THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF ONLINE LEARNING IN TERMS OF ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE TO THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF ANGELICUM

LEARNING CENTRE

S.Y. 2023-2024

An Undergraduate Research Proposal

Submitted to:

The Faculty of Angelicum Learning Centre Inc.

Ms. Julianne S. Esin, LPT

Research Proposal Adviser

In Partial Requirement for

The Compilation of English Subject Research

Angelicum Learning Centre, Cagayan de Oro City

By:

Ahmee, Arabella Jasmine A.

Villas, Hyacinth Marydon C.

Grade 9 Shakespeare

On February 2023
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to extend their deeply felt gratitude to the following individuals who

made this research possible:

To the family of the researchers, for their undying love, moral and financial support, help,

encouragement and understanding;

To Ms. Lianne Esin, the researchers research teacher for her time, support, patience and

encouragement;

To our beloved adviser Mr. Rodel Dapar, to Mr. Brynner Kent Cuaresma, to Ms. Windy Labares

for sharing valuable effort and time in evaluating the research and guiding the researchers on

what to do and how to do it;

To our friends and fellow students, for their encouragements and endless support during the

course of this research

And above all, to our Almighty God for giving the researchers the gift of life, wisdom

knowledge and understanding as the researchers carry out the research and for giving the

researchers the strength, patience, courage, determination to complete this study.

The product of this research paper would not be possible without all of them.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter I. The Problem

Introduction …………………………………………………………………………....... p.5

Rationale …………………………………………………………………………….......p. 6

Statement of the Problem ………………………………………………………………..p. 6

Definition of Terms …………………………………………………………………..... p. 7

Significance of the Study ……………………………………………………………......p. 8

Scope and Limitations ………………………………………………………………....... p. 8

Theoretical Framework ……………………………………………………………......... p. 8

Conceptual Framework ……………………………………………………………..........p. 9

Chapter II. Review of the Related Literature

Related Literature ………………………………………………………………….. p. 10-18

Chapter III. Methodology

Research Design ……………………………………………………………………...........p. 19

Research Setting ……………………………………………………………………..........p. 19

Respondents of the Study …………………………………………………………………p. 20

Data Gathering Procedure …………………………………………………………… p. 20

Scoring Procedure ……………………………………………………………………..p. 21

CHAPTER 1
 THE PROBLEM

Introduction

COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is an infectious disease caused by a virus called SARS-

CoV-2. The disease primarily spreads through respiratory droplets when an infected person talks,

coughs, or sneezes. It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has since

spread to become a global pandemic. The supposedly 2 weeks of lockdown became months. It

not only affected the adults but also the students. COVID 19 affected the education sector

because face to face classes were no longer allowed. It paved the way to online learning. In this

way we can reduce social contact and avoid the spread of the virus. Online learning offers

teachers an efficient way to deliver lessons to students. By maximizing the technology, teachers

can use a number of tools such as videos, PDFs, podcasts, to deliever their lessons. It goes

beyond traditional textbooks and made learing fun and efficient. With online learning the

students can set their own pace, which can provide them with a better chance of adequately

absorbing and retaining information in your coursework. When learning from home the students

can save. One way is by not having to commute to class every day. Online learning will not only

help you achieve your educational goals but can also help you gain new skills that will be

beneficial when embarking on a new career. To complete your online studies, you will need to

become familiar with a number of digital learning tools. For students, teachers, and the

educational system, the switch from face-to-face to online learning has been a drawn-out and

difficult process. The lack of government funding is the fundamental reason that face-to-face

learning is still not a reality. In order for schools to make this modification to their curriculum,

the government must give them greater funds. As a result of being able to communicate with
their teacher through video conferences or a messaging software, pupils will study more

effectively. As a result, teachers will be able to give more individualized instruction as opposed

to holding entire courses in one place.

Rationale

The researchers will conduct this study to the grade 7, 8, 9, 10 (except the researchers)

so the students become aware and they’re able to know how COVID 19 affected the lives of

students when the cases arose. Furthermore, the purpose of this study is to spread awareness of

COVID 19 and how it taught us to adapt to the current turn of events.

Statement of the Problem

This paper aims to find out the positive effects of online learning in terms of the academic

performance of junior high school students. It is sought to answer the following:

1. How does the positive factors of online learning affected the students academic performance?
2. What is online learning?

3. How did the students get caught up in this situation?

Age:

Grade Level:

GPA:

Definition of Terms

COVID 19 - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-

CoV-2 virus. The virus can spread from an infected person’s mouth or nose in small liquid

particles when they cough, sneeze, speak, sing or breathe. These particles range from larger

respiratory droplets to smaller aerosols. Most people infected with the virus will experience mild

to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. However, some

will become seriously ill and require medical attention.

Online Learning - it is when the learner is at a distance from the tutor or instructor, that they

use some form of technology to access learning materials.

Student - a person who is studying at a school or college.

data collection.

Questionnaire- a set of printed or written questions with a choice of answers, devised for the

purpose of a survey or statistical study.

Significance of the Study

The is significant because it helps us understand how COVID 19 changed the students’ way of

living, how they adapted to the “new normal” situation, and how they coped up to the new sets of

protocols that includes staying at home.

