Practical Research 1

Quarter 3 Module 1:
Importance of Research in Daily
Lives
 Practical Research 1
Quarter 3 Module 1
Importance of Research in Daily
Lives
 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master
the importance of research in daily life. The scope of this module permits it to be
used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse
vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The module is divided into two lessons, namely:

Lesson 1 Research Experience and Knowledge
Lesson 2 Importance of Research

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. share research experiences and knowledge;
2. explain the different life processes

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 Lesson
Research Experiences and
1 Knowledge

some who have taken the subject in Senior High School. I am pretty sure that this
term has petrified you, chilled you out, and made you anxious. Some of them shared
their unforgettable experiences on this subject. Nonetheless, you cannot deny that
somehow you are afraid to take this chance. However, those are just misconceptions
about research (Kaur 2014). Research is not what you think of.

We can say that part of their stories are true and part of those are exaggerations.
Nevertheless, if you would just realize how exciting and engaging the process of
research is, you would definitely be interested to do it. Research is fun. Here you are
going to explore and to investigate to understand the phenomenon, and to establish
new knowledge that is worthwhile to discover and to share. Research is easy. It is
just requiring to commit yourself and to exert extra effort in understanding the
rudiments on how to write it done and to enhance the skills that you needed. If you
ovice who
lacks skills and determination.. You have the skills and the process itself is not new
to you. You have been researching for a long time. Remember how many times you
search for solutions to your problem or investigate to know the answers to your
questions. Can we consider them as a form of informal research? Yes, they are!

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The misAdventures of Bok and Nonoy

Do you have a
that time you were very eager to satisfy your curiosity. How did you come up with
the answer? Have you consulted anybody? Or you switched on your smartphone or
computer and search on the
questions? By doing that, you are actually researching. You are now conducting
research! Continue reading this module to remember how a student like you do
research. Moreover, you will understand how this subject differs from other subjects
that you have gone through.

What is It

If you think research is not for you, let me give you some instances that you might
- asked you
to solve a mathematical problem that you cannot understand? Thus, no matter how
you try you cannot find the right answer or concepts behind it Most probably, you
ask somebody to help you out or you open your cellphone and search for a video
tutorial. Can you still recall when you first played your favorite online game, and no
matter how much y

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you did was to ask your friend or an expert to help you out or you searched on the
internet for answers. The process that you have done is research. You had a problem,
you established your methods on how to solve your problem, you conducted a
literature review or an actual interview and survey, then you came up with solutions.
These requires you to search and to overcome your problems. Research flows in the
same manner. Doing research does not necessarily mean creating extraordinary
things like Mark Zuckerberg who developed Facebook or even Zhang Yiming who
created TikTok.

again and search is a word which means to look for. Therefore, research is to look
for something (Chapman 1979). There are two (2) things that we need to take note of
in this definition. First, research is not only about the discovery of something
unknown, it is coming up with a new explanation of something that is known.
Second, research is a process. It is a process of searching for something to solve an
existing problem or difficulty to solve.

Research is also understood as a systematic investigation or inquiry entailing

collection of data, documentation of critical information, analysis, interpretation of
information (Williams 2007). From the given definition, this highlights the manner
how research is conducted. It is systematic. The question is, how does it becomes
systematic and what makes it systematic. The term systematic entails the structure.
To understand the word system, just imagine your body. Are your hands located in
your ears? Or is your nose located on your chin? Of course, you will reason out that
your hands are located to where it should be and your nose is located in the middle
of your face. The manner of how your body parts are structured and organized
implies the system. Research as systematic means it follows the structure or method.
Therefore, whenever collecting data, documenting information, analyzing, and
interpreting information are conducted, a particular method is used.

On the other hand, research can be also viewed as the formation of new knowledge
and the employment of previous or existing knowledge into a new and creative way

a potter molding a pot. The creation of new knowledge can be compared to a mother
giving birth. The mother stands for the research itself and the baby is new knowledge.
Thus, through research, new knowledge is born. On the other hand, a potter molding
a pot can be paralleled to the use of existing knowledge in a new creative way. Here,

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the potter stands for the researcher, the clay as the existing knowledge, and the pot
itself is a new knowledge made creatively.

