Practical Research 1

Quarter 3 Module 9:
Significance of the Study
Practical Research 1
Quarter 3 Module 9:
Significance of the Study
 What is It

Significance of the Study

Cristobal and Cristobal (2017) states that research is a very noble

undertaking if it makes significant contributions to the community and
to the academic field or discipline where the researcher is affiliated with.
This is basically the reason why the researcher needs to determine the
relevance of their study. It should apparently identify the purpose that
the research will serve and how it will contribute to the society, the
country, the government, the institution or agency concerned, and the
research community.

Under this section of the research paper, the researcher must be able to
present the valuable contribution of the study to a particular body of
knowledge or area of specialization. As Cristobal and Cristobal (2017)
noted, it could be in the form of a new knowledge in the field, analysis of
trends over time, validation of other findings using different
methodologies, confirmation of the major findings of other studies, and
verification of the validity of findings in a different population.

After identifying the general significance of the study, the researcher also
has to determine the beneficiaries who will directly gain from the results
of the study. They may be classified as academic or non-academic.
Academic beneficiaries may include educational staff, teachers,
students and researchers, while non-academic beneficiaries may
include stakeholders, policymakers, agencies and organizations. They
should be specifically
results to them.

Moreover, the researcher needs to cite the particular benefits that the
beneficiaries will gain from the study. They refer to all advantages to be
obtained by those directly involved especially the researchers and
research users. All of which can be manifested as demonstrable
contribution of the said research to the specialized field or to the
community. Such benefits may be classified as educational,
professional and personal as shown in the table on the following page.

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 Benefits
Learning about issues and methods in the chosen field
Furthering creative and scholastic achievement
Educational
Applying concepts from courses to real-life situations
Sharpening problem-solving skills
Exploring potential careers
Learning new specialized techniques and skills
Professional
Enhancing professional communication skills
Networking same interests with others
Building confidence and independence
Personal Promoting critical and thinking
Enhancing awareness

Study the following Significance of the Study section of sample research

papers:

Research Title:

Performance and Media Exposure (Sonsona, 2017)

The results of the study will be

significant in presenting the
General
Significance
youth and the technological advances
that brought a niche in their lives.

Beneficiaries School Administrators. The findings

of the study will help them realize the
strengths and weaknesses of the
students on their media access, habits
and preferences. The findings can be
further used as a springboard in
Benefits
putting up faculty enrichment
programs that will help enhance
teaching strategies for improving the

performance through the improvement

of their media-based curriculum.

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 Teachers. Since teachers greatly
influenced the development of their
students, they may find this study
useful in discovering ways and means
to improve their communication degree Benefits
program instruction and to enrich

proper utilization of the different forms

of media.

Beneficiaries Parents. Results of this study will

develop awareness of the importance of
their role for the enhancement of their
Benefits
for them to be able to guide them
properly considering the number of
hours they have accessed, spent and
availed of media.

Students. They will surely benefit from

this research work, as they will be able
to realize the importance of proper time
management which may include Benefits
televiewing hours among others and
study hours in order to improve their
academic performance.

Research Title:
English Only Policy: Its Influence on Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime
Proficiency (Labrador, 2019)

General Significance:
This research will determine the significant contribution of the
implementation of English Only Policy in senior high schools offering the
specialized marine strand as a preparatory stage of Pre-Maritime students
for their baccalaureate degree.

Beneficiaries Benefits
1. Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime 1. The study will help them in
students preparing themselves for a

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2. Senior high school teachers
3. Curriculum developers
4. Other researchers
language-restricted environment in
an international marine institution.
2. The study will influence them to be
globally competitive as they aspire
to become future seafarers who will
be navigating around the world.
1. The study will provide the senior
high school teachers a clear picture
of the meaningful impact of English
Only Policy in classroom instruction
2. It will enable them to integrate EOP
in the teaching-learning process
that will eventually build the
confidence of students in speaking
in English.
1. The findings of this study may
serve as a basis for strictly
implementing English Only Policy
not only for Pre-Baccalaureate
Maritime classes but also for
specialized strands that necessitate
the use of English language in their
future career.
2.It will enlighten the curriculum
developers on the effective classroom
instruction that bridges senior high
school tracks and strands to college
education programs and courses.
1. This research can be a source of
another study or can be replicated
using additional variables in
another locale or setting, or with
different respondents.
2. The findings of this study can also
serve as a conceptual framework of
another research.
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 previous generations for whom the Internet was a new
technology. Millennials, however, have grown up with the
Internet and therefore, expect a more sophisticated access.

Consequently, researchers and practitioners

facilitating online learning should reflect upon the
implications for how current models and techniques will have
to be adjusted for those students. Employers, too, will need
to adjust their practices as these millennials graduate from
college and enter the workforce.

Research Title:

General Significance:

Beneficiaries Benefits
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