PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

Mrs. Dawn Nari Sabater-Condez

 Lesson 1: Nature of
Inquiry and Research
 Activity 1 : Making
Words Meaningful
Directions: INDIVIDUAL WORK.
Complete the bubble graph or
concept map by writing words
associated with the middle word. Be
guided by the clues in the sentence
above.
 Activity 1 : Making
Words Meaningful
The detectives need more time to inquire
about the case.

INQUIRE
 Activity 1 : Making
Words Meaningful
The witness’ statement is crucial to the
solution of the case.

CRUTIAL
 Activity 1 : Making
Words Meaningful
The continues presence of your name on the
Dean’s list guarantees a good future for you.

GUARANTEE
- It is a learning process that motivates you
to obtain knowledge or information
about people, things, places ot events.
- Beginning with whatever experince or
background knowledge you have, you
proceed like scientists with your inquiry
by imagining, speculating, interpreting,
criticizing and creating, something out of
what you discovered.
- Inquiry ekevates your thinking
power.

- This includes cooperative learning.

 John Dewey’s Theory of Connected
Experiences for Exploratory and
Reflective Thinking
 Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal
Development (ZPD)
 Jerome Bruner’s Theory on Learners’
Varied Perceptions
1. Improves students learning abilities.
2. Widens learners’ vocabulary.
3. Facilitates problem-solving acts
4. Increase social awareness and cultural
knowledge
5. Encourages cooperative learning
6. Encourages HOTS.
7. Hasten conceptual understanding
 Activity 2
Directions: PAIRWORK. Some of the following questions
will require more complex thinking while some demand
simple or less thinking. Put a check (/) on the question
that require more complex thinkingand put (x) to those
that triggers simple and less thinking. Then explain your
answer.

1. What’s the color of your gown?

2. Who bought your gown?
3. Why are some graduating students not willing towear
gowns?
 Activity 2
4. Which memo are you talking about?
5. Do you agree that Mr. Criz was the one who
wrote the memo?
6. Which article seems intriguing to t he graduatees?
7. What is inside the pocket of the gree gown?
8. Who owns the gown?
9. How can the gown make you look more
attractive?
10. Should you wear gown during graduation ball?
 Research is process of executing varous mental
acts for discovering and examining facts and
information to prove the accuracy or truthfulness
of your claims or conclusion about the topic of
your research.
(Litchman, 2013)
 Research follows a step-by-step process of
investigation that uses a standardized approach in
answering questions or solving problems.
(Polit & Beck, 2004)
 Research plays an important role in tertiary
education. The developments are realized through
research. After all, its main purpose is to answer a
question or to solve an issue.
(Palispis, 2004)
 Research is a continuous undertaking of making
known the unknown.
(Sanchez, 2002)
 Research is an investigation following ordered
steps leading to a discovery of information or
concepts.
(Sanchez, 1999)
 Research is a tested approach of thinking and
employing validated instruments and steps in
order to obtain a more adequate solution to a
problem that is otherwise impossible to address
under ordinary means.
(Crawford, as cited by Alcantara & Espina, 1995)
 Characteristics of Research
 Accuracy
- It must give correct data, which the footnotes,
notes, and bibliographical entries should honestly
and appropriately documented or acknowledge.

• Objectiveness
- It must deal wit fact, not with mere opinions
arising from assumptions, generalizations,
predictions or conclusions.
 Characteristics of Research
 Timeliness
- It must work on a topic that is fresh, new and
interesting to the present society.

• Relevance
- Its topic must be instrumental in improving
society or in solving problems affecting lives of
people in a community.
 Characteristics of Research
 Clarity
- It must succeed in expressing its central point or
discoveries by using simple, direct and correct
language.

• Systematic
- It must take place in an organized or orderly
manner.
 To learn how to work independently.
 To learn how to work scientifically or systematically.
 To have an in-depth knowledge of something
 To elevate your mental abilities by letting you think in HOTS.
 To improve your reading and writing skills
 To be familiar with the basic tool of research and the various
techniques of gathering data and of presenting research
findings
 To free yourself from the domination or strong influence of a
single textbook or of the professor’s lone viewpoint or spoon
feeding.
TYPES OF RESEARCH
 Descriptive Research
- This type of research aims at defining or giving a
verbal portrayal or picture of a person, thing, event,
group, situation, etc.

 Correlational Research
- Show relationships or connectedness of two factors,
circumstances or agents called variables that affect
the research.
 Explanatory Research
- This type of research elaborates not just the reasons
behind the relationship of two factors but also the
ways by which such relationship exists.

 Exploratory Research
- Its purpose is to find out how reasonable or possible it
is to conduct a research study in a certain topic.
 Action Research
- This type of research studies an ongoing practice of a
school, organization, community, or institution for
the purpose of obtaining results that will bring
improvements in the system.
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
 Scientific or Positive Approach
- In which you discover and measure information as well
as observe the control variables in an impersonal
manner. Therefore, the data gathering techniques
appropriate for this approach are...
Structure interviews
Questionnaires
Observational checklist
 Naturalistic Approach
- In contrast to the scientific approach, this approach
uses words to express data.

 Triangulation Approach
- You are free to gather and analyze data using multiple
methods.
Direction. INDIVIDUAL WORK. Write an Essay Regarding your
past experience regarding research. Be guided with the following
questions below.
1. What is your research all about?
 Topic
 Kind of research
 Respondents
 You think of its relevance
2. What did you feel as you go on with your research?
3. What are the unforgettable moments in doing your research?
4. What research are you planning to have in this subject?
 Assignment
Search for the Common types of a
Qualitative Research. Describe each
type.
What are the strengths and weaknesses
of a qualitative research.