Chapter V

Chapter V
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter presents the summary of findings, conclusions, and
recommendations regarding the factors affecting the attention span of Senior
High School Students during synchronous classes.
Summary of Findings
The result of the study determines the factors causing a distraction to
students during online classes. Generally, it showed that there are a lot of causes
that greatly affect their attention while in lectures. These components can be
related to the theory of selective attention wherein the students filter out the
things that they do not want to focus on – doing other activities instead of
listening to the teacher.
The study's findings paralleled those of other relevant research.(Moneva
J. et al. (2020), Geri, Winer & Zaks (2017), McCoy (2013), Paul & Jefferson
(2019), Realyvásquez-Vargas (2020), Balan, Dalisay, & Montemayor (2021),
Stasch (2020), Dontre (2020), Ng CF (2021)) conducted which also concluded
that there are various factors affecting the attention span of students and it
greatly affects them and their academic performance. The participants found it
hard to focus mostly for the reason that they have freedom and access to a lot of
things (e.g. using cell phones or playing games on personal computers) due to
the lack of proper supervision of the teacher. When compared to face-to-face
classes, it is more difficult for the teachers to check on their students.
Through the clustering of themes, it presents that the students are
experiencing hardships in focusing in class because of the current setup. It is
very challenging for them as they face a lot of temptations to do other things than
listen and focus on the lesson. The first factor identified was digital distractions
wherein the most common answers are social media and games. This is
somewhat related to the fourth theme for the reason that when they are not
interested in listening to the class, they scroll through social media or play games
instead. Another component are environmental factors that affect the students. A
participant stated that the weather affects their attention span (e.g. when it is
rainy, they are tempted to rest instead of listening to the teacher) and others
considered a noisy environment as a factor. The third theme discusses how
complex subjects affect the attention spans of students. This is also connected
with the fourth theme wherein if a student is unable to understand the topic being
presented, they lose interest and then revert their attention. The fourth theme
generated is about lack of interest which is the usual cause of unresponsiveness
of students. They experience boredom and prefer to do more entertaining things
and with the freedom to access a lot of them, they prefer to do those than listen
to the teacher. The reasons that they mentioned are: (1) Class is not a priority,
(2) Prefer to do more entertaining things, (3) The way of teaching of the teacher,
(4) Unwillingness. The last theme talks about another factor which is recitation
anxiety. It is said that they are afraid to be embarrassed in front of their

classmates when they don’t give the correct answer especially that they don’t
have a close relationship with their classmates.
Conclusions
According to the results of the study, the researchers concluded that
synchronous classes make it more difficult to focus in class as there are a lot of
distractions surrounding the students. Exposure to these distractions negatively
impacts their academic performance. The more freedom they have during online
classes to access things, the more distracted they are as they lack self-control
and give in to these distractions. Lack of interest is the most common factor
identified by the participants. When they lack interest in the lesson, they find
more entertaining things to do such as using their gadgets to play or scroll
through the internet. The second most common factor are digital distractions
which are usually social media and online games.
Recommendations
Based on the findings and conclusions, the following recommendations were
formulated:
1. The students must find the motivation to listen to the class and
avoid the temptation of doing unnecessary things.

2. The teacher must create a comfortable learning environment and
use interesting learning techniques.
3. Parents should take time to check on their children from time to
time to make sure that they are attending class and to encourage
them to listen.
4. Future researchers should conduct a study parallel to the current
study to identify more solutions to the problem.

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Chapter V

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This chapter presents the summary of findings, conclusions, and

recommendations regarding the factors affecting the attention span of Senior

High School Students during synchronous classes.

The result of the study determines the factors causing a distraction to

listening to the teacher.

The study's findings paralleled those of other relevant research.(Moneva

(2019), Realyvásquez-Vargas (2020), Balan, Dalisay, & Montemayor (2021),

Stasch (2020), Dontre (2020), Ng CF (2021)) conducted which also concluded

classes, it is more difficult for the teachers to check on their students.

Through the clustering of themes, it presents that the students are

experiencing hardships in focusing in class because of the current setup. It is

considered a noisy environment as a factor. The third theme discusses how

generated is about lack of interest which is the usual cause of unresponsiveness

of students. They experience boredom and prefer to do more entertaining things

anxiety. It is said that they are afraid to be embarrassed in front of their

have a close relationship with their classmates.

According to the results of the study, the researchers concluded that

distractions surrounding the students. Exposure to these distractions negatively

more entertaining things to do such as using their gadgets to play or scroll

which are usually social media and online games.

Based on the findings and conclusions, the following recommendations were

avoid the temptation of doing unnecessary things.

use interesting learning techniques.

3. Parents should take time to check on their children from time to

4. Future researchers should conduct a study parallel to the current

study to identify more solutions to the problem.

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