LAS Practical Research 1 12
LAS Practical Research 1 12
I. OBJECTIVES
After finishing this module, the learners should be able to:
1. present written research methodology
Research methodology is a description of how exactly you conducted your research. You should provide
detailed information on the research design, participants, equipment, materials, variables and actions taken
by the participants. The method section should provide enough information to allow other researchers to
replicate your experiment or study. (Cherry, 2017)
Step 1: PARTICIPANTS
The Materials or Apparatus section tells the reader what equipment and tools you used to run your
experiment and to acquire data.
The rules for writing this subsection are as follows:
1. Standard equipment (such as screens, timers, keyboards, etc.) can be mentioned just by
name and without details.
2. Specialized equipment should give name, model number, and supplier name and location.
3. Complex equipment is named and then the reader is referred to the Appendix for
illustrations and greater details.
4. Custom equipment is named and labeled as custom equipment. Then, the reader is referred
to the Appendix for illustrations and greater details.
5. In your descriptions of the apparatus and materials, do NOT tell in detail how you will use
them.
How apparatus and materials are used belongs in the Procedure section.
Describe the type of design used in the research. Specify the variables as well as the levels of these
variables. (Cherry, 2017: “APA Method Section,” 2017) this subsection gives the reader a summary of each
step in the execution of the research. This summary must be concise, precise and logical. Do not burden
the reader with too much detail but give enough so the reader can follow what is being done. (“APA Method
Section”, 2017)
Take Note!!
➢ Describe what you did and how you did it. The interested reader should be able to repeat the study
from the account provided. (‘APA style: Method,” 2017)
➢ Be concise, precise, and logical in your writing.
➢ Use the past tense in writing the methods section.
➢ Provide enough details to enable the reader to make an informed assessment of the methods used
in obtaining the results in relations to the research problem.
III. ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 1.
Directions:Choose five (5) sentences that are concise, precise, and logical. Write the numbers of your
choice on your answer sheet.
1. The participants were all the 121 laborers in Barangay Kasipagan who became
unemployed due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2. The researchers gave out the same questionnaire.
3. The participants were 136 managers.
4. The study employed the Action Research Design as its results will be used to help
ACTIVITY 2.
Directions:The three (3) sentences you did not choose in Activity 1 are the ones you believe are
NOT concise, precise, and logical. Revise them to fit the guidelines in writing the Research
Methodology. Write your answers on your answer sheet. Be guided by the rubric below.
INDICATORS 3 2 1
The sentence is clear. Some parts of the The sentence is
Clarity sentence are not clear vague.
or not explained well.
The sentence is Only some parts of the The sentence is not
concise. sentence are concrete. concise at all. It’s too
Conciseness wordy, making it
difficult to follow and
understand.
No grammatical errors 1-3 grammatical errors 4 or more grammatical
were found. were found. errors were found.
Grammar and
tense Past tense was used Past tense was used, The sentence did not
all throughout the but only in some parts use the past tense of
sentence. of the sentence. the verb.
ACTIVITY 3.
Directions: Identify/Enumerate the following from your own study. In Materials and/or Apparatus,
write NONE if you did not use any. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1. Participants
3. Research Design
V. REFERENCES
Cristobal, A.P. & Cristobal, M.C.D. (2017). Practical Research for Senior High School. Quezon
City, Manila: & E Publishing, Inc.
Jerusalem, V.L., Garcia, M.D.R, Palencia, J.M. & Palencia, M.M. (2017). Practical research 1:
Basic of Qualitative Research. Sampaloc, Manila: Fastbooks.
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