Effects of TikTok on Learner's Behavior

Abstract –The study aimed to determine the effects of TikTok on learners’ behavior at St. Paul University Surigao. Specifically, the study determined the impact of TikTok on learners’ behavior in terms of moral entertainment, publicity, learning new things, and providing new things. The research-made questionnaire was administered to the Grade 12 students at St. Paul University Surigao. The statistical tool used wasFrequency and Count Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The gathered data were statistically tabulated, analyzed, and interpreted. Based on the findings of the study, the conclusions are offered: TikTok had highly effect on students learning behavior on moral entertainment, publicity, learning new things, and providing new things. In addition, the effects of TikTok on learning behavior were not influenced by the student’s strand and time spent using the application. Based on the analysis and interpretations done on the data gathered, the different findings in this study were summarized as follows: (1) As to the participants' profile, most of the students were from HUMSS (48%) and most of them spent 1-2 hours (62%) in using TikTok; (2) Effects of TikTok on learners’ behavior; (3) TikTok had highly effect in moral entertainment in interacting with creative challenges in making dances for other to recreate and have fun (M=3.12, SD=1.10); (3) TikTok had highly effect in publicity about the community guidelines of TikTok (M=3.12, SD=1.00); (4) TikTok had highly effect in learning new things in expanding their knowledge through educational videos (M=3.16, SD=0.96); (5) TikTok had highly effect in offering a lot of tools for creativity (M=3.10, SD=0.91); (6) There is no significant difference in the effects of TikTok on learners’ behavior and their profile variables in terms of strand in moral entertainment, publicity, learning new things, and providing new things (p-values=0.538, 0.790, 0.087, 0.167, respectively), and time spent in TikTok in moral entertainment, publicity, learning new things, and providing new things (p-values=0.167, 0.897, 0.150, 0.068, respectively)