THE RESEARCH PROCESS

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Selection and Identification of a Research Problem

State declaratively and or in question form. Any significant, perplexing and challenging situation A gap between what is and what should be
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ELEMENTS OF A RESEARCH PROBLEM

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Aims or purpose (why) Subject matter or topic (what) Place or locale (where) Period of time of study (when) Population or universe (who or for whom)

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD PROBLEM

1. The topic should be of great interest to you. 2. It is useful for the concerned people in a particular field. 3. It possesses novelty. 4. A good problem is which invites more complex designing. 5. A good problem can be completed in the alloted time. 6. A good problem does not carry ethical or moral impediments

TIPS

Reading a lot of literature in your field of concentration and being of what you read. Attending professional lectures Being close observant of situations and happening around you Thinking out the possibility of research for most topics or lessons taken in content courses. Attending research colloquiums and seminars Compiling researches with special emphasis on content and methodology Subscribing to journals in your field and in research Building-up a library of materials in your field

FUNCTIONS OF THE TITLE

1. It draws, in summary form, the content of the entire investigation. 2. It serves as a frame of reference for the whole thesis. 3. It enables the researcher to claim the title as his own. 4. It helps other researchers to refer to the work for possible survey of theory.

EXAMPLE OF TITLE

A Study of the Power Styles of Principals and Head Teachers (Improved) Power Styles of Public elementary School Principals and Head Teachers as Related to Selected Personal Variables in the Division of Batangas City A Comparison of Grade 1V Gifted and Non-Gifted Children (Improved) Self-Concept and Parent Identification Among Grade 1V Gifted and Non-Gifted Children in the Division of Isabela

EXAMPLE (QUESTION)

1. How effective are homogeneous and heterogeneous groups? Improved

What is the effect of homogeneous and heterogeneous grouping on the achievement in the science among Grade 1V pupils in the study?
2nd What is the organizational climate of Elementary School 2nd. What is the status of organizational climate of schools in the Division of City Schools, Manila in terms of the eight subscales of Halpin and Croft?

HYPOTHESIS

A tentative answer or scientific guess to a question raised at the beginning of a situation.

Forms of hypothesis
Operational or alternative form stated in the affirmative form and states that there is a difference between two phenomena. Null form stated in the negative form and states that thee is no difference between two phenomena; more commonly used

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND RELATED STUDIES

Related Literature
Composed of a discussion of facts and principles to which the proposed study is related Found in books, encyclopedia, professional journals, magazines, newspapers and other publications Can be local and foreign.

Related Studies

Studies, inquiries or investigations already conducted to which

the present study is related b. Usually found in unpublished materials such as manuscripts, theses, dissertations