Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

Writing Review of Literature
Name of Learner: _____________________________________ ____
Grade Level: 11___________________________________ ____
Strand/Track: STEM, ABM, HUMSS/ACADEMIC; IA _________
Section: __________________________________________
Date: __________________________________________
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A. Background Information for Learners

The lesson involves writing Chapter 1 of the Research Paper. Activities for this lesson will allow the
learners to determine their topic for research as well as provide title and the research problems.
B. Learning Competency with code

 selects relevant literature (CS_RS11-IIIf-j-1)

 cites related literature using standard style (CS_RS11-IIIf-j-2)
 synthesizes information from relevant literature (CS_RS11-IIIf-j-3)
 writes coherent review of literature (CS_RS11-IIIf-j-4)

C. Directions/ Instructions
As you are going through with this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Read and follow each direction carefully.
2. Accomplish each activity for the mastery of competency.
3. Use the learning activity sheets with care.
4. Record your points for each activity.
5. Always aim to get at least 80% of the total number of given items.
6. Contact your teacher through messenger or text if questions arise.

Week 5: DAY 1
D. Exercises / Activities
D.1 INTRODUCTION
a. What I Need to Know?
At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to:
a. Define the value of related literature in any research undertaking
b. Apply the process of review of related literature
c. Write coherent review of related literature applying the standard of citing sources

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b. What’s New?
ACTIVITY 1: “Lie Detector Test!”
Directions: Read each statement carefully. Write TRUTH if the statement is correct and LIE if it is wrong.
______________1. Once a research topic is already determined, the researcher must look for academic and
research journals, books, and other similar documents related to his/her research topic.
______________2. Conducting a literature review is essential because it prevents duplication of studies and
helps avoid problems that others have encountered.
______________3. Fusing your world understanding with the author’s world perceptions enables you to get
a good analysis of the existing written works that are related to your research study.
______________4. A good research is designed to build on and use existing knowledge.
______________5. The library and the internet are the common sources of literature.

ACTIVITY 2: “Not Just a Typical Act”

Directions: Researchers need to familiarize themselves with types of sources before they begin to search
for information related to the research question. Determine the type of source the following belong. Choose
the answer from the Word Pool.
General References Primary Sources Secondary Sources Tertiary Sources
____________ 1. Professional Journals _____________ 6. Speeches
____________ 2. Text Books _____________ 7. Research Reports
____________ 3. Universities Research Journals _____________ 8. Broadsheets
____________ 4. Academic Journals of an Organization _____________ 9. Magazines
____________ 5. Conference Proceedings _____________ 10. Monographs

1. Even amidst the pandemic where no libraries are open for academicians and researchers like you, can
you still search for various references you need? How?
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2. Is related literature important? Why do you say so?

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Week 5: DAY 2
D.2 DEVELOPMENT
a. What I Know?

Activity 3: “Let’s Go Searching!”

Directions: During the previous weeks, you and your research buddies were tasked to give researchable
topics in which you practiced determining problems or issues behind or related to them. Now, it’s about time
to search for at least 10 sources that you can consider as literatures related to your research topic. Use the
matrix that follows. An example is provided to serve as guide.

Proposed Research Title:

Qualitative analysis of the impact of lifestyle habits on patients suffering from COVID-19

Title of Literature Publisher/Website

1. The impact of individual https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0241540
lifestyle and status on the
acquisition of COVID-19
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Week 5: DAY 3
b. What’s In?
Activity 4: “On Your Mark!”
Directions: Now you have your list of literatures you searched with your team. At this point, using the
template that follows, indicate the necessary details as preliminary in writing your RRL. An example is given
to serve as your guide.

Qualitative analysis of the impact of lifestyle habits on patients

Research Title
suffering from COVID-19

Title of Related Type Topic / Main Idea Author / Publisher /

Literature Access Point
1. The impact of General Effects of COVID Chang Gao, Zhi Zhao, Fengyuan Li, (2020).
individual lifestyle and Reference – 19 on behavior and Plos One
status on the acquisition Research lifestyle https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241540
of COVID-19: A Case- Article
Control Study
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Activity 5: “Look Back!”

Directions: In the previous task, recall how you were able to come up with 10 related literatures by
answering the following questions.

