Practical Research 2 Second Quarter: Learning Activity Sheet
Practical Research 2 Second Quarter: Learning Activity Sheet
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Practical Research 2
Second Quarter
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JANE D. ASUNCION
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JOEL B. GUINSAYAN
Subject Group Head, Senior High
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Assistant Principal for Academics-Designate, Junior HS
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Title Formulation
What is a Research Title?
Example:
Subject matter: The teaching of English
Place or locale: in the high schools of Province A
Time period: during the school year 1989-1990
Population: as perceived by teachers and students
Subject matter: The effects of the use of cell phones on the academic performance
Population to senior high school students
Place or locale: at Department of Education
Time period: during the first semester, school year 2018-2019
1. Interest in the subject matter. Interest in a subject drives you to research, investigate, or
inquire about it with full motivation, enthusiasm, and energy.
2. Availability of information. Information will serve as evidence to support your claims
about your subject matter from varied forms of literature like books, journals, and newspapers,
among others, is a part and parcel of any research work.
3. Timeliness and relevance of the topic.
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4. Limitations on the subject. Connect your choice with course requirements. You need to
decide on one topic to finish your course.
5. Personal resources. Do an assessment on your research abilities in terms of your financial
standing, health condition, mental capacity, needed facilities, and time schedule to enable you to
complete your research. You have to raise an amount of money needed to spend on questionnaire
printing and interview trips.
Research Topics to be avoided
1. Controversial topics.
It depends more on the writer’s opinion leading to biases. Facts cannot support this topic.
2. Highly technical subjects.
Not advisable for beginners as these topics require an advanced study, technical knowledge, and
skills.
3. Hard-to-investigate subjects.
Happens if there are no available reading materials about it and if such materials are not up-to-
date.
4. Too broad subjects.
It prevents you from to focus on the subject matter of the paper. Narrow down or limit the subject
to eliminate the problem.
5. Too narrow subjects.
Subjects that are so limited where an extensive searching is necessary.
6. Vague subjects.
Titles beginning with indefinite adjectives such as several, many, some, etc., as in “Some
Remarkable Traits of a Filipino” or “Several People’s Comments on the RH Law,” are vague
enough to decrease the readers’ interests and curiosity.
3. Professional periodicals like College English Language Teaching Forum, English Forum,
the Economist, Academia, Business Circle, Law Review, etc.
4. General periodicals such as Readers’ Digest, Women’s Magazine, Panorama Magazine,
Time Magazine, World Mission Magazine, etc.
6. Work experience – clues to a researchable topic from full-time or part-time jobs, OJT (on-
the-job training) experience, fieldwork, etc.
2. What are those topics to avoid in preventing you to have a clear focus on your research
paper?
3. Where can you find sources of research topics to create ideas of selecting a good subject
matter?
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Given the following broad topics for research, select one topic of your choice and narrow or
limit the topic to make it specific. Use the narrowing chart to fill in the topic.
Topics to choose:
(1) Covid 19 Pandemic (2) New Normal Education (3) Development of Online Learning
(4) Traditional Medication Practices (5) Cultural Beliefs and Treatment to Virus
Topic Chocolate
Narrowing Chart
Topic
Sub-Topics
Think of this statement: A good research is seen in the way its topic is outlined. When you
choose topics for your research, you have to think about the reasons why you identified those
topics.
How will you write a good research topic?
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Chapter I of the research paper is called The Problem and Its Background (sometimes also
called The Introduction)
Others have sections such as Objectives of the Study, Hypotheses but these will not be considered
in this lesson
A problem is “any significant, perplexing, and challenging situation, real or artificial, the solution of
which requires reflexive thinking”. In research, it is known as the research topic or research title.
An illustration showing the description between a research topic, research problem, purpose
statement and research question.
Example:
In 2004, the researcher migrated to the Philippines to accompany her spouse who was at
the time studying at the Adventist Institute for International Advanced Studies (AIIAS)
in Silang, Cavite. They discovered the study opportunities and were motivated by the
quality of education and low school fees being offered. They visited several colleges and
universities to collect pamphlets and sent them back to Vanuatu for educational
awareness. The Ni-Vanuatus became aware and decided to send students to study in the
Philippines. The first two schools to receive Vanuatu students were AMA Computer
College in Dasmariñas, Cavite and Air Link Aviation College in Paranaque City. The
researcher came to know Cavite State University (CvSU) in 2009 and transferred from
AMA.
(Ngwele, March 2011)
The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing a Research Background Study
Do‘s! Don’ts!
Explain the importance of your o Write a background that is too
research topic long or short
Talk about the main developments and o Be ambiguous in your writing,
missing links and gaps in your disorganized and discuss unrelated
research area subjects.
Focus on the relevant aspects of your o Forget the reader may not be familiar with
study explaining how it will lead to the details of your work.
the progress of
scientific knowledge.
