PRACTICAL
RESEARCH 2
DESIGN A RESEARCH USEFUL IN DAILY LIFE
(Week 4)
Information about this ADM learner’s material
The learner demonstrates understanding of:
1. the range of the research topics in the
area of inquiry;
I. Objectives:
2. the value of research in the area of
Ia. Content Standard
interest; and
3. the specificity and feasibility of the
problem posed.
The learner is able to formulate clearly the
Ib. Performance Standard
statement of research problem.
The learner designs a research used in daily
Ic. Learning Competency
life. (CS_RS12-Id-e-1)
II. Content / Topic Design a Research Useful in Daily Life
Warm greetings, everyone!
As we are to adapt to the “new normal”,
innovative and investigative minds are called to
respond. This module is designed to demonstrate your
understanding of the value of research to your area of
interest and the essence of research that is useful in
your daily lives. Learning research will help you
utilize your observations and experiences to bring
forth transformation.
Instructions and related activities are in here to
ignite your curiosity and prepare you for the next
lesson.
For questions and clarifications, do not hesitate
to approach your parents or your teacher.
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Let us begin by setting our objective clearly.
This module aims that at the end of the lesson, you
are able to:
design a research useful in daily life.
Introduction
Research is to see what everybody has seen
and to think what nobody else has thought.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Have you ever wondered how things worked or how things came to reality?
People’s perception of the world is greatly influenced by experiences and
observations. As it is so, the way we look into the world is individually unique. When
we start asking questions, we then open a world of continuous learning and gain
deeper insights to incorporate and improve.
From day to day living to the pressing issues of society, then and now, are
reshaped by the continuous development of research. Research allows the
progression of the community and the evolution of culture. It has always been an
integral part of survival that helped our ancestors hunt and survive. Now, as we explore
new places, create new recipes, investigate new acquired information, solve problems,
undertake a new hobby, and, even as we play, research simply is a part of our lives.
This module will help build your foundation in research by discovering your area of
interest and designing/planning research that you can use in your daily life. Take a
moment to think and observe the things around you, and you may find things worthy of
your curiosity and research. Have fun!
Got it? Let us continue and start the first activity.
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(Activity 1) CHECKLIST!
Instruction: Check any items that seem to apply to you. You may check as many
as you like. Please have a good time and enjoy!
1. I love planting vegetables and cultivating plants.
2. I like reading books.
3. I segregate my waste before disposing it.
4. I enjoy sharing to others what I have learned.
5. I am the kind of person who enjoys selling goods.
6. I am particular about the food I eat.
7. I take vitamins everyday.
8. I consider myself a leader.
9. I enjoy farming.
10. I prefer to study my lessons than go to movies.
11. I enjoy listening to news reports about politics and governance in the country.
12. I want to try new income-generating projects.
13. I love the breeze of nature.
14. I want to become an investor.
15. I love taking care of animals.
16. I like to share my ideas and opinions with other people.
17. I support the clean and green environment advocacy.
18. I love to eat healthy foods.
TALLY SHEET
Instruction: Kindly circle the numbers in the table that correspond to your
checklist. Then count how many circles you have in each column and
write the total number at the bottom of each column.
1 2 3 5 6 8
9 4 13 12 7 11
15 10 17 14 18 16
How many circles
in each column
Health &
Areas Agriculture Education Environment Business
Medicine
Politics
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Job well done! I would like to inform you that this is
not a test, but just for your own information. Through
this, you will be guided to know your preferences that
will help us understand your special ways of
understanding and knowing.
Now, we are going to discover what field or area you have
interest with. The highest total will be your preference/s.
It does not matter how many preferences you will have but
rather what “fits” and seems right for you. Look at the key
below to discover your preferences.
(Activity 2)
Instruction: Based on your result in Activity 1, answer the following questions
below.
1. What areas of research interest were your top two (2)?
,
2. From your top two, which would you like to explore further?
This time, you are going to learn more how to design
a research project that will surely be useful in your
daily life. As you move along with this topic, you will
appreciate how to select a research topic that is
relevant. This can be started by designing a research
that will influence your daily life.
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Lesson: Design a Research Useful in Daily Life
Planning is the first step in doing research, and it is an essential part that a
researcher must consider. Using one's interest in designing research is a starting point
in the topic selection that will lead to choosing appropriate topics to research. The
researcher must dig deeply from his area of interest to bring out the idea on what topic
to select that can be useful in daily life. It is said that without a conceptually sound
beginning, middle and end of any process is scrambled or disorganized (McKenna &
McKenna, 2000).
