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Quarter 2 - Module 5:

Basic Steps in Research Process

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
Name of School: ___________________________
 What I Need to Know

The research is important for you (students) because it helps you to have a
detailed analysis of everything. When you have a proper in-depth analysis of any
topic, the result comes out to be fruitful, and also knowledge is enhanced.
This module will teach you several basic research-related ideas, therefore you
are expected to:
• define research;
• familiarize basic research steps; and
• research a topic with support using two or three sources provided, e.g.
newspapers, website, video, images, podcast, print- based materials.

What’s In
Activity 1- Recognize Me
In your previous lessons, you were taught on how to navigate a website and
to use search engines to conduct a guided search on a certain topic (EN7SS-II-
c1.5.3, EN7V-IV-d-23.1). Now, take a look at these pictures/ logos. These are just
some of the information sources you might have learned. Identify it by writing its
name on the space beside its picture.

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 What’s New
Activity 1: How do I start?
Imagine your friends need to do research for a project. Where and how would
you tell them to start? Use the chart below to show the sequence of your idea.

(Begin here)
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Activity 2: Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Fill in the boxes with the missing letters to come up with the word that
corresponds to the given clues or meaning.

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(1. ) a source of supply or support
synonyms: availability, capital, possession, properties
(4.) noun. A location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages
on the World Wide Web.
Across:
(2.) Facts provided or learned about something or someone.
Similar with details, particular, facts, statistics
(3.) Something that precedes or is introductory or preparatory
Synonyms: initial, first, opening, primary
(5.) The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order
to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

What is it
What is research?

Research is systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in

order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. (Oxford English Dictionary)

Here are some research steps:

Step 1: Identify and develop your topic

Selecting a topic can be the most challenging part of a research assignment. Since
this is the very first step in writing a paper, it is vital that it be done correctly. Here are
some tips for selecting a topic:
✓ The research for and writing of a paper will be more enjoyable if you are
writing about something that you find interesting.
✓ Select a topic for which you can find a manageable amount of information.
Once you have identified your topic, it may help to state it as a question. For
example, if you are interested in finding out about the epidemic of COVID 19,
you might pose the question "What are the causes of this epidemic?" By
posing your subject as a question you can more easily identify the main
concepts or keywords to be used in your research.
Step 2: Do a preliminary search for information
✓ Before beginning your research in earnest, do a preliminary search to
determine whether there is enough information out there for your needs and
to set the context of your research.
Step 3: Locate materials

✓ There are sources of information that can be used to support the topic you are
researching. These can be:
• newspapers
• websites using the search engines like Google, yahoo, etc.
• videos
• images
• podcast (an episodic series of spoken word digital audio files that a
user can download to a personal device for easy listening)

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Step 4: Evaluate your sources
✓ Make sure that your sources of information are credible, truthful, and reliable.
This step is especially important when using Internet resources, many of
which are regarded as less than reliable.
Step 5: Make notes
✓ Be sure to document all the sources you consult, even if you there is a chance
you may not use that particular source. The author, title, publisher, URL, and
other information will be needed later when creating a bibliography.
Step 6: Write your paper
✓ Begin by organizing the information you have collected.
Step 7: Cite your sources properly
✓ Give credit where credit is due; cite your sources.
✓ Failure to cite your sources properly is plagiarism. Plagiarism is avoidable!
Step 8: Proofread
✓ The final step in the process is to proofread the paper you have created. Read
through the text and check for any errors in spelling, grammar, and
punctuation. Make sure the sources you used are cited properly. Make sure
the message that you want to get across to the reader has been thoroughly
stated.

(Basic Steps in the Research Process - NHCC.edu., 2017)

What’s More
Activity 1: Bantay COVID19
Research for the information needed about the topic.

a. Topic: COVID 19 Date: ____________

b. Background
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 d. Number of cases around the world (latest):
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e. Number of cases in the Philippines (latest):
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f. Signs and Symptoms when infected:
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g. Sources of Information:
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Activity 2: A Reporter at Work

Imagine you are a reporter working on a story. If you were reading a news article,
a. What would you want to know about the subject?
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b. What facts would you most want to learn?
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c. How would you find the information you need to know? (You can keep track of
your sources here)
Source #1: ____________________________________________
Source #2: ____________________________________________
Source #3: ____________________________________________
(You may add as many as you want.)
d. How would you find the information you need to know? (You can keep track of
your sources here)
Source #1: ____________________________________________
Source #2: ____________________________________________
Source #3: ____________________________________________
(You may add as many as you want.)
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 What I Have Learned
Activity: Starting Over Again
With the knowledge gained, you are going to teach your friends on how to do
research for a project. Where and how would you tell them to start? Use the chart
below to show the sequence of your idea.
(Begin here)

After accomplishing this, you will receive “Reaching with others Badge’
for GSP Senior Scout.