Scope and Limitations

The researchers focus on finding the positive effects that affected the condition or behavior of

the Angelicum junior high school students due to online learning.

This study is supported by the self-determination theory (SDT), of Edward Deci and Richard

Ryan (1985.) Fulfillment of three basic innate, human psychological needs (autonomy,

competence, and relatedness) is necessary for optimal human functioning.

Student engagement, which is energized by motivation as explained by self-determination theory

(SDT), is a prerequisite for learning. This study investigated how the three perceived

psychological needs in SDT affected student engagement in online learning using pre- and post-

questionnaires completed by 1201 Grade 8 and 9 students within 6 weeks of partaking in online

learning.
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Conceptual Framework
 CHAPTER 2

Review of Related Literature

A new coronavirus outbreak known as COVID-19 started in China in December of 2019 and

quickly expanded to other parts of the world in the next few months. This infectious condition is

brought on by a brand-new coronavirus strain that targets the respiratory system (World Health

Organization, 2020). In 191 nations and territories as of January 2021, COVID-19 had infected

94 million people and resulted in 2 million fatalities (John Hopkins University, 2021). Over 1.5

billion children have been impacted by the huge disruption in this pandemic has caused in the

educational sector. It has compelled the government to postpone national exams, as well as

forcing schools to temporarily close, stop teaching in-person, and carefully adhere to physical

distance. These incidents have fuled higher education’s digital revolution and tested it’s capacity

for quick and effective responses.

As the fight to halt the virus's virulent spread continues throughout, schools and other school

environments were inevitably pushed to transition to fully online learning. An online learning

environment is one that manages academic programs and delivers synchronous and

asynchronous instruction using the Internet and other technical means (Usher & Barak, 2020;

Huang, 2019). Asynchronous online learning takes place without a set schedule for students,

however synchronous online learning incorporates real-time interactions between the teacher and

the students (Singh & Thurman, 2019).

undergone tremendous transformation. For instructors to facilitate evaluations and for students to

engage in lectures, new e-learning platforms are being developed. It has been established that

technological innovation is beneficial to both assessment procedures and self-evaluation.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), which only offer 01online content,

………have also gained popularity. Higher education's adoption of e-Learning tools suggests

that more data may be evaluated, enhancing the quality of instruction. Numerous studies have

examined the benefits and difficulties of large data analysis in higher education in recent years.

For instance, a study by Gasevic et al. shows that time management strategies have strong

associations with academic performance.

The COVID-19 pandemic quickly expanded the use of online learning, video streaming, remote

work, and other technologies. We can see that private chat messages, two-person calls, multiple-

person meetings, and team chat messages are the most used remote collaboration tools.

Furthermore, a number of solutions for aiding teachers in the process of online education have

surfaced. Additionally, mobile learning has developed into a substitute that is appropriate for

some kids with limited technology resources. According to various surveys, students' feedback

on online classes indicates that they were happy with the lecture delivery style of the teacher and

that the major issue was a bad internet connection.

The pandemic has caused a considerable deal of loss among high school students. Shelter-in-

place suggestions have prevented what should have been a time of increasing independence.
Numerous social and educational events, including graduations, proms, sporting occasions,

college visits, and many others, have been altered or deleted and cannot be recovered.

COVID-19 has fundamentally altered how international education is provided. Due to the

pandemic's impact on educational institutions, which affected millions of students, there was the

largest online movement in educational history. Universities had to swiftly transition to virtual

and digital tactics as a result of this abrupt move away from classrooms in many parts of the

world. Many people think that even after the pandemic, online distance learning would remain

popular.

Given the digital divide, significant changes in educational models could worsen equity gaps. A

new hybrid model of education is predicted to emerge. The COVID-19 lockout at one of the

institutions in Egypt caused a sudden switch from in-person to online distance learning. This is

one of the first empirical studies looking at the impact of this change. The grades of 376 business

students who finished a face-to-face course in the spring of 2019 and 372 students who finished

the same course in the spring of 2020 while the school was under lockdown were compared. The

grades of the final exam, course work, and quizzes for the two groups were compared using a t-

test.

Few studies regarding how universities throughout the world have handled the COVID-19

pandemic and how they are currently preparing for the upcoming semester have been conducted

up until this point. To help higher education institutions overcome the lockout, which is
anticipated to last through 2020 and 2021, such an inventory is vital. It might be quite beneficial

to learn about other institutions' past behavior as well as other nations' universities. The potential

influence of COVID-19 on higher education has already been the subject of a significant number

of evaluations and projections.

It is suggested that the abrupt change to online learning during the COVID-19 epidemic is a

social phenomenon including culture, technology, and human behavior, where it is important to

consider many points of view. Consequently, it is crucial to employ a variety of methodologies

and research methods. Having stated that, the goal was to describe the phenomenon both

qualitatively and quantitatively; as a result, a hybrid technique for inquiry that combines

quantitative and qualitative instruments was suggested.

The use of the Internet in teaching and learning foreign languages nowadays has a lot of promise.