Things to consider in designing a research:
1. Area of interest. This is where you draw an idea of what possible research topic
you are curious about. Choose a topic that is interesting to you. To know your
interest, you have to consider a lot of possible likes and wants. For example,
what are your talents, skills, or intelligence/s that you possessed? Or even what
particular course or subject you like? These are just a few from the many areas
of interest that an individual has. It is also things you have caught your attention
and aroused your interest like, the one you read in the newspaper or heard on
the radio and television.
2. Timeliness and Relevance. The research interest is timely and is related to the
present issues that the society is facing.
3. Clear and Specific Goal/s. Specific refers to the degree to which your research
topic is focused. You need to specify your research issue/s and the objectives of
your study. If you intend to study on environment problems, you need to specify
what area or specific environmental problem are your referring to and what
specific objectives that you would to like to answer.
4. Contribution. Ask yourself, what changes will my research contribute to the
world around me? Your preference must be a topic that can be useful in daily life.
You will not limit yourself to your ―wants‖ and ―likes‖, it will not end there. But also its
possible contributions that can be used in your day to day living. Conducting
research useful in daily life has become more sophisticated but also easier than
ever (Csikszentmihalyi, 2011).
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5. Availability of Information. Collecting a lot of information as evidence to
support your claims about your research interest from varied forms of literature
like books journals and newspapers, among others, is a part of any research
work. Hence, in choosing a research topic, visit your library and other sources of
information to check the availability of reading materials on your chosen topic.
Example:
Monica is a Grade 12 student and has a strong interest in solving environmental
problems. During the COVID-19 outbreak, she noticed that facemasks and gloves are
polluting the rivers. She conducted a study to determine the disposal practices of
facemasks and gloves among households in Davao City. Her study served as a concrete
basis for the Local Government Units to strengthen their current program on solid waste
management.
Research Project Design
Area of Purpose of the Target Contribution
Interest Study Respondents
Environment To determine the Households in Strengthen LGU
disposal practices Davao City current program on
of facemasks and solid waste
gloves management
Following the template above, this example shows that Monica
designed/planned a research study that can contribute to the pressing issue of our
society today. She incorporated her interest as an environmental advocate to a
problem that makes an impact in her daily life.
Now that you already have an idea on what to consider
before designing a research project, we can proceed
practicing what you have learned.
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(Activity 3) INTEREST AND USEFULNESS!
Instruction: Fill in the appropriate boxes in the template below. Your answers will
be based on the given scenario. An example is provided for you.
Scenario:
The traditional face to face classroom instruction has been discouraged in this
new normal. Issues arise on what preferred learning modality is efficient during this
pandemic. DepEd researchers conducted an online survey to the parents to determine
their preferred mode of learning for their students. The findings served as basis in
deciding what modality/ies is/are best for the students.
Purpose of the Target
Area of Interest Contribution
Study Respondents
Amazing students!
Did you find it easy determining the value of
research in the area of interest? How about determining
the usefulness of research in daily life?
I hope through this activity you can design a
research useful in everyday life.
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1. In designing a research project useful for daily life, you need to keep in mind the
following elements:
a. Area of Interest;
b. Problem;
c. Kind of Quantitative Research;
d. Purpose of the Study; and
e. Target Respondents.
(Activity 4.1) DESIGNING MY RESEARCH PROJECT
Instruction: Fill in the blanks. Write your corresponding answers to the space
provided. Follow the guide statements under each blank.
I am . I am interested in .
(name) (area of interest)
I want to design a research project about .
(topic that relates to the area of interest)
I believe that it is useful in my daily life because
. The contribution of this study to
(purpose/reason why it is useful in your daily life)
the society is/are
(contribution)
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(Activity 4.2)
Instruction: Complete the template below using your answers in Activity 4.1
Research Design Project
Purpose of the Target
Area of Interest Contribution
Study Respondents
Congratulations!
You already reached the end of the module. Do not
limit yourself! You can also explore issues or current
events that might be caught your interest and start
thinking about the contributions it may give to our
society. Remember, “Never stop learning because life
never stop teaching” (unknown).
References
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2011). Handbook of research methods for studying daily life.
Guilford Press.
McKenna, B. J., & McKenna, J. J. (2000). Selecting topics for research writing projects.
The English Journal, 89(6), 53-58.