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 What I Can Do
This time, you need to research your own topic with support using two or three
sources. But before that, this additional information will help you complete your task.
The ability to develop a good research topic is an important skill. The teacher
may assign you a specific topic, but most often teachers require you to select your
own topic of interest. When deciding on a topic, there are a few things that you will
need to do:

• brainstorm for ideas

• choose a topic that will enable you to read and understand the literature
• ensure that the topic is manageable and that material is available
• make a list of key words
• be flexible
• define your topic as a focused research question
• research and read more about your topic

(How to Select a Research Topic | University of Michigan-Flint, 2019)

Task: The Mini Researcher

Directions: Research a topic. Cite the sources you use to find information on your
chosen topic. As you do your research please record helpful or interesting
information you discover following this format. You will be scored according to the
rubrics prepared for this activity. (Please refer to the rubrics below.)
PARTIALLY
EXEMPLARY PROFICIENT UNSATISFACTOR
CATEGORY PROFICIENT POINTS
(4 Points) (3 Points) Y (1 Point)
(2 Points)
Identified Identified Identified a few Identified no useful
useful sources mostly useful useful sources in sources in any
in many sources in one or two format.
Section of
formats many formats formats.
Sources
(books, (books,
magazines, magazines,
electronic). electronic).
Presented all Presented Presented Presented
information in most of the information which information which
Sharing &
a clear and information in was poorly was poorly
Presenting
organized a clear and organized or was organized, hard to
Infor-
way. organized difficult to understand.
mation
way. understand some
of the time.
Included all Included most Included most Failed to include
sources used sources used sources used, but most of the sources
Listing and listed and listed some information used, and a lot of
Sources sources in the sources in the was missing or the information was
correct format. correct format. incorrect. missing or
incorrect.
Wrote all Wrote most Wrote some Copied most or all
information information information that of the information
Summary
using own using own were copied word- word-for-word from
of Findings
words and key words and key for-word from the the source.
facts. facts. source.

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 1. TOPIC:________________________________________

2. Sources:
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b. __________________________Author: _______________
c. __________________________Author: ________________
d. __________________________Author: _______________
e. __________________________Author: _______________

3. Interesting Facts:
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Researcher: _____________________________

Assessment
A. TRUE or FALSE. Write T on the space before the number if the statement is
TRUE, F if it is FALSE.
_____ 1. It is a good idea to generate numerous ideas and develop them before
choosing one in particular.
_____ 2. The technique of brainstorming can be used to generate and refine
research ideas.
_____ 3. The overall purpose of management research is to establish new facts not
to develop new theories.
_____ 4. Doing library/ internet research on a particular topic would be a good
example of an unobtrusive measure.
_____ 5. A reliable research is essentially valid but a valid research is not
necessarily reliable.

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_____ 6. References are included in a research project to fully identify the source of
information and ideas discussed in the report so that others may check for
themselves.
_____ 7. The researcher’s own personal interest and observations may be valuable
source of questions.
_____ 8. Successful research often raises new questions, even while it answered old
questions.
_____ 9. It is expected that researchers will follow appropriate ethical guidelines.
_____ 10. The starting point in any research project is to locate materials or sources
of information.
C. Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space before the
number.
______1. Which of these defines research?
A. Searching again and again
B. Finding solution to any problem
C. Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
D. None of the above
______2. Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?
A. Searching sources of information to locate problem.
B. Survey of related literature
C. Identification of problem
D. Searching for solutions to the problem
______3. Which of these is one of the essential qualities of a researcher?
A. Spirit of free enquiry
B. Reliance on observation and evidence
C. Systematization or theorizing of knowledge
D. All the above
______4. A research paper is a brief report of research work based on
A. Primary Data only C. Both Primary and Secondary Data
B. Secondary Data only D. None of the above
______5. Which of the following is one of the basic research steps which is the most
challenging and considered as the very first step in writing a paper?
A. Identify the Topic C. Make Notes
B. Locate Materials D. Proofread
______6. Which best describes the word information?
A. Raw Data C. Input Data
B. Processed Data D. Organized Data
______7. Which step involves writing down any ideas that come into your head?
A. Preliminary search C. Brainstorm
B. Thesis D. Planning for the project
______8. Which of the following one can be charged of when using someone’s ideas
or writing as your own?
A. Theft C. Corruption
B. Plagiarism D. Smuggling
______9. What appropriate topic would you consider in writing a research?
A. Right for you C. Right for the occasion
B. Right for your audience D. All of these
_____10. Which is NOT a factor when considering your sources?
A. Truthfulness C. Availability
B. Reliability D. None of these