Yang and Chen claim that the Internet gives English language learners access to useful language

resources and gives them the chance to communicate with native English speakers. The Internet

enables electronic learning, also referred to as e-learning, which is used to deliver educational

programs to remote learners. It is a formalized online learning environment that emerges from a

formal setting and makes use of a variety of multimedia technologies.

By incorporating texts, videos, audio, cooperative learning, and interesting graphics into the

learning process, e-learning ensures that students are actively involved in the learning process. It

has the potential to raise teaching and learning standards, highlight the necessity for higher

education institutions to maintain competitive advantage, and broaden student access to higher
education in this economy of globalization. The integration of learning and teaching in e-learning

through the use of information technology (IT) has reduced the expenses for learners while

simultaneously raising the caliber of both.

The idea of emotional intelligence is important in educational psychology because it can be used

to predict academic performance. This has served as the basis for educators' judgments to raise

kids' academic performance. The personal and social components of the emotional intelligence

concept can be separated into two groups. Self-awareness, self-regulation, and motivation are

examples of personal traits, whereas social skills are an example of a social attribute. Self-

awareness is the ability to identify and comprehend one's own feelings as well as those of others.

It means keeping an eye on and recognizing one's own emotions, wants, and vulnerabilities.

Positive emotion direction and control are achieved through self-regulation, which also enables

people to defer making decisions until enough data has been gathered.

The person deliberates before acting. Students that are motivated are more likely to succeed

academically. The terms cooperation, adjustment, relationship-building, and friendship-making

refer to a student's social abilities. These qualities enable kids to create close bonds with their

peers and teachers, which in turn improves academic performance. The intellectual development

of students is significantly influenced by emotional intelligence. Students who are more

emotionally intelligent are more capable of handling obstacles in the classroom. As a result, it is

believed that emotional intelligence plays a substantial role in predicting students' academic

success in higher education.

period, the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms among students increased

significantly throughout the remote learning period. According to the study's findings, a sudden

change in learning styles contributed to intense tension, which in turn caused a significant

prevalence of depressive symptoms and anxiety among undergraduate students.

The effect of COVID-19-related school closings on student achievement, however, is less well

understood. The acceptance and implementation of digital learning tools and remote learning

were the main foci of the literature on COVID-19-related school closures to date (Andrew et al.,

2020; Grewenig et al., 2020; Maity et al., 2020; Pensiero et al., 2020; Blume et al., 2021).

Every element of human activity worldwide was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,

including education, research, sports, entertainment, travel, religion, social interactions, the

economy, companies, and politics. Because with COVID-19 threats, the entire world was in

anguish, and the situation was difficult to handle, and one of the industries most severely

impacted by the emergence of the coronavirus is education.

A growing number of people are learning through online learning methods as a result of the

COVID-19 epidemic. COVID 19 has demonstrated to be a significant global disruptor of human

life. Notably, there has been a considerable change in the way people normally live with the need

for isolation to stop the disease from spreading. The limitations have made the implementation of
online learning in education essential. The study's key findings include the observation that

students are becoming more concerned about their mental health.

All in all, despite the fact that multiple studies have shown that online learning is more

successful than traditional learning, there are disadvantages in student engagement, academic

success, and time consumption (e.g. Bernard et al., 2004; Means et al., 2013a, 2013b).
 CHAPTER 3

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter represents the methods and procedures that were used by the researchers in

conducting this study. It comprises the following subheadings: Research design, Research

Setting, Respondents of the Study, Validity and Reliability, Data Gathering Procedure, Research

Instrument and Scoring procedure.

Research Design

The researchers used quantitative research and it seeks to narrate the experiences of the students

in terms of the sudden shift to online learning. Quantitative research helps answer the what,

when, where, and how questions regarding the research problem rather than the why.
Research Setting

In gathering the needed information, the researchers conducted this study at Angelicum Learning

Centre Inc. It is a school composed of school levels; pre-school, elementary and junior high

school. The school is located in Mango St., Carmen Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental. Headed

by sir Lemuel Gerard Q. Parantar.

The respondents of this study will be the selected ten (10) Grade 7 Rembrandt, Grade 8

Tchaikovsky, Grade 9 Shakespeare Grade 10 Einstein junior high school students (except the

researchers) of Angelicum Learning Centre Inc. The students will then explain how distance

learning affected their academic performance. The respondents will answer the questionnaire by

checking the statements that are applicable to them. They are informed that there are no right or

wrong answers and everything they share are to be kept confidential.

Data Gathering Procedure

To collect the data the researchers will create a questionnaire tailored to this study.

A letter will be submitted to the school admin to ask permission to conduct the survey to gather

information. Upon school admin’s approval the distribution of questionnaires will be distributed

to the target respondents and the data collected from the respondents will be used according to

the respondents’ consent.

The researchers used a self-made survey questionnaires to collect data and information from the

respondents. The questionnaire was created with the help of Microsoft Word and a printer.

Scoring Procedure

For the respondents to answer the questionnaires the researchers provided a ‘yes, no and I don’t

know’ questionnaire. Therefore, the respondents will place a check inside the box of their choice.

Description Level

Yes – (5) High

No – (1) Low

I don’t know – (3) Moderate

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