A GUIDE TO WRITING CHAPTER 1

Compiled by Ms. Nadine Lichauco

For Practical Research 1, Grade 11 STEM 13-18
CEU SHS Manila, AY 2017-2018

(Taken from Science in Today’s World : Research in Daily Life 1 – Learning Guide, by R. Clemente, A.
Julaton, and J. Villas, 2016, Sibs Publishing House, Quezon City)

Narrowing Down a Research Topic

Questions to ask:
1. Is the research we are going to make relevant and timely?
2. What are some recommendations of researchers who have studied similar topics in the past?
3. What issues/concerns have been studied about the research topic identified?
4. How is our topic different from those that have already been studied about?
5. How did other researchers gather data for their study? How are we planning on gathering data
for ours?

Summarize your responses using the inverted pyramid below:

Topic:
A GUIDE TO WRITING CHAPTER 1
Compiled by Ms. Nadine Lichauco
For Practical Research 1, Grade 11 STEM 13-18
CEU SHS Manila, AY 2017-2018

(Taken from Science in Today’s World : Research in Daily Life 1 – Learning Guide, by R. Clemente, A.
Julaton, and J. Villas, 2016, Sibs Publishing House, Quezon City)

Identifying the Research Problem

Questions to ask:

Question Response
1. Is the research problem
answerable by a yes/no?

2. What are the variables of the

study, and does the problem
imply a relationship between
them?

3. Is the problem stated in a clear

and unambiguous manner?
4. Does it imply interpretation
and analysis of data? How?
5. Is it new?
6. Is it interesting?
7. Is it practical?
8. Is it innovative?
9. Is it cost-effective? How much
do we expect to spend in
conducting this study?

10. How will this improve people’s

quality of living?

11. Is it SMART?
A GUIDE TO WRITING CHAPTER 1
Compiled by Ms. Nadine Lichauco
For Practical Research 1, Grade 11 STEM 13-18
CEU SHS Manila, AY 2017-2018

(Taken from Science in Today’s World : Research in Daily Life 1 – Learning Guide, by R. Clemente, A.
Julaton, and J. Villas, 2016, Sibs Publishing House, Quezon City)

Making a Working Title for your Research

Identify the elements of your research title:

Questions Response
1. Aim
2. Topic
3. Place
4. Period
5. Population

Writing the background of your study: Concept Map

1. Why did you choose to study this topic?

(Write your personal observations, difficulties, issues, and other relevant experiences that led you to
conduct a study about the topic at hand. Cite relevant studies that might have caught your interest to
pursue the study.)

2. Where will it be conducted?

(Describe the setting or the place where the research will take place. Highlight the need of the
locality implying the necessity of the study to be conducted)

3. What are the bases that support or negate your claims as a researcher?
(Present relevant literature from books, or other researches related to the study you are about
to conduct.)

4. Why is there is a need for the study to be conducted?

(Cite benefits and advantages that will result from the study. Establish the importance of
conducting the study.)
A GUIDE TO WRITING CHAPTER 1
Compiled by Ms. Nadine Lichauco
For Practical Research 1, Grade 11 STEM 13-18
CEU SHS Manila, AY 2017-2018

(Taken from Science in Today’s World : Research in Daily Life 1 – Learning Guide, by R. Clemente, A.
Julaton, and J. Villas, 2016, Sibs Publishing House, Quezon City)

Writing the Research Questions

Questions to ask:

1. What is being asked in each question?

2. Have all the variables in the study been identified?
3. Are all the questions related to one another?
4. Will answering the three sub-questions lead to an explicit course of action?
5. Is this course of action seen on the MQ?
A GUIDE TO WRITING CHAPTER 1
Compiled by Ms. Nadine Lichauco
For Practical Research 1, Grade 11 STEM 13-18
CEU SHS Manila, AY 2017-2018

(Taken from Science in Today’s World : Research in Daily Life 1 – Learning Guide, by R. Clemente, A.
Julaton, and J. Villas, 2016, Sibs Publishing House, Quezon City)

The Significance of the Study

Write the stakeholders who will benefit from your study. Start from specific people/groups of people to
general populations.