Engage your findings in a o Elaborate on your background literature
chronological findings
Articulate your ideas in a clear o Forget to provide a historical
and concise manner perspective
Engage the readers by building a o Forget to check your target
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(Purpose Statement and Research Questions) - A series of questions used in researching the topic.
composed of
Example:
This research aims to develop an evaluation model of a web-based tool used in test
administration for Grade 11 and 12 students. (Leanillo, 2016)
1. What are the commonly used web-based tools used in test administration?
2. How are these web-based test tools evaluated?
3. How could evaluation model be designed for web-based test administration?
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Scope of a Study - It is the coverage of the research to be explored which includes the facts and
theories about the subject
Example:
A research study on the impact of social networking on the attitude of senior high school
learners.
It is not possible to cover all aspects of the selected subject. The scope will have to be
restricted to a specific section of the target population over a specified duration.
In the above-cited study, a group of 40 learners in senior high school at one particular school
would be an ideal coverage to study their attitude for five months.
Delimitation of a Study
1. Sample size.
a. The research design and method will determine whether if it is small or large
sample size.
b. The sample size will determine the quality of data and the relationships that will
be identified among the variables.
2. Lack of available and/or reliable data.
This will limit the scope of analysis and the ability of the researcher to determine
meaningful trends and relationships among the data.
3. Lack of prior studies.
This will limit the effectiveness of the literature review and initial understanding of
the research.
4. Chosen data collection method.
The quality of data collected must be clear to avoid erroneous answers from the
respondents.
5. Nature of the information collected.
Researcher should not rely on pre-existing data.
6. Access.
The amount and quality of available data will depend on the ability of the researcher
to access people, organizations, libraries, and documents.
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7. Time period.
It is advisable to select a research problem and design
8. Bias.
The researcher should be aware of his or her personal biases .
9. Language.
This may have an effect on data collection, especially if the researcher is involved
with respondents that speak a variety of languages.
When writing the paper, the researcher should ensure that any delimitation factor is noted
down at the introduction, discussion, and conclusion sections. He or she should clarify why the
study included and excluded some delimitation.
The significance of the study discuss the purpose that the research will serve to society, the
country, the government, the institution or agency concerned, the curriculum planners and
developers, and the research community.
Describes the contribution of the study to the existing body of knowledge.
It could be the following:
a. A form of new knowledge in the field,
b. A validation of the major findings of other studies,
c. A verification of the validity of findings in a different population,
d. Analysis of trends over time, and validation of other findings using different
methodologies.
The researcher must identify specifically the beneficiaries who will directly gain from the
results of the study mentioning them in the paper according to the significance of the result. The
specific benefits must also be enumerated and explained if necessary.
Example:
To the students, the results may serve as an inspiration for them to continuously improve
their skills in using computers because they will realize the comfort that computer skills offer in
complying with the requirements of major subjects in the coming years.
To the administrators, the results may serve as a guide in the program-planning and
implementation of the IT department so that they can be of great help to the teachers of the university.
To the teachers, the results may serve as an eye opener for those who are not
comfortable on the use of computers in their class lesson presentations. The findings of this study may
encourage more of them to apply computer-aided instruction in teaching.
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The following sections compose the presentation of the written statement of the problem
1. Introduction
States briefly the background of the study and identifies the rationale of the research
problem.
It begins with a general statement of the problem, outlines the specific problem or issue
within the existing literature.
States clearly the purposes or interest of the study, poses specific questions about
research problem.
Sets the boundaries and parameters of the study, narrows the scope of the inquiry.
Shows the benefits of the study to address issues and l problems, in improving
economic and health conditions or even finding solutions to problems encountered in
daily life.
What is it?
You just learned the concepts on research problems.
You were asked to save the titles you had proposed as your research topic. You will use
these on succeeding activities to create or write your research problem.
Topics to choose:
(1) Covid 19 Pandemic / (2) New Normal Education/ (3) Development of Online Learning/
(4) Traditional Medication Practices/ (5) Cultural Beliefs and Treatment to Virus
1. Among the titles you saved previously, which of those you think should be
addressed? Kindly elaborate further on this matter.
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2. With the above research topics you saved, identify at least three research problems for
each and explain why you chose them.
Topic A:
Problem
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2. _ _
3. _ _
Reasons:
Topic B:
Propose Research Title
Problem
1. _ _
2. _ _
3. _ _
Reasons:
Topic C:
Propose Research Title
Problem
1. _ _
2. _ _
3. _ _
Reasons:
From the three research topics choose one as your proposed research study which you will use on
the later part of this lesson.
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1. Proposed Study_
(Refer to the topics you have worked on the previous activity)
2. What is the rationale or the background study of your chosen problem? Please
write your answer using extra paper should you need more space.
4. Enumerate the terms or concepts that need to be defined or described to you and to
the reader.
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5. Provide at least three related literatures as references for the concept of your study.
8. Who will be the beneficiaries? What will be their benefits to receive after the problem
is solved or the research is finish?
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2. Purpose statement:
The researcher seeks to
3. Central question:
4. Sub-question:
5. Other questions:
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What I can do
From your proposed research study present your written Statement of the
Problem which comprises the following sections:
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