Research Topics

• Teaching and Learning

• Critical Content
• Curriculum Contextualization
• Spiral Progression across subjects
• Special Programs for the Arts,
Sports, Journalism, Tech
Vocational Program
Research Topics

• School-based Feeding Program

• Curriculum & Learning Resources
• Teaching and Learning
• Approaches to Instruction
• Gender and Development
• Senior High School Program & Employability
• Inclusive Education (ALS, IPED, SPED, ALIVE)
• Disaster Risk Reduction Management
• Child Protection (Online gaming, social
networking sites)
• Human Resource Development (Hiring &
Promotion)
• Youth Leadership
• Governance
Formulating the Research Title
• The basic action research title contains:
 a problem
 intervention/Innovation/Strategy as solution to
the problem.

• Inverted Pyramid _______________________________

____________________
__________________
• Type your title in upper and lowercase letters

• Be no more than 12 words in length (6-12 words

is good excluding in, and, to, for, into, of, etc.)
• Should not contain abbreviations or words that
serve no purpose
• May take up one to three lines.
Example 1

Students’ Performance in Adding and Subtracting

Integers: Towards an Innovative Strategy

Example 2
Innovative Strategy towards Improving
Students’ Performance in Adding
and Subtracting Integers
Assessment on the Results of the National
Achievement Test in Science: Basis for
a Strategic Intervention Program

School Administrators’ Performance: Basis

for a Comprehensive Professional
Development Program
Problems Encountered Causes Proposed
in Teaching Intervention
Mathematics
Difficulty in mathematics Deficiency in any of these Designing Differentiated
problem solving skills: language Modules in Mathematics
• Part I- Language
comprehension, number Comprehension
fact, information and
arithmetic • Part II- Number/Arithmetic

Difficulty in Math Problem Solving : Basis

Proposed in Designing Differentiated Modules
Titles

Differentiated Modules : A Strategic Intervention

in Improving Students’ Problem Solving Skills
Problems Encountered Causes Proposed
in Campus Journalism Intervention
• Insufficient reading
Students’ Performance Enhancement Training
materials
in English Journalism • Untrained coaches
• Inadequate training
among pupil-journalists

Students’ Performance in English Journalism: Basis

for an Enhancement Training
 Health-Related Causes Proposed Intervention
Problems

Poor health and • Inadequate Strengthen Health And Nutrition

nutritional Status nutrients/Lack of Education Program (SHANEP)
nutritious foods
among school
• School gardening
children • 1-2 times meal
• Regular Monitoring on the School
every day
Feeding Program
• Lacks proper • Others
hygiene
• Etc..
Promoting Pupils’ Health and Nutrition
through Project SHANEP
 Problems Encountered Causes Proposed
in Teaching English Intervention
Pupils’ poor spelling Struggle with word Assigning daily five-
ability in English formation minute dictation of
and word recognition
language difficult words

Improving Pupils’ Spelling Ability in English by Assigning

Daily Five-minute Dictation of Difficult Words
 Problems Causes Proposed
Encountered in Intervention
Teaching Math
Students’ performance • Limited vocabulary in • Provide interesting
in math word mathematics and challenging
problems self-made learning
• Lack of technique in materials
solving word problems

Enhancing Students’ Performance in Math Word Problems

through Self-made Learning Materials
 Problems Causes Proposed
Encountered in Intervention
Teaching Math
Students’ • Poor in solving Teacher-made Mini
performance in worded problems Booklet for Better
translating verbal Understanding
phrases into • Poor in translating (Learning Material)
algebraic words into
expressions numbers

Teacher-made Mini Booklet : A Tool in Improving Students’ Performance

in Translating Verbal Phrases into Algebraic Expressions
 Problems Causes Proposed
Encountered in Intervention
research writing
Capacity Level of • Insufficient
CID and SGOD knowledge on • Research Capacity
Teaching-Related DepEd research Building (RCB)
Personnel in writing standard • Research
writing research • others Enhancement
Training (RET)

What would be the title?

Activity 1: Identifying Problem, Causes, Intervention

Direction: Identify a problem you have observed/encountered in the

division/district/school level. Write the possible cause/causes of the
problem. What intervention can be proposed to address/solve/minimize
the problem or the cause of the problem.

Problem/s Identified Causes Proposed Intervention

Activity 2: Formulate a Research Title from the gathered data

Action Research Questions
• A research question is an answerable inquiry
into a specific concern or issue.

• It is the initial step in a research project.

• They should, when answered, have an impact

on your practices.