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Development Team
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Kabasalan Science and Technology High School
Editors/QA: Aileen May B. Recaido
Agnes Sibyl S. Aballe
Marjorie R. Daligdig
Garend E. Temporada
Reviewer: Reviewed by:
Evelyn F. Importante
OIC-CID Chief EPS
Illustrator:
Layout Artist:
Management Team:
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OIC-Assistant SDS
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OIC-Assistant SDS
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OIC-Schools Division Superintendent

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My Final Farewell
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun
caress'd Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!,
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's
best, And were it brighter, fresher, or more
blest
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost.
On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight,
Others have given their lives, without doubt or
heed; The place matters not-cypress or laurel or
lily white, Scaffold or open plain, combat or
martyrdom's plight, T is ever the same, to serve
our home and country's need.
I die just when I see the dawn break,
Through the gloom of night, to herald the
day; And if color is lacking my blood thou
shalt take, Pour'd out at need for thy dear
sake
To dye with its crimson the waking ray.
And when the dark night wraps the graveyard
around With only the dead in their vigil to see
Break not my repose or the mystery profound
And perchance thou mayst hear a sad hymn
resound 'T is I, O my country, raising a song
unto thee.
And even my grave is remembered no
more Unmark'd by never a cross nor a
stone
Let the plow sweep through it, the spade turn it
o'er That my ashes may carpet earthly floor,
Before into nothingness at last they are blown.
Then will oblivion bring to me no
care As over thy vales and
plains I sweep;
Throbbing and cleansed in thy space and
air With color and light, with song and
lament I fare, Ever repeating the faith that I
keep.

My dreams, when life first opened to me, My Fatherland ador'd, that sadness to my
My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat high, sorrow lends
Beloved Filipinas, hear now my last good-by!
Were to see thy lov'd face, O gem of the Orient
sea From gloom and grief, from care and sorrow I give thee all: parents and kindred and friends
free; No blush on thy brow, no tear in thine eye. For I go where no slave before the oppressor
bends, Where faith can never kill, and God
reigns e'er on high!
Dream of my life, my living and burning
desire, All hail ! cries the soul that is now to
Farewell to you all, from my soul torn away,
take flight; All hail ! And sweet it is for thee
Friends of my childhood in the home
to expire ;
dispossessed! Give thanks that I rest from the
To die for thy sake, that thou mayst
wearisome day!
aspire; And sleep in thy bosom eternity's
Farewell to thee, too, sweet friend that
long night.
lightened my way;
Beloved creatures all, farewell! In death there is
If over my grave some day thou seest
rest!
grow, In the grassy sod, a humble flower,
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so,
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb
below The touch of thy tenderness, thy breath's
warm power.

Let the moon beam over me soft and

serene, Let the dawn shed over me its
radiant flashes, Let the wind with sad
lament over me keen ; And if on my cross a
bird should be seen,
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my
ashes. Let the sun draw the vapors up to
the sky,
And heavenward in purity bear my tardy
protest Let some kind soul o 'er my untimely
fate sigh, And in the still evening a prayer be
lifted on high From thee, 0 my country, that in
(This is the 1911 translation by Charles
God I may rest.
Derbyshire of the Spanish original of José
Rizal's poem, Mi Ultimo Adiós)
Pray for all those that hapless have died,
For all who have suffered the unmeasur'd pain;
For our mothers that bitterly their woes have
cried,
For widows and orphans, for captives by torture
tried And then for thyself that redemption thou
mayst gain.

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