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CPS 320 RESEARCH 1

(FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH
WITH THESIS PROPOSAL DEFENSE)

FIRST SEMESTER ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020

DR. NIMFA C. GAMBAN, RGC
 WHAT’S IN STORE FOR YOU
TODAY 

Course
Orientation
Definition of
Research
Values of
Research to Man
 COURSE ORIENTATION
 Course Code: CPS 320
 Course Title: Research 1(Fundamentals of Research with Thesis
Proposal Defense)
 Credit Units: 3 Units
 Course Description: The subject deals with the introduction to
research, its definition, goals and purpose. It is designed to familiarize
the students with the basic concepts of preparing the preliminaries,
section and subsections, components and other requirements of
Chapters 1-3 of a research proposal to include the instrument to be
used in Thesis Writing II. The students will be required to identify a
specific area and come up with a thesis title for approval which will
serve as the basis for the progressive formulation of the thesis work.
 Program Outcomes:
 Professionalism, Leadership, and Administration and Governance
 COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics Assessment Tasks

First Meeting: Lesson Exam:

Course Orientation and Pre-test and
Characteristics of Research Post-test
• Orientation
• Meaning of research Performance
1 • Values of research to man Tasks:
(Aug. 6-9 2019)
Oral
Second Meeting: presentation
• Characteristics of a researcher Portfolio
• Kinds of research
• Ethics in research
COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics

First Meeting:
Research Problem and Hypothesis
The research problem
Characteristics of a research problem
Sources of research problem
Criteria of a good research problem
2
(Aug. 13-16, Second Meeting:
2019) • Hypothesis
• Types of hypothesis
• Acceptance and Rejection of hypothesis
• Theoretical framework
• Conceptual framework
• Significance of the study
• Scope and Limitations of the study
• Definition of terms
COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics

First Meeting:

Related Literature Review

Related Legal Basis
Related Literature
3 Related Studies
(Aug. 20-23, Start of writing of Thesis Proposal for Chapter 1
2019)
Second Meeting:

APA manual writing style.

Writing of Thesis Proposal for Chapter 1
COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics

First Meeting:

Research Methods
Historical Method
Descriptive Method

4 Second Meeting:
(Aug. 27-30,
2019) Experimental Method
Case study design

Writing of Thesis Proposal for Chapter 1

COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics

First Meeting:

Qualities of a Good Research Instrument

Validity
Reliability
5 Writing of Thesis Proposal for Chapter 1
(Sept. 3-6,
2019) Second Meeting:

Practicability
Justness, morality, and honesty.
Writing of Thesis Proposal for Chapter 1
COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics

First Meeting:

Sampling Designs
Benefits of Sampling
Limitations of Sampling
Planning a sample survey
6 Determination of Sample Size
(Sept. 3-6, Sampling Designs
2019)
Second Meeting:

Scientific Sampling
Non-scientific sampling
Start Writing of Thesis Proposal for Chapter 2
COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics

7
(Sept. 9-13,
Preliminary Examinations
2019)
COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics
First Meeting:
Data Processing, Statistical Treatment, Analysis, and Interpretation
Data Processing
Statistical Treatment
Data Matrix
Data Analysis
Multivariate Analysis
Normative Analysis
8
(Sept. 17-20, Second Meeting:
2019) Status Analysis
Descriptive Analysis
Classification Analysis
Evaluative Analysis
Comparative Analysis
Experimental Research
Cost-Effective Analysis
Start Writing of Thesis Proposal for Chapter 2
 COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics
First Meeting:

9-10 Writing Chapter 1

(Sept. 24-27,
Oct. 3-6, 2019) Second Meeting:

Writing Chapter 1
First Meeting:

Literature Gathering, Educational Tour to Different Libraries

11
(Oct. 13-16,
Second Meeting:
2019)

Writing Chapter 2
COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics
First Meeting:

12 Literature Gathering, Educational Tour to Different Libraries

(Oct. 20-23,
2019)
Second Meeting:
Writing Chapter 2

13
(Oct. 27-30,
2019)
Midterm Examinations
COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics
First Meeting:

14 Writing Chapter 3
(Nov. 5-8,
2019) Second Meeting:

Writing Chapter 3

First Meeting:

15 Writing Research Instrument

(Nov. 12-15,
2019) Second Meeting:

