Inquiries, Investigation, and Immersion: Brainstorming For Research Topics
Inquiries, Investigation, and Immersion: Brainstorming For Research Topics
Inquiries, Investigation,
and Immersion
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Brainstorming for Research Topics
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SHS Applied Subject: Inquiries, Investigation and Immersion
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Brainstorming for Research Topics
First Edition, 2020
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Module
Brainstorming for Research Topics
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This module will help the learners prepare a plan and focus on issues and ideas
in their respective field after an overview of research, the difference between the
qualitative and quantitative research, importance of research in daily life and learning
an appropriate research design for a class research agenda.
Learning Target
In this module, you are expected to plan a research agenda in preparation for
possible issues or topics of a research study.
Vocabulary List
With the help of your dictionary, give three (3) words appropriate to each letter and
at the same time related to RESEARCH. Write your answer on a separate sheet of
paper.
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The following terms will be encountered in the lesson:
Qualitative Research
- a type of scientific research which seeks to answer questions, by
systematically using predefined set of procedures to verify opinion, collect
evidence, and produce findings that are applicable beyond the immediate
boundaries of the study.
Quantitative Research
- to confirm hypotheses about phenomena
Design
- to plan and make decisions about something that is being built or created
- to create the plans that show how something will be made
- to plan and make something for a specific use or purpose the way something
has been made
- the way the parts of something is formed and arranged for a particular use,
effects etc.
- a particular purpose or intention held in view by an individual or group)
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Warming Up
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Learning About It
Below are the details about research.
Research
- a careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about
something
- an investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and
interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of
new facts, or practical application of such new or revised theories or laws
- the practice of collecting information about a particular subject
The following shall help you recall some significant details relevant to your
previous understanding about the types of research namely: qualitative and
quantitative researches.
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After reading the details on the differences between qualitative and
quantitative research, as a researcher, you should be ready of the various topics
or issues which you think are interesting and researchable in order for you to come
up with the research agenda. Apply your prior knowledge on the respective
concerns of the types of researches.
The following are the things that may be considered before starting the
research activity:
1. A problem that is most interesting to you.
2. Existing problems in the classroom/school/campus/university which one may
want to solve.
3. Existing needs of the community or society
4. Area of interest, specialization or event from related fields
5. Offshoots of friendly conversations
6. Observations, intuitions or a combination of both
7. The type of data you need
8. The participants and sources
9. The location and timescale of the research
10. Prevailing theories and philosophy
3. A design which minimizes bias and maximizes the reliability of the data
collected and analyzed is considered a good design.
4. Direct observation and creative- centric group discussion are best employed
in deciding on a final concept.
1. It should be something new or different from what has already been written
about.
2. It must be original.
3. It should be significant to the field of study or discipline.
4. It must necessarily arouse intellectual curiosity.
5. It should be of researcher’s interest and researcher must be___ with the topic.
6. It should be a modest one for a beginner to be carried out within a limited
period of time.
7. It should be clear, not ambiguous.
8. It should be specific, not general.
9. It should consider the training and personal qualifications of the researcher.
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10. It should consider the availability of data involved in the study and the methods
and techniques to be employed in gathering them.
11. It should consider the availability of effective instruments for gathering the data
and their treatment.
12. It should consider the financial capacity of the researcher to support the
project.
13. It should consider the time factor involved in the undertaking.
Here are some examples of possible basis of issues applicable for Academic
and TVL Tracks. These are useful in crafting a research agenda that will lead in the
writing of the title and research problem.
Technical Vocational/
Livelihood Track
Automotive Servicing
Computer Servicing System
Home Economics
Horticulture
Knowledge on Tools
Exploration on Fertilizers
Bread & Pastry-Discoveries
Habit/Vice/Addiction
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Read the given issues of concern for possible goal that will guide a research
study:
Example:
Students
1. Behavior of Grade 7 students in class.
2. Effects of students’ class performances.
3. Reasons of failures in the subject.
Community
a. COVID-19 Pandemic implications in the community.
b. Attitudes of the Youth in the Community.
c. Constraints in this time of Pandemic.
Interventions/Projects
Topic/issue Causes Effects /
Programs
Community 1. Improper 1. Health problem 1. Clean & Green
Waste waste 2. Widespread Project
Problem disposal waste disposal 2. Health & Sanitation
2. Lack of 3. Dengue programs
segregation Situation 3. Dengue Awareness
practices Campaign
3. Inconsistent
implementati
on of
community
waste
program/
project
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Example Table for Technical Vocational Livelihood Track-Home Economics
Strand
If you already identified the possible topic in the agenda of your research
study you may think of the identity of your research either a qualitative or a
quantitative research then decide on the methodology by not disregarding the
importance of your research to others, to the community, to the society or to the
nation as well.
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Observe the given example as a guide about the mentioned concerns in
your research agenda.
Importance of
Research in
Daily Life
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Practice Task 2: Student’s Flight
Supply the corresponding problems related to the given graphic organizer.
Copy the graphic organizer and write your answer on a separate sheet of
paper.
COMMON STUDENT’S
PROBLEM
Prepare a research agenda following the steps below. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Choose a topic according to your academic choice considering the criteria in
the research topic.
2. Determine the type as to qualitative or quantitative research.
3. Identify the methodology to be used in the preparation of the research agenda.
4. State two importance of your research agenda in the community or society.
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Additional Tasks
CAUSES
EFFECTS 1. ______________
2. ______________
1. _______________ 3. ______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
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Cooling Down
Task 1: Me & My Community
Supply the needed information in the given topic/issue in the community.
Copy the table and write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
Topic/Issue: Sociology and Social Concern
Effects of Terrorism
Learning Challenge
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Task 2: This is my Field
List down topics/issues related to your field of study (Academic Track, TVL
Track, etc.). Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
Example: Experiences of Depression among the Youth of Today
1.
2.
3.
4.
Points to Ponder
Research
It is a structured inquiry that utilizes acceptable scientific methodology
to solve problems and creates new knowledge that is generally acceptable
(Grinnell 1993)
Importance of Research
1. Research provides a scientific basis for any practice or methodology in any
field or discipline.
2. Research is undertaken for the continuous development and further
productivity in any field.
3. Research helps develop tools for assessing effectiveness of any practice and
operation
4. Research provides solutions to problems concerning almost all issues
encountered in the different areas of work.
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Answer Key
A.
Methods
Focus
Interviews Group
Qualitative Discussion
Research
Document
Observational
Analysis
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B.
Theories
Problems
Concepts
Quantitative
Research
Constructs Hypotheses
Importance of
Research in Daily
Life
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Practice Task 2: Student’s Flight
Bullying of Cutting
classmates classes
COMMON STUDENT’S
PROBLEM
Financial Teenage
insufficiency pregnancy
Sample
RESEARCH AGENDA- Academic Track
TOPIC Behavior of Grade 7 Students in Class
TYPES OF RESEARCH Qualitative Research
METHODOLOGY Narrative Analysis; Interview and Survey
Questionnaire
IMPORTANCE Provide awareness about behaviors of
adolescence or teenagers among grade7
students inside the classroom
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Additional Tasks
TEENAGE
PREGNANCY CAUSES
1. Broken Family
EFFECTS
2. Peer’s Influence
1. Health Concern
3. Curiosity
2. Stop Schooling
3. Early age live-in
situation
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3. The deliberate commission of an c. Psychological effects to
act of violence to create public fear people due to manipulation
through the suffering of the victims through warfare
in the furtherance of a political or
social agenda
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