Republic of the Philippines/ Department of Education

Region IX Zamboanga Peninsula/Division of Zamboanga

del Sur/ Lapuyan National High School - SHS

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2
1ST QUARTER
PERFORMANCE TASKS

NAME: _______________________________________________ Score: _______________________

Strand: ______________________________________________ Date: ________________________

General Instruction: Perform all the tasks given for you. It will be graded and
recorded.

Performance Task 1- Why research is important?

Directions: Answer each question in not more than three sentences. Explain your
point through giving examples. Write your answers on the space provided.

1. Why research is important?

_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

2. In what way you can contribute improvement to your community via research?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

3. Why is quantitative research helpful for senior high school?

_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

4. Amid the pandemic crisis, how does research help to maintain preventive
measures?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Criteria:
Idea/content- 10 points
Mechanics of Writing-5points
Total = 15 points each item

Performance Task 2 - Writing Research Title

Directions: Supposed you are a researcher, write one title about the COVID- 19
Pandemic or may choose your own topic based from your taste and interest. Be sure to
satisfy the 4 basic questions in writing a good research title.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

Your answer must depend on the questions below:

1. Does the title describe what the study is all about? – 5pts
2. Does the title contain a high specificity level?- 5pts
3. Is the title academically phrased and is not lengthy? 5pts
4. Is the title within the twelve (12) substantive word requirements of the American
Psychological Association (APA)? (Only key words are counted)- 5 pts
Total = 20 pts

1
 PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2
1ST QUARTER
PERFORMANCE TASKS

Performance Task 3 Writing Background of the Research

Directions: Answer the following: Encircle the letters only. 5pts each

1. What is purpose of writing a background of the study?

a. To give readers an overview of the topic
b. To explain to the readers why the study should be conducted
c. To identify research gaps that can be filled in by the study
d. All of the above

2. Why is background research important to the research process?

a. It gives you all the information you will need to write a paper.
b. It will help you prove or disprove your thesis.
c. It will familiarize you with relevant terminology and help you narrow your
topic.
d. It provides you with detailed, scholarly research on a specific area.

3. Which of the following sources is better for in-depth research than for
background research?
a. Almanac
b. Encyclopedia
c. Reference database
d. Scholarly journal article

Read and answer the following questions:

Sample 1:
Students have different ways in processing information; some may prefer a-udio-visual
presentation; others drama and imitating or reasoning logically and intuitively, or
analyzing and envisioning. Teacher style also vary. Some professors used traditional
way of teaching; others used the new trend in technology; some focus on principles
and others on presentations.
When the learning style of professors are incompatible, the students may become
inattentive, distracted, uninterested, their achievement level goes down, and eventually
leads to school dropout. For intervention used in this study is the student’s devises
games-simulation. Games-simulation is introduced as a method in teaching in medical
fields recently through interactive video games (Rosser, Lynch, Caddihy, Gentile,
Klanssky, & Merill, 2007).

1. What is the focus of the background of the study? 5pts.

____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

2. Which part of the background of the study refers to the findings of other
researchers? 5pts.
_______________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

2
 ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________

Performance Task 4 Writing Research Background (10pts)

(Refer to the title you had crafted in Performance 2)

Direction: Write at least 3 Research questions from the Title you had crafted above.

1. ______________________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________________

Rubrics: Refer to the statement below:

 Start asking questions. Taking into consideration all of the above, start asking
yourself open-ended “how” and “why” questions about your general topic.

 Evaluate your question. After enlisting the questions, evaluate these questions
to realize if they would be effective research questions, or if they need more
revisions (Creswell, 2012).

Performance Task 5 Writing Scope and Delimitation (10pts)

Direction: Follow the guidelines below:

Guidelines in writing the scope and delimitation

The scope and delimitations should include the following:

1. A brief statement of the general purpose of the study.
2. The subject matter and topics studied and discussed.
3. The locale of the study, where the data were gathered or the entity to which the data
belong.
4. The population or universe from which the respondents were selected. This must be
large enough to generalizations significant.
5. The period of the study. This is the time, either months or years, during which the
data were gathered.

From the title you had crafted write below its Scope and Delimitation
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

Sample Scope and delimitation

.
This investigation was conducted to determine the status of the teaching of Science
in the high school of Province A as perceived by the teachers and students in science
classes during the school year 1989-1990. The aspects looked into were the
qualifications of teachers, their methods and strategies, facilities, forms of
supervisory assistance, problems, and proposed solutions to problems

1. What is the general purpose of the study? __________________________________

2. What were the aspects studied? ____________________________________________
3. What is the population of the study? _______________________________________
4. What is the locale of the study? ____________________________________________

3
5. What is the period of the study? _____________________________________________

Performance Task 6 Writing Statement of the Problem (20pts)

Direction: Follow the guidelines below:

Sample Statement of the Problem

This study was conducted to determine the status of the teaching in Science in the
high schools of Province A as perceived by the teachers and students in science
classes during the school year 1989-1990. The aspects investigated were the
qualifications of teachers, their methods and strategies, facilities, forms of supervisory
assistance, problems, and proposed solutions to problems.

General Purpose : To determine the status of the teaching of science

Subject Matter : The teaching of science
Topics (aspects) studied : qualifications of teachers, their methods and strategies,
facilities, forms of supervisory assistance, problems, and
proposed solutions to the problems.
Population : Teachers and students
Locale of the Study : High schools of Province A
Period of Study : School Year 1989-1990

Write your Statement of the problem below:

General Purpose:

Subject Matter:

Topics (aspects) studied:

Population:

Locale of the Study:

Period of Study:

Performance Task 7 Conceptual Framework, Definition of Terms and Hypothesis

Directions: Consider the title you had crafted and the variable you are going to study.
Make sure it will answer the following questions:
What are the variables implied from the background information/scenario?

What are the ideas/concepts linked with variables?

What are the theories that can be related with the identified concepts?

Fill in the conceptual Frame work below. (20pts)