HOW TO WRITE AN

ACTION RESEARCH
PROPOSAL
Presenter:
GINALYN A. COMENDADOR
OBJECTIVES

1. Describe the parts of an Action

Research Proposal.

2. Encourage participants to
write an Action Research Proposal
DepEd Basic Education Research Agenda (BERA)

All public elementary, secondary, stand-alone

senior high schools, and integrated schools
teachers, administrators, and Non-teaching
personnel shall be encouraged to conduct
basic research for school administrators and
non-teaching personnel and action research
for teachers (DepEd Order No. 39, s. 2016).
 ACTION RESEARCH WRITING

• Problem
• Solution
• How do we measure the
effectiveness of the solution
“Without data, you’re just another
person with an opinion.”

- W. Edwards Deming
PARTS OF AN ACTION
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
I. CONTEXT AND RATIONALE
II. ACTION RESEARCH QUESTIONS
III. PROPOSED INNOVATION, INTERVENTION, AND
STRATEGY
IV. ACTION RESEARCH METHODS
a. Participants and/or other sources of Data and
Information
b. Data Gathering Methods
c. Data Analysis Plan
V. ACTION RESEARCH WORK PLAN AND TIMELINES
VI. COST ESTIMATES
VII. PLANS FOR DISSEMINATION AND UTILIZATION
VIII. REFERENCES
 I. CONTEXT AND RATIONALE

• Presents the general description of the

problem or issue
• Explains the need to conduct the AR as a way to
address or improve the situation

• Current Situation
• Baseline Data
• Contextualized
 II. ACTION RESEARCH QUESTION

• It should be related to the title and must not include

questions that can be readily answered and are not
necessary in the data analysis.
• There must be one (1) main AR question: Did the
intervention help in solving the identified problem
• Ex. Is there a significant difference between
the scores before and after the intervention?
 II. ACTION RESEARCH QUESTION
• It should be related to the title and must not include
questions that can be readily answered and are not
necessary for the data analysis.
Ex. How many students got a score of 75 and below
in Math 7 1st quarter?
• Do not include the demographic profile of students if
it will not be used in the data analysis.
• Ex. What is the demographic profile of the
respondent? - Why do you need to ask?
III. PROPOSED
INTERVENTION/INNOVATION/STRATEGY

• Brief description of your

intervention/innovation/strategy

• What is its difference from the old way

you are solving the problem?
III. PROPOSED
INTERVENTION/INNOVATION/STRATEGY

• What are your activities? How will you

carry out these activities?

• When will you carry them out?

 IV. ACTION RESEARCH METHODS
a. Participants
• Describe your participants. Who are the
identified participants in the study?
• Ex. Grade 7 students in school A for SY 2023-2024

• Why do you want to include them in your study? Ex. They are
students identified as SARDO’s/non-readers, etc.
 IV. ACTION RESEARCH METHODS
b. Data Gathering Methods
• Presents the general description of the method(s) to
be employed, how and when will the data be
collected (ex. Pretest and post-test)
• Research instruments, if any should be described
(ex. Test, scale, survey questionnaire, checklist, etc.) and should
be appropriate for obtaining the desired kind of data/information.
• It should be aligned with the research
question(s).
 IV. ACTION RESEARCH METHODS
c. Data Analysis Plan
• How the gathered data will be analyzed
• Techniques (qualitative, quantitative, or both), as
well as tools (software) to be employed
• It should be appropriate to the nature of the data
to be gathered for addressing the research
question(s).
 V. ACTION RESEARCH WORK PLAN AND
TIMELINES

• List of major activities and their

timelines
• Realistic timelines that show concretely how the AR
will unfold over the allowed period of time
 VI. COST ESTIMATES

• Detailed breakdown of items with their

corresponding cost
• Reasonably reflects the funding needs of the Action
research
VII. PLANS FOR DISSEMINATION AND
UTILIZATION

• Describe how will you

communicate your result and how
it will be utilized in the field
VIII. REFERENCES

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