PRACTICAL

RESEARCH 2
Designing Research Useful
in Daily Life
QUARTER 1, WEEK 5
Most Essential Learning Competencies:

Design a research useful in daily life

Activity: Building a Connection
Directions:
Research is connected with development. Why?
To answer this question, copy the figure given on
your notebook for you to work on. You are going to
write at least three (3) answers to the question. You
may add more circles if you want.
programs/actions were implemented by
the government? Answer the questions
Directions: Activity: Answer the Queries
by completing the sentences below.
Why do you think the following

a. Pantawid Pampamilyang Pilipino

Program (4Ps)

b. Disaster Risk Reduction Management

(DRRM)

c. Blended Learning to Full Face-to-Face

Learning in Pandemic
 4Ps was implemented because…

DRRM was implemented because…

Activity: Answer
the Queries

Blended learning to full face-to-face learning

in pandemic was implemented because…
 Designing
Research Useful
in Daily Life
 Things to remember in designing
research:
oIn designing research, the researcher needs to
consider the usefulness of research projects to
be conducted to the community where he or
she belongs, to the bigger community, the
Philippines, Asia, and the world.
 Things to remember in designing
research:
oIn deciding on a research topic, the researcher
should see to it that the research project would
be worth the planning, execution of plans,
resources in time, manpower, and budget.
 Things to remember in designing
research:
oResearch is closely connected with
development. The results/findings of studies
also affect society and the lives of each one of
us. Research is very vital to our everyday
decision making.
Examples:
oResearch leads to an expansion of knowledge and
discoveries of new medical treatment and cures.
oIt leads to breakthroughs in agriculture such as the
introduction of high-yield and drought-resistant
varieties.
oIn business, companies conduct surveys and feasibility
studies to find out the needs of the community.
 What I Have Learned
Directions: Answer the question by filling in the diagram. Write one
sentence for each rectangle.
 ASSESSMENT:
Directions: Listed are different topics that can be used to
design research that is useful to our daily life. Choose the
letter of the field that the listed topics belong.
A. Business C. Education E. Politics
B. Health D. Communication

1. Vegetarianism
2. Online learning
 ASSESSMENT:
3. Internet connectivity
4. Stock market
5. Potential Presidential Candidates
6. Yoga
7. Learning delivery mode
8. Election preparations
9. E-loading business
 ASSESSMENT:
10. Social media
11. Webinars for teachers
12. Small entrepreneurs
13. Cholesterol-free food
14. Political dynasty
15. Mobile data usage
Writing a Research QUARTER 1, WEEK 5
Title
Most Essential Learning Competencies:

Write a research title

Activity: Illustration
Directions: Read the following article about the definitions and
characteristics of a research title. Be able to complete the table using
what you read.
Activity: Illustration
 Research Title
oA product of a real-world observations,
dilemmas, wide reading, selective viewing,
meaningful interactions, and deep reflection
oTitle of the research – the research problem
inquiry in capsule form
oIt must clearly reflect the topic of investigation.
It must be original, clear, concise, or specific.
When you finally decide on a research topic, make sure that
your research topic and research questions match. Too broad
topics will lead you nowhere. In order to narrow down broad
topics to specific ones, the purpose or intent of the study must
be clear.
1. Broad Topics (should always be narrowed down)
• Social Networking
• Vegetarianism
2. Specific Topics (Researchable)
• The Cause-Effect Relationships of Social Networking and Online
Selling
• Effects of Vegetarianism on Physical Health
The following are the basic questions that
can be asked when writing a research title:
1. Does the title describe what the study is all about?
2. Does the title contain a high specificity level?
3. Is the title academically phrased and is not lengthy?
4. Is the title within the twelve (12) substantive word
requirements of the American Psychological
Association (APA)?
Example:
• In the quantitative research title:
“Reading Comprehension and the Ability of
Freshmen Students in Solving Word Problems”
• There are only 8 substantive words in the title.
The prepositions in and of and the connector
and are not included.
Techniques in Narrowing Down Broad Topics
(Neuman, 2007)
1. Examine the literature.
Published articles are excellent source of ideas for
research questions, usually at an appropriate level of
specificity and suggest research questions that focus on:
a. Replicate a previous research project exactly or with
slight variations.
b. Explore unexpected findings discovered in previous
research.
Techniques in Narrowing Down Broad Topics
(Neuman, 2007)
c. Follow suggestions an author gives for future
research at the end of an article.
d. Extend an existing explanation or theory to a new
topic or setting.
e. Challenge findings or attempt to refute a
relationship.
f. Specify the intervening process and consider linking
relations.
Techniques in Narrowing Down Broad Topics
(Neuman, 2007)
2. Talk over ideas with others.
a. Ask people who are knowledgeable about the topic
for questions about it that they have thought of.
b. Seek out those who hold opinions that differ from
yours on the topic and discuss possible research
questions with them.
Techniques in Narrowing Down Broad Topics
(Neuman, 2007)
3. Apply to a specific context.
a. Focus the topic on a specific historical period or time
period.
b. Narrow the topic to a specific society or geographic
unit.
c. Consider which subgroups or categories of
people/units are involved and whether there are
differences among them.
Techniques in Narrowing Down Broad Topics
(Neuman, 2007)
4. Define the aim or desired outcome of the
study.
a. Will the research question be for an exploratory,
explanatory, or descriptive study?
b. Will the study involve applied or basic research?
Exercise:
Directions: Tell whether the following are broad or specific
topics.
1. Online selling in the Philippines
2. Teleseryes: Mirrors of Positive and Negative Filipino
Values.
3. A Comparison of Time Spent on Facebook by Adults and
Adolescents
4. The New Normal in Education
5. Tiktok as a New Trend on Facebook
EXERCISES. The following are broad topics: 11.The, Long, Healthy Life of Filipino Centennials
1. Theater Arts 12.The Millenials’ Absorption in Their Virtual Worlds
2. The Paintings of Botong 13.Revisiting Francisco Icasiano’s Essays
3. Doping and the Olympics 14.Cobonpue’s Furniture
4. Teleseryes: Mirrors of Positive and Negative 15.A Comparison of The Time Spent on Facebook By
Filipino Values? Adults and Adolescents
5. Junk Food and Its Ill Effects on Human Health
6. Government Incentives and Support for Sports
Development
7. The Sculpture of Abueva
8. The Music of Levi Celerio
9. Philippine Architecture
10.Advertising and Subliminals
Exercise 1. Directions: Choose 3 topics and narrow them down into specific titles.
1. Broad Topic: ____________________________________________________________________
Specific Title: ___________________________________________________________________
2. Broad Topic: ____________________________________________________________________
Specific Title: ___________________________________________________________________
3. Broad Topic: ____________________________________________________________________
Specific Title: ___________________________________________________________________
 Brainstorming: Project Proposal in PRII
• Class will be divided into four (4) groups
• Identify the leader for each group
• In your respective groups, list down possible food
innovation projects you would like to create
• Submit a whole sheet of paper for your group task
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