Volume 15, No 1, 2018
Technology Engagement And Writing Skill: An Analysis Among Elementary-Grade Filipino Learners
Analyn D. Saavedra
Abstract
Technology has brought radical changes in the ways learners acquire learning and develop their skills. The use of mobile technologies, specifically laptop computers and internet use has also transformed the teaching learning process. Given that students have a high exposure to technology in the classroom, even in the early level of education, this study investigated on the effect of the learners’ technology engagement to their writing skill through the use of standardized instruments. The findings reveal that respondents’ writing level did not meet the passing level expected from a sixth-grader learner where this result was attributed by the teacher-respondents to the learners’ engagement in technology. The teachers perceived that technology did not help the learners improve their writing skills. Thus, this study recommends for close and constant monitoring of the teachers and parents to the learners’ engagement in technology must be done to ensure that technology is really helping the learners academically.
Pages: 125-131
Keywords: technology, writing skills, effect, elementary-grade learners, computer,