Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1
Name of Learner: ____________________________________
Grade Level: ____________________________________
Strand/Track: ____________________________________
Section: ____________________________________
Date: ____________________________________

AS
A. Background Information for Learners
The lesson is all about designing a research project related to daily life. It discusses
the guidelines in choosing a research topic. It consists of various activities that will help

G
the learners master the competency.

B. Learning Competency with code

N
The learners are able to design a research project related to daily life. (CS_RS11-
TA
IIIc-e-1)

C. Directions/ Instructions
BA

After going through with this unit, you are expected to:
1. Read and follow each direction carefully.
2. Accomplish each activity for the mastery of competency.
3. Use the Learning Activity Sheets with care.
4. Record your points for each activity
5. Always aim to get at least 80% of the total number of given items.
6. If you have any questions, contact, or see your teacher through text or messenger.
O

D. Exercises / Activities
SD

D.1 INTRODUCTION

a. What I need to know?

Activity 1. Picture Analysis

1. What do you see in the picture?

2. What does the picture show?
3. Does the picture show problem to be solved?
4. As a student, how can you be of help to alleviate the
problem of the country?

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

Activity 2. Article Title: The Philippines in the time of COVID-19: Early experiences and
challenges of a resource-limited country

A Novel Coronavirus Disease

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2) has spread
globally since its first report in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019. On January 30, the

AS
Philippines reported its first two imported cases of COVID-19 in a couple from Wuhan. One of
them died on February 1st, becoming the first COVID-19 death outside China. After a third
confirmed case from Wuhan was reported, no additional cases were found among the contacts
of these cases and no other cases emerged for the next four weeks.

G
The Philippine Health System and the Threat of Public Health Emergencies
AN
The Philippines is a low- and middle-income archipelagic country (LMIC) located in
Southeast Asia with a population of more than 100 million people. The country has a dual and
decentralized health system composed of public and private sectors with local government
units being responsible for finance and operations. Despite improvements in the past decade,
the Philippines continues to face public health challenges because of its resource and capacity
T
limitations. First, the Philippines only has 1 hospital bed and 1.3 physicians per 1,000 people,
with only about 1,600 critical care beds nationwide. These available resources are
BA

concentrated in urban areas, with rural areas having only one physician for a population as
large as 20,000 people. Second, we have a primary care system of health centers and
community health workers in cities, provinces, and municipalities, but they are generally ill-
equipped and poorly resourced with limited surge capacity. This is evidenced by a lack of
capability for laboratory testing, limited number of equipment and medical supplies, and lack
of personal protective equipment for health workers in both primary care units and hospitals.
O

Third, we have disease surveillance capacity, but this is also uneven across regions and
provinces in the country. Fourth, we have disaster preparedness plans at the level of local
government that can be mobilized. However, disaster response is better geared for typhoons
SD

and floods, rather than fighting epidemics. Hence, our limited resources and capacity make it
difficult to adequately respond to public health emergencies, such as COVID-19. As a result,
triage systems and algorithms are being implemented in hospitals to prioritize patients who
need testing and treatment the most. This system further propagates health inequities with
higher chances of treatment and survival for urban patients who are able to access quality
healthcare.

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

Response to COVID-19

Travel restrictions and community interventions

Drawing from experiences of previous pandemics, the Philippine government

conducted contact tracing and imposed a travel ban covering foreigners from China, Hong
Kong and Macau after reports of the first few cases and deaths due to COVID-19. In the
succeeding weeks, it issued another travel ban covering foreigners from South Korea and

AS
Taiwan (3). However, these bans were only briefly successful as the number of confirmed
cases increased in the weeks that followed (1). While the bans prevented potentially infected
people from spreading the disease in the Philippines, travelers from other countries where the
disease was already spreading but not subject to the travel bans were not tested. No other
interventions were done until early community transmission was reported on March 6 and after

G
the WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11.
The Philippine government responded to both developments by declaring a ‘community
AN
quarantine’ for Metro Manila beginning March 15 until April 14, and was made even more
stringent by extending the quarantine to the whole island of Luzon. This quarantine consisted
of the following measures: social distancing; suspension of classes; closure of sea, air, and
land travel; establishment of checkpoints for temperature screening; temporary closure of non-
essential business establishments; encouragement of work-from-home arrangements; and
T
prohibition of mass gatherings and non-essential public events (4). The declaration was met
with panic: ports, expressways, and airports were filled with people attempting to leave Metro
Manila; shops posted ‘out-of-stock’ signages as people hoarded consumer goods and hygiene
BA

products; online resellers took advantage of the situation by stockpiling health products and
reselling at exorbitant prices (e.g., USD 20 for one N95 mask that normally costs only USD 5).
The government responded to these reactions by implementing an ‘enhanced community
quarantine’ in Metro Manila. The enhanced community quarantine consisted of: strict home
quarantine in all households; suspension of all forms of public transportation; regulation of the
provision for food and essential health services; and implementation of a heightened presence
O

of uniformed personnel enforcing quarantine procedures (4). In addition, curfews were

implemented from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM. According to disease control experts, these
SD

community-wide interventions are difficult to implement owing to its scale (5). However difficult,
they are necessary to ‘flatten the curve’ so health systems are not overwhelmed. This is
especially important in a country with: limitations on and poor distribution of resource and
capacity; highly populated urban areas; a health system undergoing changes to provide
equitable access to quality and affordable health care services for all Filipinos under the newly
enacted Universal Health Care Law.