1. Having a vast of literatures available, what are the things you considered in selecting literatures for your
research study?
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2. Where did you get/accessed your related literatures? What are the common types of literatures you
found?
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3. By identifying main idea/topic of the literatures, do you find commonalities with your present research?
What about differences?
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Week 5: DAY 4

c. What Is It?

Activity 6: “Feeding the Mind”

Directions: Read the handouts attached to the activity sheets to further give you knowledge and learnings
as you are headed to writing a coherent related literature review.

Week 6: DAY 1

D.3 ENGAGEMENT

d. What’s More?
Activity 7. “The Power of 3”
Directions: Study the given references. Identify the ways on how they were cited. Choose from APA
(American Psychological Association), MLA (Modern Language Association), and CMS (Chicago Manual of
Style).

_____ 1. Choi et al. (2013) reported ….

_____ 2. Research is …. (Robinson & Levin, 1997)
_____ 3. (Munro et al. 70)
_____ 4. According to the Department of Education (2013) ….
_____ 5. Orleans, Nueva España, Palomar, Camacho et al. (2014) argued …
_____ 6. Joe Mason in 1904 ("All Things Nittany")
_____ 7. Briones (2009) explained ….
_____ 8. (Gass and Varonis 143; Thomas 24)
_____ 9. Marshall, “Graphic Novel in Running for Man Booker Prize.”
_____ 10. Smith argued that … (as cited in Johnson, 2005, p. 92)

ACTIVITY 8: “Give to Whom the Credit is Due”

Directions: Referring to the literature titles that you listed in the previous tasks, make a draft of your
Reference List or Bibliography by using the APA format. You may refer to the handouts about the guidelines
of Citing Sources.

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 REFERENCES
Li, S., & Seale, C. (2007). Learning to do qualitative data analysis: An observational study
of doctoral work. Qualitative Health Research, 17, 1442–1452.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732307306924

Week 4: DAY 2-4

e. What I Can Do?

Activity 9: “RRL in the Writing”

Directions: With your research team, write your Review of Related Literature (Chapter 2). You may
collaborate with one another using online platforms convenient for you. Make sure to follow the guidelines
and ethical standards in writing RRL observing the following steps:

a. Introduction
b. Body
c. Synthesis
d. Bibliography

a. What other enrichment activities can I engage in?

Activity 10: “Helping Hands”

Directions: Perform Virtual Meeting with you research team using either Messenger, Google Meet, or Zoom
Meeting and discuss your experience on writing your Review of Related Literature. You may tackle as to how
your RRL can be further enriched. You may document your virtual meeting by sending photos to your PR 1
Group Chats.
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D.4 ASSIMILATION

a. Assessment
Activity 11: “True Colors”
Directions: Read the following statements. Write YES is the sentence is correct and NO, it is false.

____ 1. Doing a literature search alone proves that literature review writing is an interconnected process.
____ 2. Primary source is better than secondary source.
____ 3. You begin your review of related literature by peer-reviewed journals.
____ 4. Higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) take place extensively in literature-review reading and writing.
____ 5. Choose previous research findings that are closely related to your research.

b. What Can I Show?

Activity 12: “Finishing Touches”
Directions: With your research group, review how the ideas and concepts contributed by the related
literatures helped you in pursuing your research topic. Then, submit your accomplished RRL to the Google
Drive Link which will be posted in our PR 1 Group Chats.

D. Reflection
Reviewing literatures related to our research study is important because ________________
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E. References

Abadiano, Mark N. 2016. Research in Daily Life 1: Qualitative Research Method. Manila: Cronica
Bookhaus

Baraceros, Ester L. 2019. Practical Research 1. P. Florentino St., Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City:
Rex Book Store, Inc.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0241540

https://guides.libraries.psu.edu/mlacitation/intext#:~:text=MLA%20in%2Dtext%20citation%20style,p
arenthetical%20citation%3A%20(Smith)

https://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/APA6th/referencelist

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 Prepared by:

CHRIS B. DE JESUS

JULIA PAULA D. CABRERA

AGAPITO D. CASTILLO, JR

CINDERELLA DELA CRUZ

MARIANNE ARELLANO

Checked by:

LINA P. FALTADO
Head Teacher IV-BTIHS

Noted by:

GABRIEL R. ROCO, EdD

Principal IV-BTIHS

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