Writing Research Instrument

COURSE MEETINGS & TOPICS
Week Topics
First Meeting:

16-17 Mock Defense and Critiquing

(Nov. 19-22,
2019) Second Meeting:

Mock Defense and Critiquing

First Meeting:

18 Revision of Approved Thesis Proposal

(Nov. 12-15,
2019) Second Meeting:

Revision of Approved Thesis Proposal

 ASSESSMENT TASKS

1) Classroom participation
2) Graded recitation
3) Lesson examination: paper and pencil
test (5 mins)
4) Reflective reading (10 mins)
5) Research and Journal Writing (15 mins)
 MAIN REFERENCE

Research and Thesis Writing

with Statistics and Computer
Application, Revised Edition, by
Laurentina Paler-Calmorin, PhD.
 LESSON MANUSCRIPT
I. INTRODUCTION

A. Preparatory Activities (10 mins.)

 Marcher’s Report
 Opening Prayer
 Checking of Attendance
 Administrative Announcements
 Clarification of personal learning/leveling of expectation

A. Developmental Activities (10 mins.)

 Research Literature and experiences
 Reflection on presented research literature and experiences
 LESSON MANUSCRIPT
C. PRESENTATION (40 mins)
 Introduce and discuss the lesson for the day
 Emphasize the key points
 Summarize the lessons/important points discussed
 Integration of class discussion and its significance to public
safety.
 What are the implications to public safety?
D. ASSESSMENT TASKS
 Classroom participation
 Graded recitation
 Lesson examination: paper and pencil test (5 mins)
 Reflective reading (10 mins)
 Research and Journal Writing (15 mins)
 Research is defined as the
scientific investigation of
phenomena, which includes
the collection, presentation,
analysis, and interpretation of
data or facts that link man’s
speculation of reality
 VALUES OF RESEARCH TO MAN

1) Research improves the quality of life

2) Research improves instruction and
students’ achievements
3) Research reduces the burden of work
 VALUES OF RESEARCH TO MAN

4) Research satisfies man’s needs

5) Research improves the exportation of
food products
6) Research improves teacher’s
competence
 VALUES OF RESEARCH TO MAN

7) Research responds to the country’s

effort to economic recovery
8) Research trains graduates to respond
to the socioeconomic development of
the society and to compete globally
9) Research makes the country great
again
PERSONAL LEVEL
 QUIZ #1

1)Course Code
2)Course Title
3)3-5: Give 3 things that you have
learned about research

A RESEARCH
PROBLEM IS AN
ISSUE OR
CONCERN THAT
AN
INVESTIGATOR
PRESENTS AND
JUSTIFIES IN A
RESEARCH
STUDY

WHAT IS A RESEARCH PROBLEM?

It establishes the WHY IS
importance of the
topic.
It creates reader
interest.
It focuses the
reader’s attention on
how the study will
add to the literature.
THE TOPIC, PROBLEM, PURPOSE, AND
QUESTIONS

General Topic Job Motivation

Research Employees’ poor job

Problem performance

Purpose To study why employees are

Statement obtaining poor performance rating

Research What are the factors that will

Question improve motivation among
Specific employees?
 DETERMINING WHETHER A PROBLEM
SHOULD BE RESEARCHED

 Can you study the problem?

 Do you have access to the
research site?
 Do you have the time, resources,
and skills to carry out the
research?
 Should you study the problem?
 Does it advance knowledge?
 Does it contribute to practice?
Determining whether a problem should be researched (cont’d)

 Will your study fill a gap or void in the existing literature?

 Will your study replicate a past study but examine different participants and
different research sites?
 Will your study extend past research or examine the topic more thoroughly?
 Will your study give voice to people not heard, silenced, or rejected in society?
 Will your study inform practice?
 FIVE ELEMENTS OF A “PROBLEM STATEMENT”
FLOW OF IDEAS

What
Remedying
Evidence Deficiencies
The the Deficiencies
Topic for the in the
Issue Will Do for
Issue Evidence
Select
Subject •Evidence •In this body Audiences
•A concern
area from of
•A problem How will
•Something the evidence, addressing
that needs literature what what we need to
a solution •Evidence is missing? know help:
from •What do we – researchers
practical need to – educators
experiences – policy makers
know
– individuals such
more about?
as
those in the
study
 JUSTIFYING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
RESEARCH PROBLEM

 Justification based on what other

researchers have found
 Justification based on personal or
workplace experiences
 Justification based on the
experiences others have had in the
workplace
Identifying deficiencies in
the evidence

 What do we still
need to know?
 What else do we
need to know to
improve practice?
IDENTIFY THE
AUDIENCE

Ask the following question: “Who will profit from

reading our study?”