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

Risk communication

National risk communication plans are vital during public health emergencies. The
Philippine government notified the public about the disease, community quarantine guidelines,
and other necessary precautions. However, misinformation and conspiracy theories about
COVID-19 are still challenges in a population that spends more than 10 hours a day in the
Internet. Thus, these spread quickly and become increasingly difficult to correct. Plant

AS
extracts, and even the common mouthwash, have been touted to cure the disease. Similarly,
conspiracy and racist theories have been circulating, including COVID-19 being a biological
weapon that escaped a laboratory. Efforts to limit the spread of misinformation mirrors the
dilemma on whether public health imperative or individual human rights should take
precedence in times like these.

G
Testing AN
Testing is another critical component in control efforts, but is done on a small scale in the
Philippines. As of March 19, fewer than 1,200 individuals have been tested, with only the
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) accommodating tests for the disease and
assisting sub-national reference laboratories to enable them to perform tests. Test kits are
few, with only about 4,500 kits from the WHO. However, the Philippines is expecting a greater
T
capacity in testing after donations from other countries and local development of affordable
kits supported by the government (USD 26 vs. USD 164 of internationally available kits.
BA

Conclusions

As a limited-resource country during a progressing pandemic, we are applying

recommended interventions including travel restrictions, community quarantine, risk
O

communication, and testing despite limitations in resource and capacity. Our country’s
approach has been similar to that of South Korea and Singapore – gradual control through
effective use of public health best practices (7). We have a fairly functional system for
SD

quarantine and a disease surveillance system that is able to do contact tracing. But unlike
South Korea, our laboratory capacity is limited and we are unable to deploy extensive
laboratory testing to find infected cases. Unlike Singapore, our defenses at the primary level
health are poorly organized and resourced, so that patients go straight to hospitals where
overloading easily occurs. And we have limited number of critical care beds in the country to
care for patients who need ventilators for acute respiratory distress caused by viral
pneumonia. But we have a government that is willing to listen to advice from the scientists and
so have implemented community quarantine as a way of slowing down transmission and
‘flattening the epidemic curve’. The next few weeks should tell how effective these efforts to
control COVID-19 will be. (Arianna Maever L. Amit BS, Veincent Christian F. Pepito, Manuel
M. Dayrit MD MSc)

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

Processing Questions:

1. What does the article all about?

2. What are the experiences of the Philippines in this time of pandemic?
3. What are the responses of the country?
4. What do you think would be the best solution to solve the said health crisis?
5. If you will be given the chance, do you want to be part of the research team who studies the

AS
vaccine for Covid 19?

b. What’s new?

Activity 3: Kim Taehyung

G
Directions: Think of questions you would like to ask about the picture.
Write down in your activity sheet the questions. Your questions can be
AN
either factual (eg. When was she born?) or personal (eg. When did you
last see her in a film or on television?).
T
BA

D2. Development

a. What I know?

Activity 4: Stirring Up Imagination

O

Directions: Examine the following list of topics. If you decide to talk or write about
any of these topics, which among them would you like to focus on? Why do you
like that and not the others?
SD

1. ABS CBN 2
2. Forensic Linguistics
3. Social Media Network
4. President Rodrigo R. Duterte
5. Taal Volcano
6. COVID 19
7. Philippines’ Underground River
8. Climate Change
9. The Digital Era
10. Carcinogenic Foods

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

b. What’s in

Activity 5. This a personal assessment of the learner’s ideas on what research they would
like to conduct related to their field, related to their daily life. (The learner may write 5 or
more possible topics).

AS
G
AN
c. What is it?

Directions: Refer on the given handout and lecture for the clarifications of the given
T
concepts. (See attached discussion)
BA

D.3 ENGAGEMENT

a. What’s more?

Activity 6. Directions: Put a check (/) under the column of the right descriptive word for
each number.
O

Research Topics Controversial Vague Narrow Highly Broad Hard-to-

Technical Investigate
1. Filipinos’ Admiration
for the Current First Lady
SD

of the Philippines
2. Some Excessively
Priced Imported Vehicles
3. The Rise and Fall of All
Kings and Queens
4. Labor Unions before
the Coming of Jesus Christ
5. Pluses and Minuses of
all English 2 Textbooks
6. Definition of Research
7. The Extent of Filipinos’
Faith in God
8. The Structure of a
Nuclear Weapon
9. Comma as a Punctuation
Mark
10. Spaceship Building

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

b. What can I do?

