Junior High School

Grade 10

English

ENGLISH LEARNING KIT

Fourth Quarter – MELC 1

Distinguish
the Technical Terms
Used in Research
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Grade
Grade 10 –10 – English
English 1
Competency:
Competency: Distinguish
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 English 10 - Learning Activity Sheet

Name of Learner: ____________________________________________________

Grade and Section: ______________________________ Date: ______________

Distinguish the Technical Terms Used in Research

I. Learning Competency with Code

Competency: Distinguish the technical terms used in research. (EN10-Iva-30)

II. Background Information for Learner

Technical terms are essential part of all technical and scientific writing. Each
field and specialty typically uses a vocabulary that relays a variety of specialized
concepts by means of technical language. These special terms convey concentrated
meanings that have been built up over significant periods of study of a field. The
value of a specialized set of terms lies in the way each term condenses a mass of
information into a single word; a way of gaining great depth and accuracy of meaning
with economy of words. Technical terms often blend readily into formulae and
mathematical manipulation that quantifies and allows the concept to be manipulated.

mathematically.
III. Accompanying DepEd Textbook and Educational Site

Moore, R H. Effective Writing. 4th ed. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Washington,
D.C:1971

IV. Activity Proper

Directions: Contemplate on the premise of learning which is definitely essential as

you engage to the first part of these lessons in the fourth quarter. It is
certain that focus and self- involvement are what you need and earnestly
respond to each activity to assess and measure your own progress. This
following activities aim to prepare you with appropriate knowledge and
skills of distinguishing technical terms used in research. Take note that
this lesson will help you comprehend what is the message of the
document and will help you transmit the content more effectively. Read
the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for every item.
Write your answer in your activity notebook / answer sheet.

Grade 10 – English 2
Competency: Technical terms used in research. (EN10-Iva-30)
 What is a Research Paper?
"Research paper." What image comes into your mind as you hear those words:
working with stacks of articles and books, hunting the "treasure" of others' thoughts?
Whatever image you create, it's a sure bet that you're envisioning sources of
information--articles, books, people, and artworks. Yet a research paper is more than
the sum of your sources, more than a collection of different pieces of information
about a topic, and more than a review of the literature in a field. A research
paper analyzes a perspective or argues a point. Regardless of the type of research
paper you are writing, your finished research paper should present your own thinking
backed up by others' ideas and information.
To draw a parallel, a lawyer researches and reads about many cases and uses them
to support their own case. A scientist reads many case studies to support an idea
about a scientific principle. In the same way, a history student writing about the
Vietnam War might read newspaper articles and books and interview veterans to
develop and/or confirm a viewpoint and support it with evidence.

A research paper is an expanded essay that presents your own interpretation

or evaluation or argument. When you write an essay, you use everything that you
personally know and have thought about a subject. When you write a research paper
you build upon what you know about the subject and make a deliberate attempt to find
out what experts know. A research paper involves surveying a field of knowledge in
order to find the best possible information in that field. And that survey can be orderly
and focused, if you know how to approach it. Don't worry--you won't get lost in a sea of
sources.

In fact, this guide is designed to help you navigate the research voyage, through
developing a research question and thesis, doing the research, writing the paper,
and correctly documenting your sources.

https://www.esc.edu/online-writing-center/resources/research/research-paper/

Activity 1
FIND FOR MEANING
Directions: After reading the article about research, list down all the important
terms/words and find their meanings in a dictionary or in other
references. What kind of words do you think they were?

Terms/Words My Guess Meaning

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Competency: Technical terms used in research. (EN10-Iva-30)
 Here are some of the Basic Research Terminologies
RESEARCH
 Is defined as a systematic and scientific process to answer questions about
facts and relationship between facts. It is an activity involved in seeking
answer to unanswered questions.

 A scientific, systematic, controlled, orderly and objective investigation to

develop, refine and expand body of knowledge.

 Seeks to generate an answer to the problems as well as suggesting additional

questions in need of further inquiry.

ABSTRACT
 A clear, concise summary that communicates the essential information about
the study. In research journals, it is usually located at the beginning of an
article.

DATA
 Units of information or any statistics, facts, figures, general material, evidence,
or knowledge collected during the course of the study.

VARIABLES
 Neither attributes nor characteristics that can have more than one value, such
as height or weight. Variables are qualities or quantities, properties or
characteristics of people, things, or situations that change or vary.

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
 Variables that are purposely manipulated or changed by the researcher. It is
also called as “MANIPULATED VARIABLE.”

RESEARCH VARIABLE
 Refers to Qualities, properties or Characteristics which are observed or
measured in a natural setting without manipulating and establishing cause &
effect relationship

EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES
 They are factors that are not the part of the study but may affect the
measurements of the study variable.

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
 The characteristics and attributes of study subjects such as age, gender,
place of living, educational status, religion, social class, marital status,
occupation, income are considered as demographic variables.

OPERATIONAL DEFINITION
 Refers to the way in which the researcher defines the variables under
investigation. Operational definition stated in such way by the investigator
specifying how the study variables will be measured in the actual research
situation.

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Competency: Technical terms used in research. (EN10-Iva-30)
 CONCEPT
 Refers to mental idea of phenomenon. Concepts are words or terms that
symbolize some aspects of reality, e.g., love, pain.

CONSTRUCT
 Is a highly abstract and complex phenomenon (concept) which is denoted by
a made up or constructed term.

