SMARTPHONE USAGE: ITS IMPACT ON CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR OF THE STUDENTS AT MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY SULU SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

This research examines the relationship between smartphone use and students’ academic behavior, looking at the negative impact of the smartphone with the goal of offering insights on how to minimize the negative impact of smartphone usage. The researchers aimed to look at how using smartphones affects student's learning. It wants to see how often the students spend the use of smartphones impacting their academic behavior. The survey included questions on the frequency of smartphone use, the time spent on different statements and perceived impact in academic performance. The quantitative data were analyzed using statistical methods such as median and Kruskal-Wallis to identify the relationship between smartphone and academic behavior of the students. The results have surfaced that the time spent using smartphones has moderately impacted their academic behavior. Also, the results of classroom behaviors imposed by the grade 12 students, agreed that the statements of the researchers that provided have a negative impact on their classroom behavior. In conclusion, smartphone usage has a negative impact on the classroom behavior of the students at Mindanao State University-Sulu Senior High School.