Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 44 no. 4 (2025)

The Impact of Digital Technology on Reading Comprehension Skills of Senior High School Students in a Private School in Gumaca, Quezon

Diana Jane Dela Torre | Gloria Ching | Melchor Espiritu | Maria Celerina Oreta

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to determine the impact of digital technology on reading comprehension skills of senior high school students. It determined the profile of the learners in terms of age, sex, grade level, strand and digital technology being used. It also revealed the impacts of digital technology on reading comprehension skills of senior high school students in terms of vocabulary, grammar and fluency. The researcher used descriptive method of research. This study employed proportionate random sampling design. Under this procedure, the researcher considered to use fifty (50) respondents from the selected Senior High School students in a Private School in Gumaca, Quezon. The findings revealed that most of the respondents are within 17 years old and below. The female respondents outnumbered the male population. All of the respondents were Grade 12 HUMSS and GAS. It was concluded that students response perception varies by age, but does not vary by sex, grade, strand and digital technology being used.



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