TECHNOLOGY

Developing
Concepts
 How do you define a
“Concept paper”?
• An academic concept paper is a brief
summary written to outline a research
project.
• In its limited definition, it can also be a
paper that discusses an idea, concept or
process in an orderly and clear manner.
 How do you define a
“Concept paper”?
❖explains the research you plan to
conduct.
❖It covers your research goals, how
you’ll carry out the research, how you’ll
collect data, and the questions you aim
to answer through your research.
 How do you define a
“Concept paper”?
• The purpose of a concept paper is to
make the reader understand a
process or a concept right away.
• Also, it answers the questions “what is
it and what about it”.
Ways to Elucidate a Concept Paper

• Definition
• Explication
• Clarification
 Definitions
• A method of identifying a term and making
its meaning clearer.
• Can be presented in three types:
❖Formal
❖Informal
❖Extended
Definitions

• are essential in schoolwork as

they serve as a common frame
of reference for discussions.
 Read the paragraph below.

Social business is a new emerging trend in the

business world today. According to social business
forum.com, it is a recent trend that is
transformational, making the companies function and
generate value for all the constituents. In the past,
Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, wrote
the books “Creating a World without Poverty- Social
Business” and “The Future of Capitalism and Building
Social Business” which first defined what social
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 Read the paragraph below.

According to these, it is a way of expanding the

company`s capabilities, improving the product and
service provided and promoting its social mission.
Many organizations were influenced by Yunus such as
Grameen Danone Foods, a social business enterprise
in Bangladesh and Grameen bank, a community
development bank. As a result, they were able to
promote and develop successfully social business
among their organizations.
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 Read the paragraph below.

At present, social business is being incorporated in

the different companies to be able to uplift the social
innovation and social welfare in the marketplace. It
also reinforces the perception of being profitable yet
socially responsible in the field of business. By
applying it, a great number of contributions would be
formed. Social business has its main objectives that
are attained, once it is implemented. These are to
provide a profit- oriented business and to… 11
Read the paragraph below.

…have more effective products and

services. Also, it aims to practice a
social objective rather than a financial
one.

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• Central to develop
concepts papers is
writing definitions.
Definitions are used to
provide the meaning
of a particular word or
term.
Definitions may be

FORMAL INFORMAL EXTENDED

TYPES OF DEFINITION
 Formal Sentence Definition
include the term, class, and
distinguishing features. The term is the
word to be defined, class is the group
where the term belongs, and
distinguishing features are qualities
that make the term unique.
 Distinguishing
Term Class
features

the group qualities that

where the
the word to term
make the term
be defined. belongs. unique.
(genus) (differentia)
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 For Example:
Distinguishing
Term Class
features

That has two wheels

Is a mode and is powered
A bicycle
of transport through the pedaling
effort of the rider.

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 For Example:
Distinguishing
Term Class
features
Written for a
Is an company,
Memorandum official organization,
report government about a
particular matter.
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 Informal Sentence Definition
❖on the other hand, it do not include
the distinguishing features.
❖Simple meaning/brief explanation,
introduced by or, in other words or
like.
For Example:
Term Class
Chair Is a piece of
furniture
Facebook Is a social
networking
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 EXAMPLE:

❖ Freedom, also referred to as liberty or

independence, is a state people reach
when they are free to think and do
whatever they please.
 Extended Definition
• are essay length text that uses different patterns
to show the meaning of a particular term or
concept.
• Usually, extended definition in essays or concept
papers do not only define but describe, compare
and contrast, show cause and effect relationships
to fully provide a holistic definition of a term.
 Extended Definition

• Used to define profound and abstract

concepts by using origin or etymology,
descriptions, analysis, illustration,
compare and contrast, cause and effect.
• Involves one or more paragraph.
 EXAMPLE:

❖First described in 1907 by Alos Alzheimer, a German

physician, Azheimer’s disease is an adult-onset neurological
disorder of unknown etiology (cause) manifested by loss of
memory, impaired thought processes, and abnormal behavior.
When the illness begins before the age of 65, it is termed
Alzheimer’s disease; when onset is after 65, it is referred to as
senile dementia of the Alzheimer’s type.
In order to clearly define your
concept, remember these
following tips:
1. In formal definitions, avoid using the
same term to be defined
Example:
“A cellphone is a phone…”
In order to clearly define your
concept, remember these
following tips:
2. In writing definitions, observe the
concept of mutual exclusivity.
Meaning, make sure that the features
of the term do not overlap with other
similar concepts of the same class.
In order to clearly define your
concept, remember these
following tips:

Example:
A skateboard is a mode of
transport that has four wheels.
 Explications

It is a method of explanation in
which sentences, verses, quotes, or
passages are taken from a literary
or academic work and interpreted
and explained in a detailed way.
Example of Explication:
Robert Frost's "The Road
Not Taken,“ by Robert
Frosts.
Examples of Explication:
Here is the last stanza of Robert Frost's "The
Road Not Taken,“ and a possible explication

I shall be telling this with a sigh

somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.
Examples of Explication:
Here is the last stanza of Robert Frost's "The
Road Not Taken,“ and a possible explication

The speaker in the poem uses the word "sigh" to

signify possible future regret for the decision that he
made when faced with two paths. While the poem
focuses on two physical paths-roads diverging in a
"yellow wood," the speaker is alluding to
metaphorical paths-two possible choices that will
alter the course of his life.
Examples of Explication:
Here is the last stanza of Robert Frost's "The
Road Not Taken,“ and a possible explication

The speaker states that he "took the one less

traveled by," which means that he chose the less
popular path. The hesitation in the speaker ("and I-I
took the one less traveled by") also denotes the
possibility that he will regret his choice. The final line
of the poem, "And that has made all the difference"
is vague. The word "difference“…
Examples of Explication:
Here is the last stanza of Robert Frost's "The
Road Not Taken,“ and a possible explication

…can carry a positive or negative connotation.

The poet deliberately leaves the reader with an
ambiguity-was the difference positive or
negative. Regardless, what the poet, through the
speaker's description of the two roads, is
attempting to convey is that the decision was
monumental.
Example of Explication:
 Clarification
❑ it is a method of explanation in which
the point are organized from general
abstract idea to specific and
concrete examples.
❑ entails the analysis of the concept by
looking at the examples.
abstract

specific
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specific
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f. Religion
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