THE NATURE OF RESEARCH AND THE CRITERIA OF A RESEARCHABLE TOPIC:

LESSON 1 REEQUIPING WITH THE BASICS OF

RESEARCH WRITING
OF

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read the specific directions carefully before answering the exercises and activities.
Accomplish this module on or before . For online consultations, please refer to the given schedule.

ESSENTIAL LEARNING PURPOSES: At the end of these lessons, I am expected to:

A. Review The Nature of Research
B. Analyze The Research Process
C. Assess the Feasibility of a Research Topic using Criteria.
What do
I need to
know?
Before going further in our discovery of the marvels of Research, let us see if you can answer the
following exercises. I know you can do it! This will help you to determine your prior knowledge
about research writing. We will be having two review topics:
A. Nature of Research and;
B. The Research Process
What I
know?
REVIEW

The Nature of Research: Stating

In Practical Research 1, we learned a lot of things about research; unfortunately since it
has been ages ago, we need to refresh our memories about the basics before we can continue with
our research journey. To start, please answer the activities below about the definition and
characteristics of Research.

Activity: The Characteristics of Research

Identify the characteristic of research being defined below. Choose your answer from the
box.

 Being Empirical
 Being objective
 Being systematic
 Clarity
 Feasibility

1. Research should be achievable through the given limitations

2. Research should be based from facts and evidences
3. Research should follow ordered steps
4. Research should have clear content and intent.
5. Research should have a specific goal

Activity: Definition of Research

With its Identified and defined characteristics, provide your own definition of research by
completing the statement below.
Research is

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PROGRAM MODULE IN PR 2 AND CAPSTONE PROJECT | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, &
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RESEARCH IS SYSTEMATIC:
Six Easy steps of the Research Process

Who says Research is hard? Well in fact, we only need to follow the six steps to
finish the research journey! To remind us how easy research is. Let’s analyze the picture and
answer the activity below.

Activity: Arranging The research Process

Order the events below according to the research process by putting numbers 1 –
5 on the space provided.

1. Jason thought that Percy is adjusting because of differences in the school curriculum and
was determined to identify the coping mechanism of his friend.

2. He made a background research about adjusting to new environments, its effects, factors
and other related concepts about it.

3. Jason noticed that his friend, Percy, is finding difficulty adjusting in their new school
environment

4. Jason then identified major themes in Percy’s answer that would help him
answer his main question.

5. Jason then went into interviewing Percy using structured questionnaire in a guided
interview.

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