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The document provides information about research experiences, knowledge, and different types of research. It discusses how experience and knowledge are gained from both personal experiences and consulting experts. It defines inquiry as seeking information through questioning, and research as a systematic investigation to establish new facts and conclusions. Qualitative research is described as understanding a problem by building a complex picture using words and detailed views from informants in a natural setting. The document also outlines some purposes for writing research papers as a student and discusses common elements of research articles and formal essays like introductions, literature reviews, discussions, conclusions, and methodologies.

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The document provides information about research experiences, knowledge, and different types of research. It discusses how experience and knowledge are gained from both personal experiences and consulting experts. It defines inquiry as seeking information through questioning, and research as a systematic investigation to establish new facts and conclusions. Qualitative research is described as understanding a problem by building a complex picture using words and detailed views from informants in a natural setting. The document also outlines some purposes for writing research papers as a student and discusses common elements of research articles and formal essays like introductions, literature reviews, discussions, conclusions, and methodologies.

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Lesson 1

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Competency
The learner shares research experiences and knowledge.

Activity
Fill out the table below with your personal understanding about research.
Experience (Past) Knowledge (Present) Expectation (Future)

Analysis
Experience and Knowledge
Experience is a familiar and well-used source of knowledge. As a student, you
may have encountered difficulties as you were growing up but each experience is
something that you learn from- either it has given you a taste of success or failure. It
has been said that experience is the best teacher. However, one may be limited in
terms of experience as a source of knowledge.
For things that are difficult or impossible to know by personal experiences, you
may turn to an authority. Particularly in research, knowledge is sought from other
people who had experienced what the problem is or some other sources of expertise.
Everyday experiences would show that we consult a teacher for academic matters or a
physician for health-related cases. This consultation is not limited to people. For
example, we use a dictionary to find the meaning of a difficult word, an encyclopedia to
get information on a certain topic as a research to support our own findings.

Nature of Inquiry and Research


Inquiry is defined as “a seeking for truth, information or knowledge”. The
information is sought through questioning. Individuals carry on the process of inquiry
from birth until death. The process of inquiry begins with gathering information and
data through applying the various human senses.
Research is a systematic investigation and study of materials and sources to
establish facts and reach new conclusions. Although, it may take place in different
settings and may use different methods, scientific research is universally a systematic
and objective search for reliable knowledge (Walker, 2010).

As students, you may be asked to write a research paper for these reasons:
 Research teaches methods of discovery
 Research teaches investigative skills
 Research teaches critical thinking
 Research teaches logic
 Research teaches the basic ingredients of argument (Lester, Sr & Lester Jr.,
2005)

A research paper is a form of academic writing which you comply with as one of
the requirements for a particular course (subject). This is a research output that you will
write after conducting an actual research which involves data collection, interpretation,
and analysis. It is a scholarly undertaking insofar as you incorporate in your paper what
experts or authorities say about the topic (Lee, Ballena, Pareja, Gochuico, & Puzon,
2014).

What is Qualitative Research?


Qualitative research is an inquiry process of understanding a social or human
problem based on building a complex holistic picture formed with words, reporting
detailed views of informants and conducted in a natural setting (Cresswell, 1994). It is
intended to understand a particular social situation, event, role, group, or interaction
(Locke, Spirduso and Silverman, 1987). Researchers are interested in understanding
how things occur (Franenkel and Wallen, 1990).

Abstraction
A. Check the contents of each form of academic writing.
Content Research Article Formal Essay
Introduction
Related literature/ studies
Discussion
Conclusion
Recommendation
Methodology
Results/ Findings

What parts are common in both forms of academic writing? Why?


B. Search for an example of a Journal Article and Research Paper/ Thesis
online specifically Qualitative Research to provide the information asked below.
Research Paper/ Thesis Journal Article
Title

Author/s

Year of
Publication
Problem

Application
A. Compare and contrast the contents of each research output you found to
answer Abstraction B.

Research Paper/ Thesis Journal Article

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