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Practical Research 1 | Grade 11 TIRSO L. ONG, LPT

School Year 2022-2023 – Second Semester Subject Teacher

Chapter 9 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

 Lesson 1: Significance of the Study

֎ WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

This module is designed to let you recognize

the significance of the study and identify its
benefits and beneficiaries. As a senior high school
student, you need to know how you can make a
valuable and demonstrable contribution by conducting a
research particularly in your chosen field of
specialization.

֎ LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After going through this module, you are expected to be able to:
1. cite the benefits of research; and
2. identify the beneficiaries of research.

Lesson 1 Significance of the Study

In the previous lesson, you were oriented with the scope and delimitation of research. In this
module, you will learn about the significance of the study which encapsulates the benefits and
beneficiaries of research. Moreover, this will highlight why it is important for you to conduct a research as
a senior high school student.

֎ WHAT’S NEW?
What comes to your mind when you see the different
illustrations below? Do you have any idea about them? Can you
relate to them?

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 Well, you’re right! Those are just some of the topics that researchers explore using different types
of qualitative research. Undeniably, research caters a variety of functions and contributes to the most
important aspects of society like education, communication, health, economy, business and scientific
progress. Thus, you need to know the significance of your proposed study and determine its beneficiaries
along with their corresponding benefits.

.֎ 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 listed according to the significance of the study’s 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.

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

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Study the following Significance of the Study section of sample research papers:

Research Title:
The Media’s Influence to the Millenials: Retrospecting Academic
Performance and Media Exposure (Sonsona, 2017)

General The results of the study will be significant in

Significance
presenting the intertwining power of media in today’s youth
and the technological advances that brought a niche in their
lives.

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 putting up faculty Benefits
enrichment programs that will help enhance teaching
strategies for improving the level of students’ academic
performance through the improvement of their media-based
curriculum.
Beneficiaries
Teachers. Since teachers greatly influenced the development
of their students, they may find this study useful in
discovering ways and means to improve their
Benefits
communication degree program instruction and to enrich
students’ learning experiences through proper utilization of
the different forms of media.

Parents. Results of this study will develop awareness of the

importance of their role for the enhancement of their child’s
academic progress at home and for them to be able to guide
them properly considering the number of hours they have Benefits
Beneficiarie accessed, spent and availed of media.
s
Benefits
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 televiewing hours among
others and study hours in order to improve their academic

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 performance.

Research Title:
English Only Policy: Its Influence on Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime Students’
English Language 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
1. Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime
students
2. Senior high school
teachers
3. Curriculum developers
4. Other researchers
Benefits
1. The study will help them in preparing themselves for a
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.

ACTIVITY 2: Identifying Beneficiaries

A. Directions Match the following research studies in Column A with their respective
beneficiaries in Column B.
Write only the letter of your choice on the Activity Sheet provided for you.

1. High School Classroom Quality: Basis for a. Millennial Teachers,

Creating Faculty Development Activities
(Landar, 2008) School Heads and
Curriculum Planners
2. The Intrapersonal and Interpersonal b. Cancer Patients and
Competencies of School Managers: Basis for
the Formulation of the Human Relation Survivors, and Doctors
Intervention Program (Cristobal, 2003) and Nurses

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 3. The ‘Need to Transcend’: A Phenomenological c. Students, Class
Study on the Lived Experiences of Millennial Advisers and School
Teachers (Lacdo-O et al., 2018)
Administrators
4. The Educated Citizen: Cultural and Gender d. Future Administrators,
Capital in the Schooling of Aetas’ Children in School Officials and
the Municipality of Janiuay (Moralista &
Delariarte, 2014) Researchers
e. Aeta Community,
5. This Too Shall Pass: A Grounded Theory
Schools and
Study of Filipino Cancer Survivorship (de
Guzman et al., 2012) Government Agencies

GROUP TASK: Writing the Significance of the Study

A. Directions Read and analyze the following Significance of the Study section of the
given research. Then, identify its general significance, the target beneficiaries, and the
specific benefits each will receive. Use the given template on the following page in answering this
activity. Write only the letter of your choice on the Activity Sheet provided for you. Do not
answers this on your own. Your teacher will assign you to a group to do this activity.

A Study of Millennial Students and their Reactive Behavior Patterns

in the Online Environment (Yonekura, 2006)

A common assumption about higher education is that the institution has a complete
grasp of its students’ profiles and their learning and service preferences (Oblinger, Barone &
Hawkins, 2001, p.3), and those generational differences between millennials and previous
generations are generally understood. In the last few years, many have written and
documented the essence and evolution of this generation; however, studies covering depth
and breadth in understanding the millennial generation in different contexts such as
education, workplace, and other settings are still in their infancy.

One of the few studies that have investigated this generational cohort in the context
of higher education is Paschal’s (2003) dissertation on the expectations of generation Y
students enrolled in nursing education. In this qualitative study, Paschal (2003) conducted
interviews to better understand what these students’ expectations were regarding nursing
educators, learning environment, nursing school experience, and future opportunities a
nursing education should offer.

The eldest segment of millennials is already attending and making their presence
known in colleges and universities around the nation. Parallel to this generational
evolution, online learning has reached maturity with great success and satisfaction
especially for students from 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.

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 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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