The document outlines the steps a student took to develop a research question and working thesis about how procrastination affects academic performance. The student identified procrastination as a topic of interest and chose to focus specifically on how it impacts the performance of ABM senior high school students at PUP. An example research question was formulated around this topic. Finally, a working thesis was stated hypothesizing that procrastination can induce various academic problems for these students such as low quality work, scores, and marks as well as increased chances of cheating or failing courses.
The document outlines the steps a student took to develop a research question and working thesis about how procrastination affects academic performance. The student identified procrastination as a topic of interest and chose to focus specifically on how it impacts the performance of ABM senior high school students at PUP. An example research question was formulated around this topic. Finally, a working thesis was stated hypothesizing that procrastination can induce various academic problems for these students such as low quality work, scores, and marks as well as increased chances of cheating or failing courses.
The document outlines the steps a student took to develop a research question and working thesis about how procrastination affects academic performance. The student identified procrastination as a topic of interest and chose to focus specifically on how it impacts the performance of ABM senior high school students at PUP. An example research question was formulated around this topic. Finally, a working thesis was stated hypothesizing that procrastination can induce various academic problems for these students such as low quality work, scores, and marks as well as increased chances of cheating or failing courses.
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Charlene O. Cordero ABM 12-3
Research Question/Thesis Worksheet
1. What topic, problem, or 2. What specific part of the 3. List a few possible issue are you interested topic are you interested in? questions about your in? Do some background Break down the topic and specific topic area. Ask: research to find out more group ideas into clusters (use What? Who? When? Where? about it. reverse). Why? How?
• Procrastination • What factors cause
• Multitasking procrastination? • Eating Unhealthily • How does • Disorganized procrastination affect Schedule the academic Bad Study Habits • Pulling All-Nighters performance of • Skipping Breaks students? • Skipping classes • What are effective • Poor Time ways to stop Management procrastination? • Failed Reward • What are the negative System effects of • Cramming procrastination on students? • Why is it hard to break free from procrastination? 4. Choose one to be your 5. Make your question as 6. State your working main research question. clear and specific as thesis. The working thesis Why or How questions are possible. Specify who, should summarize the best. what, where, and when you answer to your main research are talking about. Clarify any question, and will likely vague words. change after you do some research.
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affect the academic affect the academic ABM Senior High School performance of students? performance of ABM Senior Students of PUP can induce a High School Students of the variety of academic-related Polytechnic University of the problems ranging from low- Philippines, Sta. Mesa, quality outputs, low scores, Manila? and bad marks to increased chances of conducting unethical academic activities such as cheating, increased likelihood of failing the semester and dropping out of the school itself.