Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VIII – EASTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CATBALOGAN CITY

Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

LEARNER’S ACTIVITY SHEET IN INQUIRIES, INVESTIGATIONS

AND IMMERSION
FOR QUARTER 3, WEEK 1
Name: Honey Gayle A. Lee Grade & Section: Grade 12 STEM Cygnus

School: Samar National School Teacher: Mrs. Melba Ocenar

Competency: Prepares a plan and a focus on issues and ideas in their

respective field.

I. Explore

Review:

A. Directions: Taking into consideration your experiences from your previous

research subjects, decide whether each sentence must be a criterion in choosing a
good research problem. Write YES if the statement can be considered as a criterion
and NO if otherwise. Write your answer on the space provided.
A research topic should………..
YES 1. Be original.
NO 2. Be ambiguous.
YES 3. Fill in a research gap.
NO 4. Be costly and ambitious.
NO 5. Be general and not specific.
YES 6. Arouse intellectual curiosity.
YES 7. Be within the researcher’s interest.
NO 8. Make use of ineffective research instrument.
NO 9. Be completed beyond the given period of time.
NO 10. Be insignificant to the field of study or discipline.

B. Directions: There are 10 words that are possible sources for a research topic.
Arrange the following jumbled letters below to form a comprehensive word. Write
your answer on the space provided.

INTEREST 1. R E S T I N T E
INTUITION 2. T I O N I N T U I
OBSERVATION 3. V A T I O N O B S E R
THEORIES 4. R I E S T H E O
 PHILOSOPHY 5. S O P H Y P H I L O

SPECIALIZATION 6. T I O N S P E C I A L I Z A

SOCIAL PROBLEM 7. C I A L S O L E M S P R O
B

LITERATURE 8. R A T U R E L I T E
NEEDS 9. E D S
NE
ADVICE 10. V I C
EAD
Priming Activity: Guess What?!
B. Directions: Guess the word using the picture as a clue. Write your answer
inside the box.

Brain Storming for Research Topics

Practice Exercises/Activity
A. Directions: Think of topic that interests you and write it in the middle circle of the
concept map below. Then, think of key words or concepts that are related to the topic and
write them on the other circles.

_________________
_______________
 People

Employees
Frontliners

Topic:
Covid-19

Quarantine
Vaccine Facility

B. Directions: Using the guidelines stated above, formulate a tentative research title based on
your chosen research problem. Write your title on the space provided.
 Research
Problem

Social impact of COVID-19

to people

Tentative Title

The Filipino People Vs

COVID-19

The checklist below will guide you in assessing the tentative title you have written. However, the
research title may still be changed along the course of the study.
Self-Assessment Checklist YES NO

1. Is it original?

2. Is it concise?

3. Is it clear?

4. Is it specific?

5. Does it reflect the topic to be explored?

Engage

What I Learned

Directions: Test your wits and complete the paragraphs below by sharing your
learnings from the previous discussions. Write your answers on the space
provided. (15 points)

These principles provide focus and help identify important issues and opportunities for further
research and analysis and should be considered. The research topic should be simple and specific
enough to complete it within a given time frame, given our limitations. To do this, you need to first
focus on your career path, strand, or discipline, and then remember the exact location, lesson, or
difficulty of your profession.
III. Apply

What Can I Do

Activity 1. Steps in Specifying the Research Topic

A. Directions: Let us apply the five steps mentioned previously for you to arrive
on your specific research topic. Answer the following questions briefly.
Steps in Specifying The Research Topic Answer

1. What is your track and strand? Academic Track – STEM Strand

2. What is the specific lesson or issue in your Students experiencing mental

track and strand that has piqued your health issues
interest the most?

3. What is the unanswered question or What are the causes of damaging

unresolved problem, or issue involved in their mental health
the lesson or issue?

