Exploring the Effects of Social Media on the Study Habits of Grade 6 Pupils

There has been growing concern on the distraction caused by social media resulting to the youth’s weakened schooling and social skills. As a result, educators have looked for ways to lessen its detrimental consequences on educational achievement while incorporating its beneficial qualities into the teaching and learning process. This study sought to examine the effects of social media on study habits of grade 6 pupils in a public elementary school in Camarines Sur, Philippines. It uses Descriptive-Correlational research design and utilized survey questionnaires in collecting data from a sample. Weighted mean, percentage techniques and Pearson’s correlation tools were used to analyze the data. Findings from variables investigated showed that social media exposure had no significant effect on the study habits of the pupils. This indicated that pupils were able to maintain their study habits despite social media exposure. It is recommended that despite the no significant result of social media to pupils’ study habits, this result cannot be generalizable to all due to various interrelated factors. It is therefore being recommended that further exploratory studies be conducted to investigate on other variables that were not looked into by this present study such as the pupils’ noise and distraction adaptability which, despite the presence of distractions such as social media, can still maintain proper focus on their primary assignment for schooling.