applied.
• Comparison of the raw data will follow.

7. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
Problem 1. Why are some students use phones during classes?
Reasons for Using Phones during Class
Hours
Tally Frequency
A. Checking notifications (e.g.,
messages, social media, emails)
llll – llll - l 11
B. Boredom or lack of interest in class ll 2
C. Taking notes or accessing educational
materials
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D. Searching for information related to
the class
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E. Personal emergencies or urgent
matters
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F. No classroom rules that regulate
phone usage
l 1
Table 1. The Overall Tally of the Reasons of Using Phones during Classes Among
BEED – 1 Students.

8. • The table shows that the most common reasons why the students tend to use phones
during classes are searching information or educational materials related to the class,
phones, checking notifications in phones, and personal emergencies or urgent matters.
• Based on the results shown above, it means that the students were using phones in
order to obtain information in academic activities and dealing with urgent matters at
hand.
• Cellphone usage for study purposes is of high importance, given that some students
were using phones as a research tool. It is increasingly one of the most popular
information access devices which can be beneficial, but the students have the
tendency to abuse it (Hossain, 2019).

9. Problem 2. What is the difference in the number of phone users among students between
controlled and experimental treatment?
Treatment Methods Number of Students that Used phones in
the Treatment Applied
Controlled 12
Experimental 5
Table 2. The number of Students that uses Phones During Classes in Different
Treatments

10. CONTROLLED

12. PUTTING OF THE CLASSROOM RULES

13. EXPERIMENTAL

18. • The table above shows that there was a significant difference of the number of the
students that used phones during classes when the intervention was applied,
compared to the controlled treatment.
• Based on the results, it showed that there is a significant impact on the behavior of the
students towards using phones during classes. Therefore, the hypothesis is hereby
accepted since there was indeed a reduction of the phone usage inside the classroom.
• This experiment concludes that having to post a reminder of not using phones in
classes and with the assistance of the teacher in regulating phone usage, then it is
feasible to reduce the number of the phone usage.