Now, do not be afraid to carry out research. It is because you can make a research.
Why? First, it is not new to you. You are not just fully aware that what you were
doing is research and you have been doing many times. Second, research is not a
demanding activity that would exhaust your strength. However, some particular
techniques and processes are involved and needed to be carried out in conducting
this activity. What you have heard from others is a piece of hoax and challenges. It
is a hoax for research is not after all difficult. It is a challenge for you that needs
dedication and commitment to successfully do this exciting activity.

Identify the word that is being described in each sentence. Write your answers on
your notebook.
1. It is conducted if someone wants to know something. It starts with the letter

2. It stands for an action when someone follows structures or order in conducting

research.
3. The term represents for the something that someone can get after finishing a
research. It consists of two words? The longest word starts with the lette

4. It happens when somebody wants to answer questions or inquiries. The

the word in the middle is a preposition.

5. It happens when someone wants to answer something. It starts with the

6. This word refers to an act when someone seeks to inquire for a question. It

7. Researchers do with the help of experts. It can be one on one or with the

8. The word refers to an action when you read articles and other materials to
know m

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 Lesson
Research Experiences and
2 Knowledge
Do you feel annoyed if there is a power interruption? Can you imagine a world
without electricity? Do you feel unease if the internet connection is not stable? Can
you imagine if there is no internet or if there is no cellphone? Well, of course, you
will be annoyed, mad, and worried. Life will be difficult if there is no electricity. Life
will be boring if there is no cellphone or even the internet. Life is threatened if there
will be no cure for COVID-19. But thanks to research, all our worries are gone. It is
because of research which made our lives comfortable, easy, and secured. Various
researches have changed our lives. Here are some leading outputs of the researches
that really changed the world and our perspectives in lives.
1. Electricity 6. Computer
2. Engines 7. Internet
3. Telephone 8. Vaccines for Viruses
4. Rubber 9. Antibiotics
5. Modern Education 10. Modern Medicine

Can you imagine if no one has dared to conduct research on these things? For sure
life will be miserable. Thus, research is indeed important to us.

Arrange the jumbled words related to the importance of research. Write your answers
on your notebook.

1. T T R H T U

2. I U L A Q T Y I U L A Q T Y

3. L E F I L E F I

4. I F N O I F N O

5. H Y M I N A T U H Y M I N A T U

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The misAdventures of Bok and Nonoy

Think of what you consider most valuable on the things that you have now? Can you
cite five of them? It can be your cellphone, your shirt, your pants, your computer,
your pencil, or your ballpen. I know you are aware that those are products of
research. These are made out of a long and tedious study of different groups or
individuals like what you are doing when you seek for answer. If things that you have
are important and these are the product of research, can we say that research is
important to us? ABSOLUTELY YES! RESEARCH IS IMPORTANT!

What is It

Research is very significant on our lives, it has gradually changed human life
through history. Here are the five (5) importance of research to our daily lives.

1. Research aims for truth (Rolfe 2002).

2. Research improves quality of human life (Bornmann 2013).
3. Research saves life(Cancer Research UK 2019).
4. Research gathers necessary information (Igwenagu 2016).
5. Research explores humanity (Lee, Tran, and Lee 2007).

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The research aims for truth. We crave truth for no one has the desire to live in lies
(Rasmussen 2013). Research is about establishing truth based on evidence or data.
We conduct a study to seek for truth. Just imagine, for many centuries people believe
that the world is flat and it is over the giant turtle. Beyond the horizon of the sea is
an abyss. But there came Ferdinand Magellan who proved this otherwise. His
courage and research have made us live with the fact that the world is round.

Have you ever heard about the belief that earth is the center of the universe? Actually,
for many years men believed that everything revolved around us. But thanks to
Copernicus, because of his tedious research, now we know that it is not Earth as the
center of the universe but the sun. I beat you can cite more examples related to this
concern. Nonetheless, the main idea here is that research provides us an explanation
or solution to particular problem based on truth (Kasi 2009).

