Utilization of Google as A Search Engine among the Senior High School Students of Pinaripad National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Google is one of the major search engines that has been used by most of the students nowadays. Through its advancement, Google can be a substitute for reading materials and reference books as they contain an endless source of learning. In this connection, the researcher wants to know the utilization of Google as a search engine and its effect in terms of accomplishing the students' outputs among the Senior High School students of Pinaripad National High School. In addition, this research desires to find out what age and gender mostly Google users seek information to support their learning. Moreover, this study will also provide answers to the problem caused by improper use of Google as the school can provide policies that can improve the utilization of Google as a search engine among the students.

METHODS

In order to gratify the main objective of the study, a quantitative-descriptive design had been utilized by the researcher. A quantitative approach was used in order to measure and interpret the result of the study with the use of statistical analysis. Simple random sampling was employed to come up with 68 respondents. It is the 30 percent of the 225 total population of Senior High School students in the said school.

RESULTS

The results obtained were from the 68 respondents which was dominated by female respondents having 40 counts, age ranging from 16 to 21 years old. Based on the conducted survey, 79% of the participants spent 1 to 3 hours using Google as their search engine and the remaining 21% spent less than one hour and 4 to 7 hours respectively. The respondents were often using the search engine for doing assignments and projects for the core and applied subjects and so with browsing for other sites be it for entertainment or for gaming purposes. Some of them rarely browsed for their specialized subjects. The study also found out that there was a moderate effect when it comes to level of effectiveness of using Google as search engine in doing school chores be it in a core, applied and specialized subjects. They were also moderately affected by using Google in other areas such as entertainment.

DISCUSSIONS

In general, majority of the respondents really increased their level of performance with the help of Google as a search engine. This has been really utilized when it comes to hours of browsing. Moreover, the school must address those students who used much of their time in browsing for entertainment purposes.