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IMPACT OF LISTENING TO MUSIC ON GRADE 11 HUMSS STUDENTS’

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF LEON GUINTO MEMORIAL

COLLEGE Inc. S.Y. 2019-2020

A Research Paper Presented to the

Faculty of Senior High School Department

Humanities and Social Sciences

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for

the Subject of Research Project

Cristine Joy O. Campomanes

Veronica Eunice T. Campos

Kim Mark V. De Pedro

Kenneth D. Liwanag

February 2020
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CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS

This chapter will provide the readers a glance of the entire

contents of this research and how the researchers will solve the problem.

INTRODUCTION

Music is a very important part of our lives as it is a way of expressing

our feelings as well as emotions. Some people consider music as a way to

escape from the pain and suffering of life. It gives us relief, allows us to

reduce stress, helps clear the mind, and enables focus on studying.

Students’ stress level gets high every semester. Some students find

this as the perfect time to listen to kinds of music that will help to calm down

their minds from school works. Music is an effective stress reducer yet, other

students find it hard to concentrate on studying while they are listening to

music. Listening to music is useful thus, it also has a negative impact on

some students that can lead them to be affected in their academic

performance.
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The aim of this research is to know the psychological effects of

listening to music in academic performance of students nowadays. This

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research will serve as an analysis of the effects of listening to music to the

academic performances and will serve as tip and awareness of the effects.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Music had been part of people's lives from generation to generation. It

affected the body unconsciously and consciously. The researchers usually

observe that most students listen to music while studying, reading books, and

reviewing for exams.

In this study, the researchers aim to know the impact of listening to

music on the academic performance of Grade 11 HUMSS students S.Y 2019-

2020. This research will be conducted at Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The study attempts to identify whether background music affects the

academic performance of the selected Grade 11 HUMSS Students of Leon

Guinto Memorial College Inc. S.Y 2019-2020.

Specifically, the researchers sought to find out the answers to the

following questions :
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1. What is the profile of the students in terms of:

1.1 Sex;

1.2 Age; and

1.3 Section

2. What are the impacts of listening to music in the academic performance of

HUMSS students in terms of:

2.1 Psychological;

2.2 Affective; and

2.3 Cognitive

3. What are the significant relationships between the impacts of listening to

music and HUMSS students’ academic performance?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The main concern of this study is to know the impacts of listening to

music in academic performance of Grade 11 HUMSS Students of LGMC S.Y

2019-2020.

The findings of this study are beneficial to the following:

Students. The result of this study could provide students a kind of motivating

factor through music for their academic performance.

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Teachers. The result of the study can serve as a guide for teachers for their

students' learning process through listening to music.

School Administrators. The result of this study could provide awareness

that music can be used as an alternative technique for creating and

developing a good learning ambiance.

Parents. The result of this study might provide ideas for the parents that

listening to music can be a strategy and a good tool for better learning of their

child.

Future Researchers. This could serve as a reference for future researchers to

conduct further studies related to the topic

NULL HYPOTHESIS

There is no significant relationship between impacts of listening

to music and HUMSS students’ academic performance.

SCOPE AND LIMITATION

The researchers will conduct this study to the Grade 11 HUMSS

students of Senior High School of Leon Guinto Memorial College S.Y 2019-

2020. The study only focuses on the impact of listening to music in academic

performance of the said respondents. The researchers want to study this topic to

be more aware about the effects of listening to music in students’ academic

performance
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This topic is limited only to the Senior High School Humanities

and Social Sciences students of Leon Guinto Memorial College Inc. that is

composed of 88 students: 44 students in HUMSS 11 Block 1 and 44 students

in HUMSS 11 Block 2.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

For better understanding, the researchers aims to familiarize the

readers to the following words that were defined denotationally and

operationally used in the study:

Academic Performance - is the extent to which a student, teacher, or

institution has attained their short or long-term educational goals

Affective - relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions

Cognitive - relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and

understanding things

Grades - a mark given by teachers to students based on the students’ quality

of work and performance of Grade 11 HUMSS students S.Y 2019-2020.

Impact - the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another

Music vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) - combined in such a way as

to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotions

Psychological - affecting, or arising in the mind; related to the mental and

emotional state of a person

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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This chapter consists of Foreign Literature, Local Literature,

Foreign Studies, and Local Studies.

