Independent Learning Activity 2

Variables in the News

Instructions:

1. During your independent learning days, watch, read or listen to any news of any kind.
2. Applying the concept of independent and dependent variable, analyze the elements of the news and
extract the CAUSE scenario as well as the EFFECT scenario.
3. For example, you’ve seen a news on the internet about an old lady getting hit by a car. You need first
to discuss the facts of the news and analyze the cause of the incident and its effect.
4. Write your ILA on your notebook:
5. A table has been provided for you to fill up

Title of the News

Source
Brief overview of the news
Cause incidence
Effects or consequences

Example:

Title of the News Old woman hit by a pickup truck, severely injured

Date and source September 13, 2022

ABS-CBN News Channel Kapamilya Online Live YouTube Channel

Brief overview of the news A CCTV footage of a road accident went viral and was featured in the news.
An 82-year-old woman from Cainta, Rizal was crossing the street when
suddenly a red Toyota Hilux hit her. She was brought to the hospital with
major injuries but luckily, she was not dead.

Cause incidence
The incident happened on a rainy afternoon. Given the weather at that time,
road visibility us not very clear. Additional facts of the report also revealed
that the old lady had been suffering with dementia and sometimes is not
aware of her surroundings. Investigation also revealed that the driver of the
Toyota Hilux was a 17-year-old with a student’s license and is not
accompanied by a non-professional driver.

Effects or consequences
Both external factors and internal factors led to the devastating news.
Because of zero visibility, the student driver was not able to see the old lady
crossing the street. Given the fact that the victim was 82 years of with
dementia made the incident more aggravating. Criminal and civil charges
may be placed to the driver of the Toyota Hilux.
 Marks Criteria

Excellent - Has a completed all the element of the table

- Cause incidence has been elaborately discussed.
- Effects or consequence details are completely and makes logical sense with the
cause incidence.

Very Good - Has missed one element of the table

- Cause incidence has been not been elaborately discussed.
- Effects or consequence details are somehow justifiable with the cause
incidence.

Good - Has missed two elements of the table

- Cause incidence has been not been well discussed.
- Effects or consequence details are not justifiable with the cause incidence.

Fair - Has missed three or more elements of the table

- Cause incidence has been not been thoroughly discussed.
- Effects or consequence details are not justifiable with the cause incidence.

Needs - Has not done the task

Improvement
 Group Performance Task 2
Tabletop Activity on Variables

Instructions:

1. Convene again with your research group.

2. Revisit your presented research study. This time extract the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE and
DEPENDENT VARIABLE.
3. Once identified, classify the IV and the DV to either CONTINUOUS or DISCRETE VARIABLE with its
specific type.
4. Justify why have you identified the variable as to INDPENDENT and DEPENDENT likewise as to
CONTINUOUS and DISCRETE with its specific types.
5. Accomplish this task by completing the table below. (The teacher may provide a printed table for each
group to fill up. This GPT can be achieved during the 120 minutes subject engagement).

VARIABLE TABLE

Title of the study:

Active Variables Justification Classification Justification

Independent
Variable/s

Dependent
Variable/s

Look at the sample provided below:

Title of the
study: Preferred learning styles and academic motivation of grade 12 students on Practical Research 2

Active Variables Justification Classification Justification

 Practical  Practical Research 2 is
Independent Research 2 considered to be the
Variable/s independent variable
because this is the subject
where the learning styles
will be based on.
Likewise, the academic
motivation will also be
based on the subject
 Discrete  Practical Research 2 is
(nominal) considered to be a
nominal variable
because collectively, it
belongs to the
category of SHS
Applied Subjects. Since
it is non-numerical in
nature it is considered
to be categorical.

 Grade 12 students are  Grade 12 student

also considered to be the
independent variable
 Grade 12
because this is where the
students
though may have an
initial impression of
 Discrete being ordinal, it is
(nominal) considered to be
 preferred learning styles
and the academic
motivation will be
measured from. The
grade 12 learners will
manifest the study
parameters or the
dependent variable
 Preferred  Preferred learning styles  Discrete
Dependent learning will be measured in the
Variable/s styles study. Furthermore, this
will be viewed according
to visual learning,
auditory learning, tactile
learning, and
multisensory learning.
 Alongside with the
 Academic learning styles, the study  Discrete
motivation also measured the
academic motivation.
Academic motivation was
based on the type of
subject which in this case
Practical Research 2 and
also with the play of
intrinsic and extrinsic
factors coming from the
respondent who are the
grade 12 learners.
nominal or categorical
because learners are
categorized according
to grade levels. The
categorization here is
not on the level of
their learnings but
rather on their grade
levels, thus nominal
variable.
 As mentioned, the
(nominal) subtypes of preferred
learning styles
include visual
learning, auditory
learning, tactile
learning, and
multisensory
learning. Hence, the
bigger category is
chunked or broken
down into smaller
and more specific
subcategories.
 Academic motivation
was measured
according to level and
(ordinal) was presented in the
study through a
Likert scale. It is
ordinal because it can
be interpreted as very
low level of academic
motivation up to a
very high level of
academic motivation.
There is an upper and
lower limit making
this variable ordinal
Rubrics for Grading:
Criteria
Identification of the independent
and dependent variables
Classification of the variables to
discrete or continuous
Justification
5 points 3 points 1 points
Identified both the Has only identified one
independent and variable (either Has not identified any
dependent variables independent or variables
completely and dependent variable)
correctly. correctly
Correctly classified Correctly classified
both independent and only one either Has not identified the
dependent variables to independent or variables to be
either be discrete or dependent variables discrete or continuous.
continuous and has and whether it is
both identified what discrete or continuous.
type.
Made a complete Made a partial Has not made any
justification for all justification for all justification for any of
types and types and the types and
classification of classification of classification of
variables. variables. variables.