Effects of sport participation in Academic Performance in Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
A. RATIONALE
Sports involvement and academic success of student-athletes had been a topic of discussion long time ago. ago. Critics observed that participation participation in sports may reduce the time available for studying and learning, since students-athletes were having difficulties in managing their time between hectic schedules of sports training and requirements of academic subjects. However, sports enthusiasts claimed that sports participation can motivate student-athletes to achieve harder, raise scholastic ambition, can keep them attending school, can improve students’ academic grades, develop awareness the benefits of good health, fitness and exercise, and understanding the spirit of team work and sportsmanship.
B. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY (Specific Objectives)
The main objective of this research is to identify and understand the positive and negative effects of sport participation in academic performance of college students and other factors that affect their academic performance.
C. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
a. Does sport participation affects the academic performance of the students? In what way? b. What are the positive and negative effects of sport participation in academic performance of the students?
D. METHOD
This chapter presents a description of the research design selection and resea rch locale, sampling and sampling technique and the instrumentation.
Research Design This study will utilize a qualitative research design. The results of qualitative research are typically a narrative report that is, a written discussion of the observations. Qualitative research involves careful interaction with participants, usually accompanied by extensive note taking. The observations and notes are then summarized in a narrative report that attempts to describe and interpret the phenomenon being studied (Gravetter & Forzano, 2010).
Research Locale The researcher will select Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila to be the setting of the research study. That is located at Gen. Luna corner Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila.
Sample & Sampling technique The researcher will use convenience sampling for this study. In convenience sampling, researcher simply uses as participants those individuals who are easy to get. People are selected on the basis of their availability and willingness to respond (Gravetter & Forzano, 2010).
Instrumentation The research will utilize a one on one interview format in collecting a data or a researcher-made questionnaire that will answered by the participants.
Participants The study will focus on 10 selected student athletes (5 boys and 5 girls) aged 18-22 that taking up different courses and are currently enrolled in Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
E. WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319305737_Academic_Achievement_as_Influe nced_by_Sports_Participation_in_Selected_Universities_in_the_Philippines
Does internet addiction have an association with Depression?
A. RATIONALE
According to an article from the Depression Health Centre, teen agers who are too dependent on the internet are more likely to develop depression or other psychiatric problems than teens who are considered as normal internet users. This is the result of the study done by researchers in Australia and China which followed the internet use of more than a thousand teenagers aged 13 to 18 in China. All of them were free of depression and anxiety at the start of the study. Nine months later, as they were evaluated, 87 were judged as having developed depression. Eight reported significant anxiety symptoms. Teens who get addicted to the internet often spend 5 to more than 10 hours a day in front of the computer screen, typing or gaming aw ay until the wee hours of the morning. They get angry or agitated if not in front of the computer and will increasingly shun social interactions.
B. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY (Specific Objectives)
The main objective of this research is to identify and understand if the overuse or internet addiction have an association with dep ression in teenagers.
C. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Does internet addiction have an association with Depression?
What are the effects of internet addiction in dail y life of teenagers?
D. METHOD
This chapter presents a description of the research design selection and research locale, sampling and sampling technique and the instrumentation.
Research Design This study will utilize a qualitative research design. The results of qualitative research are typically a narrative report that is, a written discussion of the observations. Qualitative research involves careful interaction with participants, usually accompanied by extensive note taking. The observations and notes are then summarized in a narrative report that attempts to describe and interpret the phenomenon being studied (Gravetter & Forzano, 2010).
Research Locale The researcher will select Tondo High School to be the setting of the research study. That is located at Quezon St., Bo, Magsaysay Tondo, Manila, since this school is surrounded with many computer shops that allow the students to play even in school hours.
Sample & Sampling technique The researcher will use convenience sampling for this study. In convenience sampling, researcher simply uses as participants those individuals who are easy to get. People are selected on the basis of their availability and willingness to respond (Gravetter & Forzano, 2010).
Instrumentation The research will utilize a one on one interview format in collecting a data or a researcher-made questionnaire that will answered by the participants.
Participants The study will focus on 20 selected high students aged 13-18 that expose and known to have an addiction in internet gaming.
E. WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://filipinojournal.com/internet-overuse-among-teensa-growing-problem/