Activity 7. From the topics you have listed, cross out some ideas which you think are not
appropriate, not useful or too complex. Now, choose the best possible topic from the rest.
With your chosen possible topic, answer the following questions.
Think of the who, what, when, where and why questions:

AS
● WHY did you choose the topic? What interests you about it? Do you have an
opinion about the issues involved?
● WHO are the information providers on this topic? Who might publish information
about it? Who is affected by the topic? Do you know of organizations or institutions
affiliated with the topic?

G
● WHAT are the major questions for this topic? Is there a debate about the topic? Are
there a range of issues and viewpoints to consider?
● WHERE is your topic important: at the local, national or international level? Are there

●
AN
specific places affected by the topic?
WHEN is/was your topic important? Is it a current event or an historical issue? Do
you want to compare your topic by time periods?
T
BA
O
SD

c.

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

What other enrichment activities can I engage in?

Activity 8. Directions: INDIVIDUAL WORK. Check the title that appears to be the best in
terms of narrowing down a broad topic.
1. _______ Symptoms of AIDS
_______ Physical Symptoms of AIDS
_______ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS
2. _______ History of Traditional Grammar

AS
_______ History of American Traditional Grammar
_______ Traditional Grammar
3. _______ The Psychology of Reading
_______ A Study of Human Behavior
_______ Sensory Experience in Reading

G
4. _______ World Ideologies
_______ Feminism in the Digital Era
_______ Feminism in Nick Joaquin’s Latest Novel
5. _______ Communication Skills
AN
_______ The Writing Process
_______ Pre-writing Strategies
6. _______ War Among Nations
_______ World War II
T
_______ Japan’s Role in World War II
7. _______ Hotel and Restaurant Management
BA

_______ Food Serving Techniques

_______ Russian-Plate Service
8. _______ The University of the Philippines
_______ The History of the University of the Philippines
_______ The University of the Philippines in the 1960s
9. _______ Philippine Transportation System
O

_______ Metro Manila’s Transportation System

_______ Manila’s LRT/MRT Systems
10. _______ The Enactment of Laws in Congress
SD

_______ The Governing Bodies of the Philippines

_______ The Congress of the Philippines

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

D.4 ASSIMILATION

a. What I have learned?

Activity 9. Directions: Check the right column to assess how much you have
learned the concept on each topic. (Rank your learnings from 1 to 5. 5 as the
highest and 1 as the lowest).

AS
Concepts Learned 1 2 3 4 5
Interesting topic
Vague topic
Hard-to- investigate-topic
Narrow topic

G
Timely topic
Relevant topic
Highly technical topic
Broad topic
AN
Topic-selection pointers
T
What I can do? (assessment)
BA

Activity 10: INDIVIDUAL WORK

Directions: Identify the word or phrase referred to by the following expressions. Write your
answer on the blank before each number.
___________1. A descriptive word for a topic useful to society’s progress
___________2. The effect of a topic you like so much or find close to your heart
___________3. Topics appealing solely to a person’s thoughts and feelings
O

___________4. Topics needing an intensive reading in the library

___________5. A remedy against a very broad topic
SD

___________6. The effect of working on a vague or not-so-clear topic

___________7. The reason behind a topic hard to investigate
___________8. Very easy research topics
___________9. Topics not needing factual data
___________10. An adjective for a topic attuned to current happenings

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

E. Guide Questions

Activity 11 : “Question and Answer”

Directions: Respond to the following guide questions.

1. What are the guidelines in choosing a research project or topic related to daily life?

___________________________________________________________________

AS
2. Why is it important to know the range of research topics in the area of inquiry?

___________________________________________________________________

G
F. Rubric for scoring
T AN
BA
O
SD

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

G. Reflection

The learner will write in his/her journal the knowledge gained in the topic.

AS
G
T AN
BA

H. References for learners

Arianna Maever L. Amit BS, Veincent Christian F. Pepito, Manuel M. Dayrit MD MSc.
(n.d.). The Philippines in the time of COVID-19: Early experiences and challenges of
a resource-limited country.
O

Baraceros, E. L. (2016). Practical Research 1. Manila, Philippines: REX Bookstore.

https://libguides.mit.edu/select-topic. (n.d.)
SD

Address: Provincial Sports Complex, Bolbok, 4200 Batangas City

🕿🕿(043)722-1840/722-1796/722-1437/722-2675/722-1662
🖂🖂deped.batangas@deped.gov.ph
🖳🖳www.depedbatangas.org
CRN 44 100 18 93 0045