CHAPTER 5
FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION
This chapter presents the summary of finding based on the two variables
treated in this study, the conclusions drawn based on the findings of the study and the
recommendations proposed by the researchers based on the results generated by the
variables.
Findings
The following were the findings of the study.
1. On the level of Social Media: The Effects on the Academic Performances of the
Selected PGMIT Students was conducted at President Garcia Memorial Institute
of Technology, Abu Street, Poblacion Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur we found out
that under the two variables compared and obtained the results of the Pearson “r”
of 0.044 this means that the results has a correlation of moderately low. Therefore,
if the students will increased their usage of social media they also increased their
academic performance.
2. We conclude that the relationship between social media and academic
performance does not really exist in the population.
3. There is no significant relationship between social media and academic
performance.
Conclusions
The following were formulated after the data were being gathered, analyzed
and interpreted.
1. The results from the findings of this study that, through Social Media their well be
a slight effect on the academic performance. Therefore, the PGMIT students have
reached the level of intelligence, in terms of their academic performance. Most of
them will productive in time and such like, they also have a benefit and that can
be used appropriately.
2. I conclude that they also balanced their time spending on social media and their
academic performance
3. The students, on a whole, gave a more scoring response to using online networks
to write their class assignments.. The observations drawn from empirical data
shows that student started using social networks for academic purposes. While
some students perceived Social Media as a distraction and were hesitant to share
their feelings, a high percentage of respondents found it an avenue to search for
information, join educational networks and look for career opportunities. The use
of Social Media gave them a sense of belonging to an academic community, as
their online friends were mostly met. According to the responses it can be
concluded that social networks if designed and tailored to the specific educational
needs of each student, related to each major in communication, Social Media can
be a useful instrument in improving academic performance of students in
President Garcia Memorial Institute of Technology, Abu Street, Poblacion Dinas,
Zamboanga del Sur.
Recommendations
From the findings and conclusions of this research, the following
recommendations were made:
1. Students should be better manage their time and prevent distractions that can
provided by the social media. It should be a balanced of spending their study and
surfing on the social media.
2. Social media is should be expanded a new pages, websites or any other that can
help the students to enhanced their academic activities and avoid setback in their
academic performance.
3. The use of social media it should on the academic relevance of those sites instead
of using them for nonsense purposes.
4. The students it should create a balance between chatting and academic activities,
it should more attention could directed to academic research.
5. Students should educate on the negative and positive influence of social media.
6. Other researches are advised to conduct similar or further study relating to social
media. Other researchers may use other question or inquire regarding on this topic
to get the negative effect of having a social media accounts.