•They should be answerable.

 Research Titles Focus Research Questions

Hand-Shape Coding to Hand-Shape 1. How does the use of the

Improve Subject-Verb Coding HSC technique improve
Agreement in Writing pupils’ writing sentences
with correct SVA?
Subject-Verb
Agreement 2. What is effect of the HSC
technique on the pupils’
attention and participation in
learning?

3. What is the implication of

the study in teaching English?
Research Title Focus/Variable/s Research Questions

Enhancing • Students’ • What is the performance of students in

Students’ Performance in Math word problems?
Performance in • What are the self-made learning materials
Math Word
Math Word used by teachers as an intervention?
Problems Problems
through Self- • What is the performance of students in
made Learning • Self-made math word problems after employing the
Materials intervention?
Learning
Materials • What is the implication of this study to
1. What is the performance ofteaching
students inand
analyzing word
learning Mathematics?
problems based on the assessment test ?
2. How do teachers employ self-made learning materials as an
intervention in enhancing students’ performance in math
word
problems?
3. 4.
Activity 3. 1 Writing Research Questions

Research Titles Focus Research Questions

Formulating Action Research Questions
• Restate the title, identify the target research environment,
research participants and the timeline
• State the specific questions
Example:

The study will be conducted to determine the causes of low performance

in Math Achievement Test in the Division of Zamboanga del Sur during the
school year 2018-2019.

Specifically, it answers the following queries:

1.
2.
3.
Activity 3.2 Research Questions
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________.

_______________________________________________________________:

1.

2.

4.
Context and Rationale
Should contain the following:

• The nature, extent, and salience of the identified problem or issue are comprehensively
discussed
• Different aspects of the action research setting are elaborated showing in depth and
critical analysis of the situation. Write observation with local scenario. Support that the
phenomenon is true.
• Explains why the research study is formulated

• End the discussion by stating that the phenomenon inspires you/ motivates you/ encourages
you to focus on it in a target environment.
 The Difficulty in Mathematics Problem Solving : Basis in
Research Designing Differentiated Modules
Title
Discussion of the issue
Context and Rationale
It cannot be denied that problem solving is a significant part of Mathematics
teaching. Mathematics, in general, is an essential subject because of its practical
role to a person and the society as a whole. However, before a student can
successfully solve a problem, he has to possess good reading comprehension,
as well as analytic and computational skills.
Problem solving in mathematics and reading comprehension go hand in
hand. Solving Math problems entails the students to apply two skills at the same
time: reading and computing (Ferro, 2016).
 The First Grading Mean Percentage Score in
Mathematics Grade 9 Section Daisy in Rizal Elementary
School, revealed that out of 50 students, 35 or 70 % have
poor performance; 9 or 18 %, “good’; 6 or 12 %, “very
good”; and no one obtained “Outstanding” performance.
This implies that majority of student-respondents have
difficulty in mathematics problem solving.
Analysis
True of the
phenomenon Situation
 The students’ performance in the First Grading
Mathematics is quite alarming. A remedial class was
conducted to help struggling learners. But still majority
have struggles because they have poor understanding
on performing mathematical operations. With this
scenario, an action research will be conducted to
address difficulties encountered by students in
Mathematics.

This inspires/motivates/encourages
the researcher to conduct the study
 This motivates the researcher to conduct
the study to determine students’ performance in
math problem-solving and to implement an
intervention strategies that will address the
cause of the problem.

This
Activity 5

Write the context and Rationale

of your Study
Proposed Innovation, Intervention & Strategy
How the Proposed Intervention & Strategy be Formulated

Title:
Designing a Self-made Learning Material to Increase Performance of Grade 6
Pupils in Mathematics National Achievement Test (NAT)

This intervention is helpful to pupils who are poor in learning Mathematics.

Specifically, problem solving and understanding worded problem are the least learned
competencies. In this view, this study will propose a Self-made Learning Material as
support to students’ with poor learning performance in the standard competencies. This
material covers differentiated learning activities that will help grade 6 pupils success in
Mathematics National Achievement Test (NAT).
 The part I is composed of language comprehension and
vocabulary activities related to mathematics. Part II covers differentiated
activities related to problem solving, and Part III focuses on analyzing
worded problems.

According to Jinbel (2018), Mathematics is a subject that affects

all human life. It is used throughout our daily lives. One of the hardest
parts of learning Mathematics is problem solving. A teacher-made
learning activities are essential in enhancing students’ performance.