 Other researchers
 Practitioners
 Policy makers
 Special populations (e.g., parents)
 WORKSHOP: COMPLETE THE FLOW OF IDEAS IN
RESEARCH PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION

FLOW OF IDEAS

What
Remedying
Evidence Deficiencies
the Deficiencies
Topic Issue for the in the
Will Do for
Issue Evidence
Select
Subject •Evidence •In this body Audiences
•A concern
area from of
•A problem How will
•Something the evidence, addressing
that needs literature what what we need to
a solution •Evidence is missing? know help:
from •What do we – researchers
practical need to – educators
– policy makers
know
– individuals such
experiences more about?
as
those in the
study
 RESEARCH TITLES
(BS PSYCHOLOGY 2015-2016)

 Work Motivation and Work Performance of the Staff Nurses at Mary Mediatrix Medical
Center
 Perceived Level of Awareness in the Senior High School Tracks of Selected Private and
Public High School Students in Tanauan City: Basis for the Development of Senior
High School Tracks Interest Test
 Parenting Style and Classroom Management of Single and Dual Parent Teachers of
Selected Public Schools in Tanauan City, Batangas
 RESEARCH TITLES
(BS PSYCHOLOGY 2015-2016)

 The Effects of Structured Learning Experience Module on the Psychological Well-Being

of the Residents in Children’s Joy Foundation, Inc. Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna
 The Dimensions of Psychological Adjustments of FAITH’s Dormitory Dwellers: Inputs
to the Development of the FAITH ASEAN Residences Intervention Program
 Challenges Influencing the Personality Development of Adolescents Belonging to
Blended Families
 RESEARCH TITLES
(BS PSYCHOLOGY 2015-2016)

 Developed Competencies among FAITH Fidelis Senior High and Job Competencies
Required by Companies in Accepting Senior High School Graduates as Basis for Job Fit
 Work Engagement and Organizational Commitment of the Employees of Company X
 Pagtahak sa Daan Patungong Bahaghari: Isang Penomenolohikal na Pag-aaral ng mga
Pamilyadong Heterosekswal na nagging Homosekswal sa Tanauan City
 RESEARCH TITLES
(ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD)

 Sager, J. (2015). The relationship between academic and psychological help seeking and
attachment styles.
 Balsmeyer, L. (2014). Second and fifth grade children's attitudes towards autism
spectrum disorder (ASD).
 Scelsa, V. (2014). Effect of gender and type of gaming on aggressive and prosocial
behavior.
 RESEARCH TITLES
(ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD)

 Gonzalez, B. and Thomann, L. (2016). Learn 2 Learn: A metacognitive intervention for

6th and 8th grade students.
 Caporale, E. (2016). Enriching student success through metacognitive school-based
intervention: Following students from middleschool into high school.
 Schnackner, J. and Fulton, M. (2015). Enhancing metacognition and mindfulness in
middle school students: Can simultaneous interventions improve academic performance?
 Godfrey, T. and Lopez, M. (2014). Learn 2 learn:a metacognitive intervention.
 RESEARCH TITLES
(ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD)

 Rock, D. (2016). Parent report on the impact a service dog has on children with autism
spectrum disorder.
 Wadhwa, N. (2015). Are the self-stimulatory behaviors that children with autism engage
in addicitive?
 Brattan, L. (2016). Factors that promote engagement in a youth violence prevention
program.
 RESEARCH TITLES
(ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD)

 Long, M. (2015). A longitudinal examination of parental and peer attachment and its
association with college adjustment and risky behavior during the college years.
 Rorer, K. (2015). The effect of relationship education on college students' negative
affect, relationship beliefs, and risky sexual behavior.
 Reingold, R. (2014). An exploratory study of college students' attitudes about ecstasy.
 Young, M. (2014). College students' perceived risks of ecstasy use and the state of
ecstasy prevention.
REFERENCES

 http://www.trincoll.edu/Academics/MajorsAndMinors/Psychology/Pages/Student
-Research-Titles.aspx
 http://www.unisa.edu.au/Research/CHRM/Study-with-us/Potential-topics-for-
students/