The Effectiveness of Online versus Face-to-face Classes
among selected Grade 7 Students of El Salvador City National High School
in their First Quarter Mathematics Academic Performance
for the School Year 2021-2022
Researchers:
Group 1
Ronil B. Villaluna
Eljay P. Nob
Clint John T. Bunayog
Matt Reynold L. Solomon
Ian Dinagsao
Angelmae L. Buencamino
Jhon Philip Ompoc
Christine Bughaw
Seige M. Tomampoc
Background of the study
During the COVID-19 pandemic, online classes emerged as a critical
component of modernizing the conventional educational system. This reform has
resulted in a number of advantages but also created conflicts and disappointments
between beneficiaries and educational actors. The choice for or need of online
education has called into question the effectiveness between online and face-toface education. As a result of this issue, the researchers plan to conduct this study
to find out which is the most effective modes of learning between the online and
face-to-face classes in terms of the students academic performance.
Significance of the Study
The result of this study will be of great significance to the following people:
Students. This study can help the students understand which is more effective between online and face-to-face classes.
Moreover, the students can gain knowledge about the advantages and disadvantages of online and face-to-face classes.
Teachers. The result of the study will help the teachers to gain a deeper understanding on which is more appropriate and
effective modes of learning to conduct their lessons to prevent problems in their students’ learning experiences.
Schools. The result of this study will help the schools in assessing the effectiveness between online and face-to-face classes.
Furthermore, it will help the schools to determine what are the effective ways of learnings and how to conduct them properly.
Future Researchers. This study will help provide liable, relevant, and accurate ideas to the future researchers. The results of
the study can serve as a credible reference and provides more information of the effectiveness of online and face-to-face
classes.
Statement of the Problem
The study aims to analyze the effectiveness of online learning compared to face-to-
face classes among the selected grade 7 learners of El Salvador City National High School in
their first quarter Mathematics academic performance for the school year 2021-2022. This
study specifically aims to answer the following questions:
1. Which of the two learning environments leads to the best academic performance of the
selected grade 7 learners during the first quarter of their Mathematics subject?
2. How do the students deal or handle the changes of the learning environment from face-toface classes to online classes?
3. Are the students able to effectively adapt the learning process of the two modes of
education?
Hypothesis
Based on the formulated questions above, Face-to-face classes is more effective
compared to Online Learning in terms of the students academic performance.
Scope and limitation of the study
This research will primarily focus on identifying which is more effective
between the online and face-to-face classes in terms of the academic performance
of the selected grade 7 learners in their Mathematics subject for the first quarter in
the school year 2021-2022. This will be conducted at El Salvador City National
High School, Junior High School Building.
Definition of terms
Academic Performance. This term refers to the grades of the students (The Relationship between Individual Student Attributes
and Online Course Completion, 2017). In this study it refers to the students’ performance in their Mathematics subject.
Competitive. This term refers to being as good as or better than others of a comparable nature (Oxford Languages, 2022). In this
study it refers to the motivated performance of the selected grade 7 learners in the first quarter of their Mathematics subject.
Effectiveness. This term refers to the capability of producing a desired result or the ability to produce desired output (Oxford
Languages, 2022). In this study it refers to ability of the Online and Face-to-face classes to provide a better learning environment
to the selected grade 7 learners.
Face-to-face classes. this is where the teacher and the student meet in a set place for a set time, for either one-on-one learning or,
most commonly, in group class lessons similar to what happens in school. (Headspace,2021). In this study it refers to the learning
environment the selected grade 7 students are exposed to before the surge of Covid19 pandemic.
Online Learning. This term refers to the education that takes place over the Internet (Stern, 2020). In this study refers to the
learning environment the selected grade 7 students are exposed to during the surge of Covid19 pandemic.
Pandemic. This term refers to something prevalent over a whole country or the world (Oxford Languages, 2022). In this study it
refers to the surge of Covid19 that changed the learning environment of the students from face-to-face classes to online learning.