Williamson, G. R. & Whittaker, A. (2011). Succeeding in research projects plans and
literature reviews for nursing students. Cathedral Yard. Learning Matters Ltd.
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PRACTICAL
RESEARCH 2
RESEARCH TITLE
(Week 4)
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Information about this ADM learner’s material
The learner demonstrates understanding of
1. the range of the research topics in the
area of inquiry;
I. Objectives:
2. the value of research in the area of
Ia. Content Standard
interest; and
3. the specificity and feasibility of the
problem posed.
The learner is able to formulate clearly the
Ib. Performance Standard
statement of research problem.
The learner writes a research title. (CS_RS12-
Ic. Learning Competency
Id-e-2)
II. Content / Topic Research Title
Dear SHS Learner,
How are you today? Do you wonder how the
titles in some research papers are crafted? I’m sure you
find it hard to imagine any research papers or books to
have no titles at all?
In this module, we will learn to appreciate how to
formulate a quantitative research title. It might be that
a lot of questions are bugling in your mind when your
teacher asks you to make a title for your research
paper. Like, what is the role of a title and its nature?
How do I know if the title of my research paper is
appropriate? What are the standards on how to do it?
Together, we will learn all these concepts using this
module.
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This module will guide you in understanding how to
write a research title. To make you a more competent SHS
learner, let us first set our objectives:
1. recognize the characteristics of a good
quantitative research title; and
2. write a quantitative research title following the
guidelines given.
Introduction
Title is the gateway to the contents of any scientific or research paper. A good
research title can introduce the research work to its fullest extent but in a concise
manner. It condenses the article content into a few words and still able to hold
readers’ attention (Bavdekar, 2016).
Research title is a product of your reflective moments in which rich ideas may
flow one after the other. Crafting a research title is not like a manna that will fall from
heaven and hooray you have now a title. This is a consequence of real world
observations, dilemmas, wide reading, selective viewing and meaningful interactions
with significant others and deep reflections. It is like you brainstorm with your own self
constantly. It can come from a single idea, and eventually, after further thinking and
reflection, this will lead you into shaping that idea.
Your research problem or inquiry can be capsulized into your research title. In
addition, it is important to take into consideration the recognition of the variables
present in your study. Remember, in order to create sound quantitative titles, variables
are main framework to keep in mind. Of course, great care must be taken in the
formulation of the research title. It must plainly reflect the topic of the investigation. It
must be original, clear, concise, specific and simple. Remember that your research title
plays a vital role as part of the entire framework of your research study. By reading this
module, you will be informed as a researcher the basic concepts on how to formulate
research titles.
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Got it? Let us continue and start the first activity.
(Activity 1) WHAT’S THE TITLE?
Instruction: Identify the following words/phrases whether it is a Movie,
Koreanovela or Song.
Crash Landing on You Stairway to Heaven
Hindi Tayo Pwede Make It With You
Kalawakan Beauty and the Beast
General Luna Binibining Marikit
Avengers End Game Descendants of the Sun
The Mall the Merrier The Last Empress
Mabagal Maleficent
Great!
You’ve made a progress, and you’ve got what it takes
how a brilliant SHS learner can do. The activity you
just performed is a drill for you in learning our lesson
better. More than anyone else, you are now ready for
another series of exercise to learn more on
quantitative research title.
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(Activity 2)
1. What is the common idea among those words/phrases mentioned in Activity 1?
Hello Learner!
Today is the perfect time for you to learn more
about what is a quantitative research title. By reading this
module, you will be able to recognize the characteristics
of a good quantitative research title and eventually
formulate a quantitative research title following the
guidelines given.
Similarly, you will understand more about the
nature, its role and many more. So, keep on reading. Let
them see that a learner like you can go an extra mile for
the love of learning. Good luck!
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Lesson: Research Title
Title is the gateway to the contents of a research paper. Academic titles must be
clear enough to convey the main elements of the research. It has 3 or more of the
elements that show WHAT, WHO, WHERE, WHEN, and HOW of the study and is
parsimonious or simple.
WHAT words list the variables or constructs the study explore
WHO words name the people, groups, sample or population
WHERE words suggest the region, organization, place or location of the study
WHEN words tell the time frame of the study
HOW words tell about the research design or how data was collected or
analyzed
FRAMING THE TITLE
What are the standards in writing the research title?
