Writing a Research Title

Getting Started
• Decide on a topic for research
• Identify a topic of interest
• Focus on the interest
• Draft a working title
 DO’s and
DON’Ts in
Writing the
Research Title
 DO’s in Writing the
Research Title
• Write a title that describes and explains the
core focus of your writing.
• The topic should be precise but not
necessarily short.
• The title should present clear picture and
should not give the reader an idea about one
thing when the whole paper is about
something else.
• Short forms, abbreviations, etc. should be
used in the main content.
 DON’Ts in Writing the
Research Title
1. The topic
should not 2. Do not
be general. be vague.

3. Acronyms,
abbreviations
and initials 4. Title is
should not be
used in the main too long
title.
Guidelines in Formulating
the Research Title
 1. 2. 3.
Summarizes Be a concise
the main Include
statement of
idea of the the main the major
paper topic. variables.

5. 6.
4. Include the main
Show the task of the
Mention the
researcher about participants (in
relationship the major a general a
of the main variables under manner) and
variables. study. the setting.
 Factors Affecting the Academic
Performance of ABM Students in the
Subject of Marketing and Accounting
Frequency of Tardiness and Level of
Support of Parents among
SHS Students
 Correlation of the
Financial Literacy
Profile and Work
Performance among
Elementary Teachers
Attributes of Test Papers and
Level of
Performance of Students:
Basis for the Formulation
of the
Guidelines on Test
Paper Construction

(Cristobal, 2014)
Reminders for
the
Formulation
of the
Research Title
 1. The researcher should avoid using
words that serve no useful purposes ad
can lead indexers.

2. The general problem or even the

specific question that the researcher
intends to answer, when rewritten in a
statement form, can serve as a title.

3. The title must have 10 to 15 words.

Sample Research Titles
A Study of Teachers
Competence, Instructional Aids,
School Facilities, Parental
Guidance, and Students’ Attitude
Affecting
Academic Excellence in the
School