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SHS Capstone Q3 MELC 3-4 Week 3-5-1
SHS Capstone Q3 MELC 3-4 Week 3-5-1
CAPSTONE
PROJECT/RESEARCH
Quarter 3 – MELC 3-4
Week 3-5
The Scientific Literature
Capstone Project/Research
Activity Sheet No. 2 - The Scientific Literature
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Introductory Message
The Capstone Research Activity Sheet will help you facilitate the leachinglearning
activities specified in each Most Essential Learning Competency (MELC) with
minimal or no face-to-face encounter between you and learner. This will be made
available to the learners with the references/links to ease the independent learning.
The Capstone Research Activity Sheet is developed to help you continue learning
even if you are not in school. This learning material provides you with meaningful
and engaging activities for independent learning. Being an active learner, carefully
read and understand the instructions then perform the activities and answer the
assessments. This will be returned to your facilitator on the agreed schedule.
There are different format for thesis paper writing. However, in writing scientific paper
IMRaD format is mostly followed because it highlights essential and concise parts of the
scientific paper. The acronym IMRaD stands for “I” Introduction, “M” Materials and Methods,
“R” Results and “D” for Discussion. Among these major parts of the IMRaD, it is in the
Introduction and in the Discussion parts where relevant and supportive related concepts and
studies are presented logically and coherently (Todoroviæ, 2003). Furthermore, the
Materials and Methods part is also based on sound literature, unless your study is focused
on the refinement of the procedure itself.
1. Identify the key words in your study. Use these key words to search for related scientific
articles or state of the art.
2. Consider websites that are legitimate and non-predatory.
3. Use APA (American Psychological Association) format for in-text/parenthetical citation
and bibliographical citation or the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS). This is prescribed by
your school or by the organizer of a specific organization where you would like to present
your study.
4. Always paraphrase related literature included in your study and cite sources properly.
Review guidelines to avoid committing plagiarism.
5. Use current related literature and study dependent on the research development in the
field. 6. In the development of your Capstone project, you need related studies that will
support your endeavor in elucidating the step-by-step process of a scientific study. Also,
related studies may either support the findings or contradict it.
Table 2 reflects the parts of the manuscript where you need to review the related literatures
properly:
Directions: You may work in small group or individual along with your research teacher as
facilitator. Read and follow the procedure carefully. Write your answers in your logbook.
Materials
2. You can download the file but you need only the key phrase or sentence. You need
to copy or paste a copy of the original text in your logbook. Then write in the opposite space
the paraphrased version and cite the source of the sentence.
3. To test your skill in doing intensive literature review, fill in your relevant in-text
literature in the table below following the parts of IMRaD until the materials and methods
only. Table 3. Literature review
Title: Qualitative Determination of Vitamin C Presence in Locally Available Vegetables
• Current practices in
addressing the issue
• Research gap
MATERIALS AND
METHODS
• Material and procedure
Guide Questions:
________________________________________________________________________________ 3.
Direction: Following the same guidelines above, fill in Table 4 for the relevant information
and literature review of your proposed study.
Table 4. Literature review of your proposed study
Title of your proposed study:
• Current practices in
addressing the issue
• Research gap
• Contribution of the
current study
MATERIALS AND
METHODS
• Material and
procedure
• Disposal
(if applicable)
Guide Questions:
1. By doing the literature review of your proposed study, what skills did you developed?
________________________________________________________________________________
2. How does literature review affect your scientific study proposal?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
IV. Reflection:
As a young researcher, what challenges did you overcome in doing the literature
review?
V. Reference
Todoroviæ, L. (2003). Original (scientific) paper - the IMRAD layout, Educational paper UDC:
006.05:001.818 Archive of Oncology 2003;11(3):203-5