PROPOSITION
 A proposition is a statement or assertion of the relationship between
concepts (e.g. relationship between anxiety and performance).

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
 Interrelated concepts or abstractions that are assembled together in some
rational scheme by virtue of their relevance to a common theme. It is also
referred to as theoretical framework.

ASSUMPTION
 Basic principle that is being true on the basis of logic or reason, without proof
or verification.

HYPOTHESIS
 A statement of the predicted relationship between two or more variables in a
research study; an educated or calculated guess by the researcher.

LITERATURE REVIEW
 A critical summary or research on a topic of interest, generally prepared to put
a research problem in context or to identify gaps and weaknesses in prior
studies so as to justify a new investigation.

LIMITATIONS
 Restrictions in a study that may decrease the credibility and generalizability of
the research findings.

ANALYSIS
 Method of organizing, sorting, and scrutinizing data in such a way that
research questions can be answered or meaningful inferences can be drawn.

MANIPULATION
 An intervention or treatment introduced by the researcher in an experimental
study; the researcher manipulates the independent variable to assess its
impact on the dependent variable.

POPULATION
 The entire set of individuals or objects having common characteristic(s)
selected for a research study is referred to as population.

TARGET POPULATION
 The entire population in which the researchers are interested and to which
they would like to generalize the research findings.

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Competency: Technical terms used in research. (EN10-Iva-30)
 ACCESSIBLE POPULATION
 The aggregate of cases that conform to designated inclusion or exclusion
criteria and that are accessible as subjects of the study.

RESEARCH SETTING
 It is the location in which the research is conducted. It could be natural,
partially controlled environment or laboratories.

SAMPLE
 A part or subset of population selected to participate in the research study.

SAMPLING
 The process of selecting sample from the target population to represent the
entire population.

PROBABILITY SAMPLING
 The selection of the subjects or sampling units from a population using
random procedure; e.g., Simple random Sampling, Stratified random
Sampling.

NON PROBABILITY SAMPLING

 The selection of subjects or sampling nits from a population using non-
random procedure. E.g., Convenient Sampling, Purpose Sampling.

RELIABILITY
 The degree of consistency or accuracy with which an instrument measures
the attributes designed to measure.

VALIDITY
 The degree to which an instrument what it is to measure.

PILOT STUDY
 Study carried out at the end of the planning phase of research in order to
explore and test the research elements to make relevant modifications in
research tools and methodology.

https://www.slideshare.net/maheswarijaikumar/basic-research-terminologies

Activity 2
EMO-TECH-ICONS
Directions: Draw a happy smiley icon on your paper if the statement is correct
and a sad smiley icon if otherwise. Write your answers in your
activity sheets.
______ 1. Technical term is a word that has specific meaning in science.
______ 2. Use context clues to figure out what a technical word means, use the
other words in the sentence and in the paragraph to help you figure out
what the technical word means.

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Competency: Technical terms used in research. (EN10-Iva-30)
 ______ 3. Writing a research paper is just like writing a simple essay per se.
______ 4. The very first thing that you need to do in making a research is to review
the data you have gathered.

______ 5. It is apparently important to document all the sources in the conduct of

the research.

______ 6. In research, technical terms are unnecessary.

______ 7. Data is collected and studied in the course of the study.

______ 8. Research is needed to answer the unanswered questions.

______ 9. The reliability of the study lies in its validity.

______10. Every researcher makes an educated or calculated guess between two

or more variables during the study.

Activity 3
BE A RESEARCHER
Directions: Your teacher in Science assigned you to present a research report
about, “Effect of Pandemic in the Lives of the Ilonggos.” What are
the things that you should do? Write it in a short paragraph. Be guided
of the scoring rubric as you work on your task.
4 3 2 1

CONTENT Learner Learner Learner has Learner does

demonstrates full demonstrates insufficient not have gasp of
knowledge of the knowledge of knowledge of the topic.
topic by giving a the topic without the topic.
thorough elaboration and
elaboration and explanation.
explanation.

ORGANIZATION Learner presents Learner Learner has Learner has no

ideas in logical presents ideas difficulty in sequence of
and interesting in logical presenting ideas.
sequence. sequence. ideas in logical
sequence.

MECHANICS Writing has no Writing has no Writing has Writing has

misspellings or more than three more than four
grammatical misspellings misspellings or misspellings
errors. and/or grammatical and/or
grammatical errors. grammatical
errors. errors.

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Competency: Technical terms used in research. (EN10-Iva-30)
 V. Reflection

Directions: Knowledge is set on a mental ability in which the individual realizes his
or her own capabilities and can work productively and fruitfully. Achieve
it through a self-reflection. Write your thoughts, feelings, observations,
and experiences by answering this part. Write this on your answer
sheets.

This lesson helped me as a Grade 10 learner because ____________________

________________________________________________________________.

It gave me insights to ______________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________.

I will continue learning on ____________ so that _______________________

______________________________________________________________.

VI. Answer Key

Activity 1 Activity 2

1. sources of information 1.
2. pieces of information 2.
3. review
4. interview 3.
5. essay 4.
6. interpretation
7. evaluation 5.
8. argument. 6.
9. subject
10. surveying 7.
11. research question or thesis 8.
12. research paper
13. documenting 9.
10.

Activity 3. Answers may vary.

Grade 10 – English 8
Competency: Technical terms used in research. (EN10-Iva-30)