THE EFFECTS OF ONLINE GAMING TO THE STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AT AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE – PARAÑAQUE
Noel Christopher O. Salmingo
Joemarie M. Dacillo
Lorenz Andrei B. Marquez
Zehm E. Austria
AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE – PARAÑAQUE CAMPUS
DECEMBER 2013
Introduction
In the present time, most adolescents get hooked on to online gaming. Online games are video games played through a form of computer network. Online games can range from simple text based games to games incorporating complex graphics and virtual worlds populated by many players simultaneously. Gaming faces criticism by groups who point out that some of the programs contain objectionable content. As the children clicked together with spreading of online games, parents and instructors are alarmed, but researchers questioned whether these games can be harnessed into educational purposes.
Purpose of the Research Paper The purpose of this research is to know the effects of online gaming to the students’ academic performance and what are its positive and negative effects. With this research, people will be able to comprehend on what the students are enjoying so much about online gaming and why they let it affect their academic performance.
Statement of the Problem
This study was conducted to determine the effects of online gaming to the academic performance of the students in AMACC-PQ.
Specifically, it aims to answer the following questions:
1. How does online gaming affect your performance academically?
2. Does online gaming help the students in their studies?
3. What factors of online gaming make students addicted to them?
4. How online gaming affects the relationship of the students to their professor and to their parents?
5. How online gaming changes or affects the behavior of the students?
6. Does online gaming help the students to gain more information about their studies?
Importance of the Study This part will