Abstract

Inclusion of technology in education was utilized even before pandemic. As the pandemic hit, technology usage for personal and academic purposes among senior high school students significantly increased. This study aimed to determine the impact of technological advancement to the academic performance of senior high school students from selected public and private school in the province of Zambales and City of Olongapo, Philippines. There were 187 senior high school students from the selected schools who were the respondents chosen through stratified random sampling. The study used the descriptive survey research design with survey questionnaires as the main instrument to describe the emerging impact of technological advancement to the academic performance of students. The results showed that students often experience the impact of technological advancements in their academic performance, and that it poses both positive and negative impact. Furthermore, it was found that there is a significant difference in the correlation between technological advancements and academic performance of students in terms of sex, school, and strand. The study suggests that the Department of Education (DepEd) may spearhead seminars and trainings to assist and help teachers in the successful inclusion of technology in the classroom; allocate enough fundings for the creation of programs that will help solve the digital divide that exist between students; allocate adequate funding for the provision of additional technological equipment in schools; teacher educators may practice using and including more technologies in the teaching-learning process and in their lesson plans; students may start utilizing technology to assist them in their academic performance; and parents may monitor their children’s use of technology to avoid misuse and negative impacts on academic performance.

KEYWORDS:

Academic performance, technology, academic performance

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