REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Department of Education
Region IV – A CALABARZON
Division of Calamba City
Calamba City, Laguna

KAPAYAPAAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL

Manfil Kapayapaan Ville Subdivision, Canlubang, Calamba City, Laguna

Research Title

A Research Paper
Presented to the Faculty of Junior High School of
Kapayapaan Integrated School
Canlubang, Calamba City

In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the English 10

RESEARCHERS NAME

June 2023
 Introduction

The first paragraph contains the problem of the study. In here, you will explain the topic and

discuss the problem of the study. The first two sentences will explain the problem. The third sentence

is a fact of the existing problem.

Background of the Study

The second paragraph contains the background information of the study. You can present here

recent articles from newspapers, laws, memorandum, speeches that would show the timeliness and

relevant of the problem.

Statement of the Problem/ Research questions

The third paragraph will show the research questions of the research. In here, the questions

will discuss the purpose of the research problem.

The research questions of this study are:

a. First question

b. Second question

Research Gap

The third paragraph reveal the research gap of the study. This is also involved writing a Review

of Related Literature (RRL) or Reliable Sources that are significant and relevant to the research

paper. The related researches or studies should be within five years from the present year. In citing

your reliable sources, the example is presented below.

Example of In-text citation: According to Qualifax (2022), making the greatest choice for the

students is an important and frequently difficult decision.

Example of Parenthetical: Peer groups and the students’ environment have a significant

impact on how pupils decide which strand they want to pursue (Obiyo et al., 2019).

Significance of the Study

 The fourth paragraph explain how the present research is significant to that problem. The first

two sentences will discuss the beneficiaries of the study. The third sentence will explain the relevance

of the problem to the present research.

Methodology

Research Design

The first paragraph contains the research design which specify the type of research you’ll do

and how you do it. Did you use quantitative or qualitative or quasi-experimental research? This is

composed of three sentences. The first sentence will describe the research design used. The second

sentence will explain why this type of research is the best research design to solve the problem or

issue. The third sentence is a backup because you need to look for other studies that would support

that your research design is appropriate in conducting the research.

Research Locale

The second paragraph consists of the research site which discuss the important things in the

place where the study would be conducted. Explain here why you choose that place or locale. This is

composed of three sentences. The first sentence should specify the center location or place, where

you will be doing your study. The second sentence will state the exact address of the location. The

third sentence will explain when the institution or school was published.

Population and Sampling

The third paragraph provided the list of respondents or participants needed for the study. In

here, the sampling techniques that will be used to choose study participants is involved. You need to

choose whether random sampling, stratified sampling or purposive sampling is used in your research.
Data Gathering Procedure

The fourth paragraph contains the data collection procedure which discuss the process on how

the researcher collected the data. This part can be more than five sentences. (For experimental,

narrate here the process in your experiment.)

Data Analysis

The fifth paragraph includes the data analysis, which specifies the interpretation of the data.

For quantitative research, you need to explain here how to get compute the data such as computing

the mean, mode, or median. Usually if you are using the Likert Scale you will get the mean. For

qualitative research, you will explain how you group the questions and the underlying themes. Look

at the example below.

 The six paragraphs contain the ethical consideration that explains the research ideas and

procedures that should be guided by a set of principles.

Provided below is the sample ethical consideration of the study.

Results

The first paragraph presents the introduction of the results.

For quantitative

Research question #1: ______________________________

Table 1 Name of the table

 Below the table is the interpretation. Focus on the significant value which is the highest and

lowest. You can start your interpretation with this, the table shows that….

Research question #2: ______________________________

Table 2 Name of the table

Below the table is the interpretation. Focus on the significant value which is the highest and

lowest. You can start your interpretation with this, the table shows that….

For qualitative

Research question #1: ______________________________

Table 1 Name of the table

Participants Responses

1 The responses should not be edited. It should be based on the recordings

Below the table is the interpretation. Focus on the significant value which is the most common

answer and least. You can start your interpretation with this, the table shows that….
 Research question #1: ______________________________

Table 1 Name of the table

Participants Responses

1 The responses should not be edited. It should be based on the recordings

Below the table is the interpretation. Focus on the significant value which is the most common

answer and least. You can start your interpretation with this, the table shows that….

Note:

In citing your reliable sources, the example is presented below.

Example of In-text citation: According to Qualifax (2022), making the greatest choice for the

students is an important and frequently difficult decision.

Example of Parenthetical citation: Peer groups and the students’ environment have a

significant impact on how pupils decide which strand they want to pursue (Obiyo et al., 2019).

Discussion

Summary of the Findings

For quantitative

The first paragraph consists of the summary of the findings. This is composed of three

sentences. The first two sentences explain the answer of the statement of the problem. The third

sentence will discuss the themes emerged based on the qualitative data gathered.

For qualitative

You need to formulate the theme. You need to group the answers of the participants and

create a theme.
Theme 1: Factors that students considered in continuing with their current program. (This is

created out of the answers of the respondents; It is like creating a specific idea from the responses)

The researcher will explain the factors based on the common answers of the participants. The

following factors are (1) they don’t have choice, (2) this is their second choice, and (3) they are

enrolled already.

Limitations of the Study

The second paragraph provides the elaboration of the limitations of the results. The first

sentence discuss the main focus of the objectives. The second sentence specify the number of

participants that you are needed in your study. The third sentence discuss the theories, journals or

articles that you’ve chose in your paper and has a great significant to your study.

Provided below is the sample of Limitations of the Study.

Conclusion

The third paragraph discuss the conclusion which is the summary of the key results. This

section has three sentences. The first two sentences compose of the summary of the key results. The

third sentence concluding the process of gathering the data.

Recommendation

The fourth paragraph talks about the recommendation which compose of the suggestions

directly relevant to the findings. The first two sentences provide the suggested plan for the study. The

third sentence explain the suggestions of the panelist to the entire paper.

Bibliography

In this part, the researcher is required to appropriately acknowledge the sources they used in

their research report.

An example of how to write the references is provided below.

APA Style Citation: Name of the author/s, date published, title of the article or source and the link.

Example: Rudison, C. (2015, September 9). Retrieved from Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com

Appendix

This contains the consent letter for the participants and the validation letter, which was signed

by the validators of the study. It also involves the survey questionnaire that was utilized by the

researcher to collect data.

Curriculum Vitae

This part comprehensively specifies the researcher's personal and educational

background or information.

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