QUARTER 1:

PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH

KRIS ANN MAE YAP BONILLA

SUBIC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

QUESTION:

Why do we need to conduct

researches in our everyday

life?

What are the obstacles that people facing when being

asked to write an essay?

WHAT IS RESEARCH?

Any honest attempt to study a problem

systematically or to add to man’s knowledge of a

problem may be regarded as research. (Theodorson

and Theodorson 1969 cited in Reber 1995,

p.663)

The aim, as far as I can see, is the same in all sciences.

Put simply, the aim is to make known something previously unknown to human beings. It is to

advance human knowledge, to make it more certain or

better fitting. . . the aim is, as I have said, discovery. (Elias 1986, p.20)

research. 1.a. the systematic investigation into and study of materials, sources, etc, in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. b. an endeavour to discover new or collate old facts etc by the scientific study of a subject or by a course of critical investigation. [Oxford Concise Dictionary]

WHY UNDERTAKE RESEARCH?

• To investigate some existing situation or problem.• To provide solutions to a problem.• To explore and analyse more general issues.• To construct or create a new procedure or system.• To explain a new phenomenon.• To generate new knowledge.

WHAT IS A RESEARCH

PAPER?

CRITICAL ESSAY

TERM PAPER

THESIS

DISSERTATION

A research paper is taking and combining

information you find by doing a research and your own ideas

to prove a thesis statement.Information + Ideas = RESEARCH

REMEMBER:

Uses documentationAcquaints you with materials and methodsAnalyzes, discusses, debates ideasEngages you in critical, not creative, reading and writing

A piece of expository writing

Personal essay

Reflection paper

Mere reporting of facts/ opinions

Review of academic literature

Library informant hunt

A RESEARCH PAPERA research paper

is not a

Analytical Papers

Short StoriesSonnetThe Biography of Pres. Aquino

The Things I did Last SummerRoad Widening in

SubicThe effects of

drinking coffee in adolescent period

Fern leaves as insecticide

Which is which!

CHECKING OF UNDERSTANDING..

1. Define RESEARCH.2. How would you

differentiate a research paper from a non research paper?

ASSIGNMENT:

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF

RESEARCH?