Activity 1

Propose a title for possible research and come up with at least three (3) statements of the
problem or arguments. Prepare an outline which would determine the flow of your research.
Using digital archives, prepare a bibliography of the sources which you can use in your research.
Classify your sources according to type.
Proposed Title: Self-Esteem Issues Statement of the Problem:
1. Self-esteem positively co-relates with the increased academic performance of students.
Research studies show a highly close relationship between the academic achievements of
students and their self-esteem. Most studies have concluded that students with an elevated
level of self-esteem have an important level of academic achievement (Owen, 1992). However,
in the Philippines, most of the studies have been conducted as case studies which could hardly
be generalized. This research, therefore, is beneficial in many ways. First, researchers would
recognize that the cause of low self-esteem is not only based on their academic performance.
Specifically, this research seeks to recognize other factors and potential effects of both low self-
esteem and high self-esteem.
2. Self-esteem is an important part of self and influences facets of the life of human beings. As
school achievement and development have vital roles in defining individuals and deciding their
future futures, enhancing self-esteem in pupils has a remarkable role in improving their real-life
accomplishments during their growth phases from infancy to adulthood. The researchers
decided to explore the connection between self-esteem and student’s achievement in this
study. Student accomplishments primarily through researching the high self-esteem domains
that are assumed to result in high school accomplishment, and those of low self-esteem that
can contribute to low school accomplishment.
3. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the impact and the relationship of self-
esteem and identification with academics on the achievement of Filipino students. The
secondary purpose was to clarify this relationship and determine educational practices and
strategies that might promote achievement among Filipino middle school students.

Activity 2
Get the original copy of your birth certificate issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority
(formerly National Statistics Office) and discuss its (1) competence and impartiality in telling the
truth, (2) willingness in telling the truth and (3) adequacy of data that it conveys. What other
sources do you have at home do you think you can corroborate with your birth certificate? What
corroboration did you establish?
1. Competence and impartiality in telling the truth the competence of my birth certificate, I can
claim, is adequate. Since this paper contains all the knowledge and data about me since I was
born, apart from it coming from a trusted source. This document is also one of the most critical
documents used for identifying a person.
2. Willingness in telling the truth for me, it is not enough to be willing to tell the truth about my
birth certificate. About why? Since there are several situations around the world where the
content of the birth certificate is not realistic, we see in shows that he can alter or add another
information to the birth certificate when paid, the doctor or nurse who makes this paper, even
which is not true. Another explanation I do not agree with the willingness to tell the truth about
the birth certificate is also because of my own birth certificate, where the name of my father is
not indicated, but now he is with me, and I know him.
3. Adequacy of data that it conveys for me, the details on the birth certificate may not be
enough to identify a person. You still need to have a secondary document to prove your
identity, usually in the documents needed when you apply.

Activity 3:
Activity Read the Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General by Santiago Alvarez and
The Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan by Teodoro Agoncillo and
examine their respective claims about the Tejeros Convention. Your answers should be written
comprehensively in the matrix below.

A. Test of Authenticity

Source:
Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General

Brief Description of the Source:

It documents all facets of the revolution in the Philippines. Narrating his author's private
thoughts and observations as a general in the Philippine Revolution.
The Competence of the Author:
He clashed with the Spaniards with his father and cousin in the 1986 Battle of Noveleta. In
Magondon, Magallanes, Alfonso, Silang, Imus, San Francisco de Malabon, and the coastal towns
of Naic and Tanza, he engaged in numerous assaults.

Origin of the Information Narrated:

He was the one who led the revolution from August 1896 to August 1901. He was already
participating as a member and a delegate in the Katipunan. He preserved some notes from his
experience.

Date of the Information and Milieu:

27th March 1897, the spies in the proceedings revealed that a meeting had takenplace at Tanza
Parish House and that the decisions of the supremo about the elections had not been
respected. 25th March 1897, the Tejeros assembly took place.

Source:
The Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan

Brief Description of the Source:

A detailed discussion of the story of Andres Bonifacio's Katipunan and Life.

The Competence of the Author:

He graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a
Master's degree. In 1985, he was appointed the Philippines' National Scientist.
Origin of the Information Narrated:
Based on books and studies.

Date of the Information and Milieu:

1897, April, the town was seized by Spaniards. 22nd March 1897, Aguinaldo's birthday; the war
raged, and the Tejeros Convention held an assembly.

B. Test of Credibility

Source:
Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General

Objectives of the Events:

The aim of the event is to describe where it took place before the revolution broke out; the
election in Tejeros and the events that resulted in the revolution after the death of Andrés
Bonifacio.

Persons Involved in the Event:

Andres Bonifacio, Jacinto Lumbreras ,Mariano Álvarez, Pascual Álvarez, Ariston Villanueva, and
other Magdiwang participants. Aguinaldo Baldomero, Daniel Tirona, Cayetano Topacio, Topacio
Emilio Aguinaldo.
Biases of the Author:
Alvarez may be prejudiced since he is part of Magdiwang Gang.

Similarities and Differences with Other Independent Testimonies:

The parallels are that the Tejeros Convention was stated and the difference is that it
concentrated on the Tejeros Convention election.

Source:
The Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan

Objectives of the Events:

The book explains what happened before, during and after the Convention of Tejeros. It was
said more profoundly than the first source.

Persons Involved in the Event:

Including Andres Bonifacio, Aguinaldo Baldomero, Ariston Villanueva -San
Miguel Mariano, Emilio Aguinaldo, and other Magdiwang participants.

Biases of the Author:

He may be biased because he did not experience it at firsthand, because he learned and read
books about it.
Similarities and Differences with Other Independent Testimonies:
The parallels are that the Tejeros Convention was stated, and the difference is that it
concentrated on the Tejeros Convention election.

C. Finding/Conclusion

In your examination of the sources, what did you find out?

Although Agoncillo wrote what he read and researched about the Tejeros Convention, Alvarez
witnessed what he was writing.