Significance of the Study This research will help the researchers to determine and to know how the technology affects the student’s level of performance. It is hoped that the findings of this research would be important to the following:
Students It will help the students to acknowledge on how they should use the technological devices to attain learning and to help them to improve themselves and participate actively, increase in productivity and increased motivation.
Parents They could help their child to use technology for academic or school purposes and they could guide them and keep themselves involved, this way they could monitor their child in or out of school.
Teachers It will help them to do some new strategies and techniques and it can also aid teachers in coming up with simple lessons plans or activities.
Researchers This study will help the researchers to accomplish their requirements in their course. This will also help them to understand the importance of knowing the effects of the technology on the academic performance of a student.
Definition of Terms In this study, the following terms were written to clarify the meanings of the words used and to provide a frame of reference and a clear interpretation of the study.
Cognitivist - a person who believes or works in cognitive grammar.
Ethical - relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these
Millennium - a period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christ.
Prominent – important or famous.
Utilization - the action of making practical and effective use of something.
Valuable - a thing that is of great worth, especially a small item of personal property.
Versatile - able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.
Technology - machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge.
Adequate - satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
Inferential Statistics - makes inferences and predictions about a population based on a sample of data taken from the population in question.