Note: Copy of the Intervention/strategy/innovation shall be attached

in the annexes after the last page
Activity 6 Proposed Intervention

• Based on the identified problem, present your.

Write the rationale, objectives, detailed description
and the plausibility as a way to address the
problem or issue.

• You may add citations that support your

intervention plan
Action Research Methods
a. Participants and/or Other Sources of Data and Information

• Details are provided about the target participants

(ex: number, characteristics, sampling procedure, if
any and/ or other sources of data and information

• Clear rationale for their inclusion in the study is

given
 Details about the
target participants
Example:

This study includes 300 grade 6 pupils with poor

performance in Mathematics. Five schools of Zamboanga
del Sur Division located in the high land areas will be
included in the study. They will be chosen through simple
random sampling. These pupils are the target respondents
because they need remediation to bring them up to speed
or help them get better. Clear rationale for their
inclusion in the study
b. Data gathering Methods

This explains why the selected data gathering

method(s) is suited to the purpose of the action
research. Data gathering method(s) is aligned with
the research questions. Research instruments, if
any are appropriate for obtaining the desired kind of
data/information.
Qualitative –When the researcher utilizes interview, Focus
Group Discussion, Observation, Documents, and other
narrative analysis.

Quantitative – When the researcher uses survey

questionnaire, tests and other data that involves number.
This includes experimental studies

Mixed Method – When the researcher used both Qualitative

and quantitative
The method is Qualitative –When it utilizes interview, Focus Group Discussion, Observation, Documents, and
other narrative analysis.

The method is Quantitative – When it utilizes survey questionnaire, tests and other data that involves unmber

Example:
This study focuses on using mixed methods. The Quantitative method
through descriptive survey will be used in assessing students’ performance in problem
solving and worded problems before and after the implementation of self-made learning
materials. Qualitative method will be used in determining the effectiveness of the self-
made learning materials through observation, in-depth interview and Focused Group
Discussion (FGD). The questionnaire-checklist will be the main instrument of the study.
Activity 7 . Formulate Action Research Method

a. Participants and/or Other Sources of Data and

Information

b. Data Gathering Methods

Action Research Work Plan and Timeliness
Example 1 No
prescribed
format for
Action
Work Plan
and
Timeliness.
The
researcher
may use
another
template
Example 2
Activity 8 – Prepare the action Research Work
Plan and Timeliness
Cost Estimates
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Quantity Unit Unit Price Total Estimated Cost

Short Bond Paper 1 rim 275.00 275..00

Porfolio/Envelope 1 pcs 352.00 352.00
Ball Pen 2 pcs 10.00 20.00
Pencil 2 pcs 5.00 10.00
Eraser 2 pcs 20.00 40.00
Sharpener 1 pc 15.00 15.00
Ruler 1 pc 25.00 25.00
Flash Drive 1 pc. 300.00 300.00
Encoding and searching related 500.00 500.00
literature
Printer Ink 2 tubes black ink 200.00 400.00
3 tubes colored ink
220.00 660.00
Printing and Binding Fee 20 copies 50.00 1,000.00
Wifi load 1 pc 999.00 300.00
Total 3,622.00
Activity 9 – Prepare the Cost Estimates of your
proposed Study
Plans for Dissemination and Utilization

Dissemination is the transfer of research-based knowledge to the

ones that can best make use of it. The aims of dissemination are:
awareness; understanding and action Typically, research is not fully
complete until the findings have been made widely available.

Utilization is the process of synthesizing, disseminating, and using

research-generated knowledge to make an impact on or change in the
existing practice. The purpose of research utilization is to address the
problems by using research findings in practice.
Prepared by Noted by Reviewed & Recommending Approved
Researcher/s Verified by Approval
Teacher School Division Research ASDS/Chair Division SDS
and Principal Coordinator & Research Committee
Head Teacher and PSDS SGOD Chief
School PSDS and Division Research ASDS/Chair Division SDS
Head/ Chief, CID Coordinator & Research Committee
School Principal SGOD Chief
EPS/PSDS/ Functional Division Research ASDS/Chair Division SDS
EPS 2/SEPS Division Coordinator & Research Committee
Chief SGOD Chief
 Deliverables
(Please refer to DepEd Order No. 16, s. 2017)
(to be attached in the completed Research Paper duly signed by
the concerned officials)

• Research Proposal Application form and Endorsement of

Immediate Supervisor
• Declaration of Anti-Plagiarism
• Declaration of Absence of Conflict of Interest
• Memorandum of Agreement
References American Psychological Association (APA) Format

Example of referencing from internet sources