FOREIGN LITERATURES

Listening to music can be entertaining, and some research

suggests that it might even make you healthier. Music can be a source of

pleasure and contentment, but there are many other psychological benefits as

well. Music can relax the mind, energize the body, and even help people

better manage pain. (Cherry, 2019)

As stated in the literature of Marketing Team (2019), basically,

music helps your brain function. Background music may enhance

performance on cognitive tasks. Whether or not music improves cognitive

function depends on whether the music first improves a person’s emotional

state. If you want to improve brain performance while studying, evidence

now shows that you must first improve your emotional state by listening to
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music that you enjoy.

In addition, according to Davis (2015), background music may

improve focus on a task by providing motivation and improving your brain

functions and mood. During long study sessions, music can aid endurance.
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One of the most compelling reasons to listen to music during a study session

is because music is proven to help improve cognitive performance.

Moreover, Segaren (2019) stated that distraction is one of the

things a student doesn’t require when studying. Achieving full attention or

focus is challenging for a student. It is much harder when they are

researching for an extended period. They will tend to forget or have a change

in their mood. Hence, if you want to increase your focus while reading,

ensure that you listen to soothing music. With that, you will read for a long

time and understand all that you learn more straightforwardly.

Background music is likely to help students improve their focus

during long study sessions as it can help with memorization – a somewhat

debatable idea that is the basis of “the Mozart effect” which suggested that

listening to Mozart study music could actually enhance intelligence. Study

music is considered to be beneficial for the intake of vital information.

Consequently, any music of a high bpm, angry or intense nature tends to do

the complete opposite. (“Does music helps students study?”, 2018)

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However, Segaren (2019) also stated that students who use music

to help them memorize often find it hard to recall the information later as the

test is taken in a silent environment. Information recall has been proven to be

more effective when it’s done in a similar environment like the one it was
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memorized in. Therefore, students who prefer studying in a quiet

environment benefit more when it comes to recalling information later on a

test.

LOCAL LITERATURES

As stated by, Marie de Pona’s St. Jude Training Center (2020),

music is an integral part of everyday Filipino life. In any occasion, in any

house, or in any event in the Philippines, music will never be missing.

Various studies state that it has numerous benefits to health. Some of these

are that music help strengthen learning and memory, reduces pain, and raises

IQ and academic performance. Music also proven that it affects mental

health and can reduce stress, depression and ease anxiety.

Some studies conclude that listening to music before doing an

assignment can be beneficial; aside from enhancing one’s mental math abilities,

it also improves attention and memory – two things that are essential when

studying. In addition to that, it can lessen anxiety and depression as well.

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Music also affects your productivity. Some studies say that music

positively affects people’s mood, motivating them to be more productive.

Unfortunately, as mentioned above, this does not apply to everyone. While

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listening to music can improve one student’s concentration, another might find

it distracting. (Mapua, 2016)

Likewise, Reymarie M. Mabborang-Caban (2016) investigated

that learners in order to have a positive attitude towards their subjects, should

develop a great deal of attention and listening ability. These factors

contribute effectively in the learning process. Undoubtedly, songs help

enhance these skills which reinforce learning. Considering a song’s power to

motivate and to develop active listening and involvement which lead to

greater attention could favorably change students’ attitude toward their

subject. They are wonderful tools in enhancing long-term memory and for

memorizing materials. Music will touch students on an extremely personal

level, all the while enhancing memory. The information that is meaningful or

emotionally charged is then, of course, more likely to be remembered. In this

sense, it could be said that songs help learners retain new information,

likewise, to have a greater achievement.

FOREIGN STUDY 11

Music can be generalized as type of genre such as Pop, Rock,

Classical, R&B, Country, Jazz/Blues, Hip-Hop, Modern Folk, Electronic,

Asian, Comedy, Caribbean and Latin American music. Engagement with music
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can create positive and lasting effects on brain function. Emily reviewed the

literature on the varied use of music in classrooms and concluded that children

were productive and less stressed when background music was played in the

classroom. (Szentgyorgyi, 2015)

Otmar Bock in his study tried to evaluate whether the whether the so-

called Mozart Effect‘ extends beyond cognitive tasks and includes sensory

motor adaptation. His findings support the existence of a ―Mozart effect for

strategic movement control. Possibly, listening to music modifies neural

activity in an intertwined cognitive–emotional network. (Otmar Bock, 2017)

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According to the University of Phoenix, listening to music with lyrics

can be distracting while you read, study, and write. The study found that your

brain can struggle to process musical lyrics and do school work simultaneously.