A research title may…
list key variables (independent and/or dependent variables)
identify respondents and their location
define its research design (if applicable or optional)
be written in scientific or technical style
be concise and non-repetitive
TYPES OF TITLES
There are three types of title that are commonly used in journal articles and other
academic or scientific papers. Each can be used to attract different types of audience.
1. DECLARATIVE title declares the results of the study and its summary.
Example:
A Three-Month Weight Loss Program Increases Self-Esteem in Adolescent
Girls
Note: This is a working title at
the beginning of the study.
This type of title must depend
on the result of the study.
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2. DESCRIPTIVE titles often include details about the methods used to conduct the
study rather than the findings.
Example:
The Effects of Family Support on Patients with Dementia
3. INTERROGATIVE title poses the research in the form of a question—commonly
avoiding the inclusion of any details of the study itself.
Example:
Does cognitive training improve performance on pattern recognition tasks?
ATTRIBUTES OF A GOOD TITLE
1. Informs the reader accurately about the contents of the paper.
2. Simple, direct, clear, brief and informative. It should convey information a
precise manner.
3. Does not contain abbreviations or jargon.
4. Does not contain numerical values of the parameters.
STRATEGIES FOR RESEARCH TITLE DEVELOPMENT
1. Single Title – presents a simple-statement research title
Ex: The Satisfaction Level of SHS Students on School Programs
2. Double Title - presents a two-statement research title
Ex: The Satisfaction Level of SHS Students on School Programs: Comparing
the Difference between Grade 11 and 12
See! You’re a real champ!
By this time, you are now good at what is a
quantitative research title all about. Remember this,
you can always be better.
It’s time to prove and flex that wit you have.
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(Activity 3) CREATING RESEARCH TITLE
Instruction: Using the phrases below, rearrange them properly to create a
research title.
Example 1:
in Davao City
Nutritional Status Among Grade-12
Reading Skills National High
and Dalton Students
School
Nutritional Status and Reading Skills Among Grade-12 Dalton Students in
independent variable dependent variable respondents
Davao City National High School
location
Example 2:
in Calinan National of Senior High Comparative Study Microsoft Office
High School School Students on the Competence
Comparative Study on the Microsoft Office Competence of Senior High School Students
method independent variable respondents
in Calinan National High School
location
========================================================================
of Public Hospitals Among Healthcare Attitude towards
Knowledge and
in Region XI Workers COVID-19
1.
independent variable dependent variable respondents
location
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Social Media in Sta. Ana National and Academic Among SHS
Usage High School Success Learners
2.
independent variable dependent variable respondents
location
National Certificate
A Comparative Among TVL in Davao City National
Assessment
Study Students High School:
Preparedness
3.
independent variable respondents location
method
and Academic Access to Among Grade during COVID- in Daniel R.
Performance Educational 7 Students 19 Pandemic Aguinaldo
Technology National High
School
4.
independent variable dependent variable duration
respondents location
You have gone so much already, and I wish you enjoyed! At
this juncture, let us enumerate the key concepts of this
lesson. Bring these with you as you will learn more on your
next lessons.
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1. To formulate a research title, the following elements are essential:
a. list of key variables;
b. respondents and their location;
c. research design (if applicable or optional); and
d. scientific or technical style of writing.
(Activity 4) LET’S CREATE
Instruction: Based from your identified research project design and knowledge
on variables, make your own quantitative research title.
Rubric for Research Title
Excellent Fair Poor
(15 points) (10 points) (5 points)
Three (3) or more main Less than 3 main essential Less than 3 main essential
elements in framing a title elements in framing a title elements in framing a title
are present. The research are present. The research are present. The research
title is written in scientific or title is somehow written in title is verbose and with
technical style. It is direct, scientific or technical style, ambiguous information.
clear, brief and informative but with ambiguous
information.
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Congratulations! Such an amazing effort!
From the beginning, we all know that you are
destined to make it big, and you just did it once again
today. I am sure writing a background of the study
will be much easier for you just like singing a..b..c…
For any questions and clarification, do not
hesitate to contact your teacher.
References
Bavdekar, S. (2016). Formulating the right title for a research. The Journal of the
Association of Physicians of India, 64(2).
Schmieder, E. (2018). How to write an engaging title for your academic journal article.
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for-your-academic-journal-
article/#:~:text=Three%20types%20of%20titles%20are,the%20results%20of%20th
e%20study.
Sacred Heart University (n.d.). Organizing academic research papers: Choosing a title.
Retrieved from https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29803&p=185911
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