Research improves the quality of human life. I believe that you often hear from
your parents about their experiences when they were young. Though it sounds so
boring, they live without television, without the internet, without a cellphone, without
an air condition, without an electric fan, without computer, or online games. Can
you imagine that kind of life? But look at our situation now. Everything that they

a matter of pushing a button with the use of a rice cooker or electric stove. You can
call and see your friends abroad without hustles through the use of social media
platforms. You can travel anywhere by just a matter of hours or a few days using
your motorcycles and bikes. You can enjoy staying at home not going outside with
the use of your smartphones. This is the life we have now. Do you think it just went
down from heaven like rain during the rainy season? All of the technological
advancements are brought by different researches (Gupta 2018). Without the people
who dedicated their lives for the sake of humanity, we will not have this kind of life.
Through research, it improves our standard of living.

Research saves a life. Through the course of human history, research has proven
its worth and roles in our lives. In the past, when penicillin was not yet discovered,
people just die without proper medication. It was by the research of Fleming that the
first generation of antibiotics were discovered (Pandey et al. 2014). In the same
manner, how can we forget the research of Dr. Abelardo Aguilar, a Filipino doctor,
one of the contributors to the discovery of Erythromycin during the late 1940s? Now,

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we have effective medicine in bacteria that causes infections in the respiratory tract
(Peretti et al. 2011).

Moreover, Dr. Fe Del Mundo improved the incubator and jaundice relieving device.
Now pre-matured babies and those suffering from jaundice can survive and enjoy life
in the future. With our situation now with the threat of COVID 19, the only hope is
research. Research on understanding the disease, development of vaccines, and
medication will save us. Nonetheless, researchers are doing their best working day
and night to have a medical remedy for this pandemic. Later, research will succeed
and will continue to provide us a safer life.

Research gathers the necessary information. Conducting research implies

gathering necessary data to explain your problem and to answer your particular
questions for example, you want
learning, then, you conduct survey to the projected respondents or direct interviews
with the projected participants. Thus, the content of the survey questionnaire and
the guided interview must aligned to the your problem and to the questions that you
like to answer. On this manner, you are gathering important data needed for your
research. Another, when COVID 19 was just starting to spread, medical experts are
puzzled about the emerging disease (Vetter, Eckerle, and Kaiser 2020). Many of them
wanted to know what was the cause. Some of them investigated how it is being
transmitted. Some experts dealt with medical mapping. Others determined the
incubation period and how it can be prevented. Each of them intensively conducted
a particular study to answer their inquiries. They did many laboratory experiments,
observations, and literature review. Data related only to their questions were
considered. Now, we have at least a good perspective on the manner the virus is
transmitted, possible medication, ways to prevent it, incubation period, and location
affected by the pandemic. Thus, the necessary information to understand the
situation was gathered.

Research explores humanity. Do you know that Bataeños have developed distinct

about the culture of the Kapampangan? Do you know that in Zambales, the Aetas
have customary maternal and infant care beliefs based on their tradition and faith
passed through generations? Do you know that the Dumagat of Aurora considered
prayers as part of their economic life? Do you know that the province of Tarlac came
from the "Malatarlak"? I am quite sure that you are familiar with some of these
questions. These are just examples of how research explores the culture of people.

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Research likewise deals with the investigation of culture to understand and to
appreciate others' practices, and beliefs (Zion and Kozleski 2005). The way we
understand others is the result of a long study of different individuals to provide us
explanations about group or individual culture. Because of this, we can now related,
understand, and respect others.

Probably you have your own, experience aware with your own experience how
research works, you can still cite importance of research. These five (5) importance
are just the representation of many benefits we can get out of research. Research is
important because it aims for truth, improves quality of human life, saves life,
gathers necessary information, and explores humanity. Who knows in the future,

researching!

research

answers on your notebook

1. Making vaccine for COVID 19

2. Carefully studying the situation to know where COVID started.

3. Going to different places to understand their culture.

4. Coming up with technology to make life easy.

5. Using the internet and other social media platform to get information.

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