Doing these two actions at once is considered multi-tasking and research has

found that multitasking can decrease your IQ by ten points. In addition to this

study researchers at the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, United

Kingdom found that students were able to study more efficiently in quiet

environments than in environments with music playing. (Emily M. Hernberg,

2015)
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Otherwise, music can be a distraction- under certain circumstances.

The research is fairly clear that when there’s music in the background, and

especially music with vocals, our working memory gets worse. Likely as a

result, reading comprehension decreases when people listen to music with

lyrics. Music also appears to be more distracting for people who are

introverts than for people who are extroverts, perhaps because introverts are

more easily overstimulated. (Byron, 2019)

Moreover, according to Serpil Umuzdas (2015), external factors

including listening to music should be controlled and avoided while reading,

trying to comprehend, thinking and interpreting. He suggested that if music is

listened to improperly, there are two negative effects on focusing on the topic.

Firstly, allocating time for listening to music reduces the time spent for

studying. It is mostly common among younger learners. Secondly, listening to

music while reading inhibits the individuals’ critical reading skills and deeper

understanding of text.

Umuzdas also stated that if the music listened to while studying is

a relaxing one, it leads to affective harmony and does not cause shift of

interest. However, if the rhythm is changed frequently, then the music is

focused on rather than reading or learning.

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LOCAL STUDY

Music is an art that gives pleasure and entertainment, soothes

anxiety and gives calmness on the human brain through meditation but too loud

or too jarring music distracts and may compete with attention.

Music increased the productivity of the students. It also helps the

students to have more focus on their tasks. By perception, music also helped the

students in some academic areas including visual memorization, improved

phonemic awareness, and helped in reading and writing skills. (Desserie T.

Maynes-Blanco & Mecmack A. Nartea, 2020)

Moreover, Evangelista, et al., (2020) stated that their previous

work on the use of background music suggests conflicting results in various

psychological, behavioral, and educational measures.  findings suggest that

the presence or absence of classical background music do not affect stress,

anxiety, and knowledge scores.

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SYNTHESIS OF REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE5 AND

RELATED STUDY

Music is not just a simple rhythm we can hear through the ears and to

entertain every individual especially students. Despite this, listening to music

can also have an impact on the students on their academic performance.

Listening to music brings efficiency, stimulation, and development to a

student's mind. The ability to listen to music makes people more productive.

Listening to music involves a complex, affective, cognitive, and behavioral

process which includes motivation to listen to others.

The pieces of information and studies of sources that the

researchers acquired in this study are based on the conclusions,

recommendations, and findings of the authors from every source. By the

following related studies and literature, the researcher can provide some

relevant information on the impact of listening to music. It is relevant to the

topic for it will help us provide a wider explanation.

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RESEARCH PARADIGM

PROCESS OUTPUT
INPUT
The data were Impact of listening
gathered by the use to music on Grade
of questionnaires. 11 HUMSS S. Y.
The researchers will 2019-2020 students’
Survey academic
conduct an online
survey to gather performance in Leon
Questionnaires Guinto Memorial
informations
College, Inc.

Figure 1. The Input, Process, and Output Variables of Impacts of Listening

to Music on HUMSS Students, Academic Performance

in LGMCi S.Y. 2020-2021.

Figure 1 shows the variables study. The paradigm presented the materials

used by the researcher in conducting this study. The results are the effects or

impact of listening to the music of Grade 11 HUMSS students in Leon

Guinto Memorial College Inc. S. Y. 2019-2020. The study focuses on the

impacts of listening to music on the academic performance of the said

respondents.
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CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the research methods, size of the study, the

description of the respondents, instrumentation, the data gathering procedures

and the statistical treatment that the researchers will applied in this study.

RESEARCH DESIGN

This study will utilize quantitative research. The researchers

decided to use this method to be well-organized in finding data without

introducing any treatment or making changes. Also, this study may have a

factual and relatable statement because it is based on respondents' opinions

and experiences about the study.

