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Research Terms

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HCRAESER
 RESEARCH

HCRAESER
DOHTEMYOOL
 METHODOLOGY

DOHTEMYOOL
IRDCNUITON
 INTRODUCTION

IRDCNUITON
XENDPPIA
 APPENDIX

XENDPPIA
SSSCDIUION
 DISCUSSION

SSSCDIUION
SBCTARTA
 ABSTRACT

SBCTARTA
RRTELIUTA WIEVRE
 LITERATURE REVIEW

RRTELIUTA WIEVRE
LCOIONUSCN
 CONCLUSION

LCOIONUSCN
EFEREERNC
 REFERENCE

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RSLUTES
 RESULTS

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 RESEARCH

﹡- a systematic investigation to
contribute to an existing body of
knowledge
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 RESEARCH

﹡- a systematic , organized search for

knowledge or answers to questions

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 PURPOSE
﹡ discover new facts
﹡ find answer to a problem
﹡ improve existing techniques and develop new
instruments
﹡ provide basis for decision making
﹡ satisfy researchers curiosity

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Qualitative Research– verify or generate descriptive
theory that is grounded in the data gleaned form the
investigation.
 requires non -numerical data, which means that
the research uses words rather than numbers to
express the results, the inquiry, or investigation
about people’s thoughts, beliefs, feelings, views,
and lifestyles regarding the object of the study
Quantitative- answers specific research question by
showing statistical evidence that the data may be
addressed in a particular way.
 involves measurement of data
 it presents research findings referring to the number
or frequency of something in numerical forms
a. The academic performance of the students’ has gained
significant attention in past researches. Performance of
students is affected by psychological, economic, social,
personal and environmental factors. Though these factors
strongly influence the performance of the students, but these
factors differ from country to country and person to person.
Most of the previous studies on academic performance of
students focused on such issues like teacher education,
class environment, gender difference, teaching style, family
educational background and socioeconomic factor.
 INTRODUCTION
﹡- presents background
information, scope, and focus of
the research paper

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 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
STUDY
It is written as part of the introduction
section of the thesis. It provides details to
the readers on how the study will
contribute and who will benefit from it.

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The study will be beneficial to the school heads and
principals, teachers, parents, students and future
researchers.

To the school heads and principals._____________

To Teachers. ________________________
To Junior High School Students. _______________
Future Researchers. _______________________
 STATEMENT OF THE
PROBLEM
Part of the introduction which
enumerates the research questions
which the study sought to answer.

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The study aims to ____________________

Specifically, it seeks answers to the following questions:

1.

2.

3.
b. The study aims to investigate the factors influencing
students’ academic performance. Design/ Methodology/
Approach- This study uses ex post facto research design. An
instrument measuring students’ academic performance has
been used to collect data from the management students.
Findings- The study revealed that there is a positive and
statistically significant impact of learning facilities,
communication skills and proper guidance from parents on
student academic performance. Originality Value- The
study attempts to identify factors other than traditionally
studied.
 ABSTRACT
﹡- It summarizes all sections
and helps readers decide
whether or not to read the entire
report.

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c. The sample of the present study consisted of 200
management students from ten management institutes of
Haryana state. For selecting the sample, the simple random
sampling technique was used. Primary data has been
collected through questionnaires on a five point Likert scale
ranging from (1= strongly disagree and 5= strongly agree).
200 questionnaires were distributed to the management
students of management institutes in Haryana state, out of
which 175 (87.5%) questionnaires were received.
METHODOLOGY
﹡- It explains how the research
was conducted.

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d. Peer teaching will also encourage student’s participation
(Rao and Di Carlo 2000). Rangvid, B. S. (2003) found that
mixing skills influence weak students positively on the other
hand the results for brilliant students were found negative.
Goethals (2001) found that homogeneous group students do
better than heterogeneous group students. Al-Otaibi (1996)
examined the influence of gender on the student’s
performance and found that male students are not better
than female students.
LITERATURE REVIEW
﹡ - It provides a review of what others
have written or researched on concerning
the topic.

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e. The study revealed that there is a
positive and statistically significant
impact of learning facilities,
communication skills and proper
guidance from parents on student
academic performance.
 RESULTS
- present the information gathered
through the research

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f. This study was carried out to investigate the important factors that
influence students’ academic performance. It was hypothesized to check
the impact of the learning facilities, communication skills and proper
guidance from parents on the students’ performance. By using regression
analysis it was found that learning facilities, communication skills and
proper guidance from parents have a positive and statistically
significant impact on students’ performance. The results revealed that
the most important factor is learning facilities, which impact the
students’ performance followed by communication skills and proper
guidance from parents. The outcomes of the study are supported by the
previous studies Irfan & Shabana (2012), Hansen, Joe B., (2000), Noble,
(2006). Irfan & Shabana investigated four different factors that affect
student performance. Hansen, Joe B., showed that students’ performance
depends on learning facilities.
 DISCUSSION
- evaluates the results of the study
or research

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g. The performance of the management students can be
improved by providing them appropriate learning facilities and
management take steps to organize the class for the English
language. Also, students can do well if they are correctly
guided by the teacher and by the parents. Finally, the
limitations of this study are that all students were from
management institutes. Second, the study analyzed the impact
of specific variables on the students’ performance. On the other
hand, other variables such as family income, parent’s
education and educator have not been examined. In this
manner, for further research, these variables could be
analyzed.
CONCLUSION
- provides the summary of the
research

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Thornes Ltd, United Kingdom

Jacobsen, D. A. (2009). Methods for Teaching Promoting Student Learning in

K-12 Classrooms Eighth Edition. Pearson Education, Inc., United States

of America

Corpuz, B. B.,Ph.D. (2015). Principles of Teaching I. Lorimar Publishing, Inc.,

Metro Manila
 REFERENCE/s
- list/s of all the resources used in
the research

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i.
 APPENDIX
- contains other related information such
as graphs, charts, tables, lists

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 Down Across

1. presents background information, 2. explains how the research was

scope, and focus of the research paper conducted
3. provides a review of what others
4. presents the information gathered
have written or researched on
through the research
concerning the topic
6. summarizes all sections and helps 5. a systematic investigation to
readers decide whether or not to read contribute to an existing body of
the entire report knowledge
7. provides the summary of the 9. lists all the sources used in the
research research

8. contains other related information 10. evaluates the results of the study or
such as graphs, charts, tables, lists research

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GUIDELINES
IN
CHOOSING A
RESEARCH

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﹡must be chosen by the researcher
himself
﹡ must be within the interest of the
researcher
﹡ must be within the specialization of the
researcher
﹡ must be within the competence of the
researcher to tackle
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﹡must show the way to or the solution of
the problem or problems intended to be
solved
﹡ must contribute to the development of
goals for the improvement of the quality
of human life
﹡ significant, important, and relevant to
the present time and situation, timely,
and of current interest
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Research topics to be avoided

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﹡ controversial- may tend to be biased or prejudicial
﹡ highly technical – advanced, technical and vast
experience
﹡ hard-to-investigate- no available or not up-to-date
reading materials about it
﹡ too broad-prevent from giving concentrated or an in-
depth analysis of the subject matter
﹡ too narrow- limited or specific
﹡ vague- prevent from having a clear focus
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EXAMPLE RESEARCH TOPICS
AND
RESEARCH QUESTIONS

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