Quantitative data is any data that is in numerical form such as

statistics, percentages and etc. They will analyze the data with the help of

statistics that yield an unbiased result that can be generalized to some larger

respondents. With the help of quantitative research, the researchers will

comfortably conduct survey research that was the process of them to be

suitably systematized this study.

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POPULATION SIZE

The subject of this study was composed of Grade 11 HUMSS

students of Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc. S.Y. 2019-2020.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS

In this study, the researchers will gather data from the Grade 11

Senior High School HUMSS Students of Leon Guinto Memorial College,

Inc. S.Y. 2019 - 2020. They will be the respondents of the researchers. It is

composed of male and female respondents with the age ranging from 15-21

years old. The respondents are willing to cooperate given by the researchers

and answer the problem by using questionnaires respectively.

INSTRUMENTATION

The researchers will do a survey in collecting data from the

respective respondents using a checklist type of questionnaire. The items in

the questionnaire are formulated based on the related literature, studies,

statement of the problem, and the whole information in the thesis gathered

from the reading of various resources such as books, unpublished thesis, and
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the internet.

A Likert-type scale assumes that the strength/intensity of the

experience is linear, i.e. on a continuum from strongly agree to strongly

disagree, and makes the assumption that attitudes can be measured. Each of
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the respondents will have a numerical value which will be used to measure

the attitude under investigation.

The following summative rating scale will be used:

TABLE 1

Likert Scale

Point Scale Point Qualitative Analysis Code

4 3.26 - 4.0 Strongly Agree SA
3 2.51 - 3.25 Agree A
2 1.76 - 2.5 Disagree D
1 1.0 - 1.75 Strongly Disagree SD

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURES

The researchers will ask the permission of he principal of Leon

Guinto Memorial College, Inc. To conduct a survey. The researchers will

provide the survey questionnaire to the selected Grade 12 HUMSS students

of Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc. for their preference. This study will

use a survey strategy in the form of questionnaire.

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Additionally, we will get some ideas from the websites in the

internet to develop better survey questions connected to the study. The result

of the survey will help the researchers resolve the problem be able to classify

the impacts of listening to music while studying as awareness to the the other

students. By that, the researchers can give recommendations and conclusions

to the study.
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STATISTICAL TREATMENT

The data that will be gathered will use the simple percentage and

weighted mean. The formula of which is as follow:

1. Percentage

The Percentage will use to analyze the demographic profile of the

respondents. The percentage of the items is computed by dividing the

frequency by the total number of the respondents who will participate in

conducting the survey. The formula that will be use are:

f
%= x 100%
n

Where:

% = percentage

f = frequency

n = total number of respondents

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2. Weighted Mean

Mean will be used to analyze and interpret the general data.

4F + 3F + 2F + 1F
WM =
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Where:

WM = weighted mean

f = total frequency

n = total number of respondent

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A. ARTICLES

Byron, Dr. Timothy (2019) Is it OK to Listen to Music While Studying

Davis, Nicky (2018) Is it Good to Listen to Music While Studying?

De Pona, Marie Music Therapy and its Effects to Your Mental Health at

St. Jude Training Center.

Does Music Helps Students Study? (2018)

Henberg, Emily M. (2015) Listening to Classical Music vs. Music with

Lyrics vs. Complete Silence While Studying?

Kendra, Cherry (2019) How Listening to Music Can Have Psychological

Benefits?

Nartea, Meckmack A. & Maynes-Blanco (2020) Music and Academic

Performance: Impact of Listening to Music of Filipino Millennials

Segaren, Sharuna (2019) Does Listening to Music While Studying Make You

a Better Student?

Simon, Anjan & Bock, Otmar (2017) The Role of Cognition for

Different S tages of Visoumotor Adaptation in Younger and Older Adults

Umuzda, Serpil (2015) An Analysis of the Academic Achievement of the

Students who Listen to Music While Studying

B. PUBLISHED THESIS
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Evangelista, Et al (2017) Effects of Classical Background Music on

Stress, Anxiety, and Knowledge of Filipino Baccalaureate Nursing

Students

Mabborang Caban, Reymarie M. (2016) The Effects of Songs on Students.

Mapua (2016) How does Listening to Music Improves Studies?

Szentgyorgyi, Emily (2015) Effects of Music on Students Achievement

The Benefits of Music while Studying at the The Marketing Team (2015)