4. Assess the question or problem based • Is it within your interest?

on the five guidelines.
• Yes No
• Are there available data,
resources and evidences that
will support the topic?
Yes No
• Is it timely and
relevant?
• Yes No
• Will it contribute to your
track and strand?
Yes No
• Is it within your personal
resources?
Yes No
5. If all of your answers are yes, then write It affects students mental health
down your specific research problem. If no,
revaluate your research question or
problem.
B. Directions: Based on the research problem that you have written above, write your research plan
by answering the following questions on the table below. Answer briefly.
CLASS RESEARCH AGENDA

1. Research Problem:
(What is your research problem?)
- Factors affecting the students’ mental health

2. Proposed Research Title:

(What is your Research Title?)
- Thethe impact of COVID-19 pandemic on STEM student’s mental health

2. Rationale:
(Why do you want to conduct this study?)
- The outbreak of COVID-19 affected almost every sector, including higher education
institutions across the world particularly Philippines’ educational system. For this
purpose, the researcher aimed to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on the academic
performance of STEM students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching. It
also explored the significant difference in academic performance of students along
with their satisfaction level with online teaching across gender. There were 15-30
respondents. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were employed. The
findings of the study revealed that COVID-19 has negatively affected the academic
performance of Afghan students and the students were highly dissatisfied with online
teaching during this critical moment. Besides, the study revealed significant
differences in the academic performance of students and their level of satisfaction
with online teaching. A strong positive correlation was found between the academic
performance of STEM students and their level of satisfaction with online teaching
during the COVID-
19 outbreak. According to the findings of the study, several implications and
recommendations have been provided.
3. Significance:
(Why is it important to be conducted?)
- The goal of this study it to determine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on STEM
students’ mental health. The study will be used on fixing gaps of the students’
situation status. The researcher would like to focus on highlighting the student’s
mental health status and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to them as student.
This study would also give benefits to the following:
o Students - his study will provide them information about mental health
awareness and will further explain to them the effects of COVID-19 to the
learners.
o Parents - this study will help them to further understand the situation of their
children going in the midst of the pandemic, so that they could give time and
adjust for their children. This will provide them knowledge about the possible
effects of the COVID-19 to the student’s mental health.
o Teachers - this study will give them idea to promote awareness to their
students. This will give them ideas and information about the student’s mental
health status so that they could come up with a solution to encourage the
students in the midst of the pandemic.
o Future researchers – this study can provide future researchers with
additional and accurate information to further elaborate their future studies.
4. Objective:
(What is your goal to achieve in this study?)
- To provide healthy environment for the students
- To identify the factors affecting the student’s mental health amidst pandemic
- To assess the status of the students during the pandemic
- To address and resolve the student’s mental health status

5. Method and Design: Respondents:

(Is it a quantitative or (Who or what will be the source of your data?)
a qualitative study?) - The research will gather STEM students from
- Since the focus of the study Samar National School as they will be the
is about the impact of the respondents.
COVID-19 pandemic on
STEM students’ mental
health, the researcher will Sample Size:
use qualitative study. This (How many respondents does your study need?)
study will focus more to the - The researchers would like to ask 15-30 STEM
respondent’s real students only that will answer the given
experiences regarding to questionnaire.
the research problem that
Sampling Technique:
being studied.
(How will you choose your respondents or source
of data?)
- The research will use cluster sampling
technique, since STEM strand are widely
present in many schools and university, the
researcher will now select randomly a group
of students coming from STEM strand.

Post Test

A. Directions: Arrange the following steps in correct sequence using numbers 1-5.
Write your answers before the number.

5 1. Write your research problem.

3 2. Generate an unanswered question or an unresolved problem from your
chosen area or lesson.
2 3. Recall the specific area, lesson or issue in your respective field that has
piqued your interest the most.
4 4. Assess the question or problem based on the five guidelines stated above. 1
1 5. Focus on your track, strand or area of specialization.

B. Directions: Read each statement below carefully. Put a check A if the

statement is correct and B if otherwise.

A 6. The title must include the accurate scope of the study.

B 7. Choose a title that is a sentence than a phrase.
B 8. Very long titles are preferable than short ones.
 A 9. If possible, titles must not exceed 15 substantive words.
A 10. Analysis of, A Study of, An Investigation and the like are not encouraged.

C. Directions: Read each item carefully. Based from the given descriptions identify
the guidelines in choosing a research topic. Choose the best answer found in the
box and write the CAPITAL LETTER of the correct answer before the number.

A. Limitations of the subject

B. Personal resources
C. Interest in the subject matter
D. Timeliness and relevance
E. Richness of available resources or supporting evidences of appropriateness
F. Intellectual ability

B 1.This refers to the researcher’s abilities, financial capacity, resources in

terms of instruments, facilities and time frame.
D 2. This refers to the social applicability and appropriateness of the topic to
the current situation.
C 3. This refers to an individual’s interest in a topic driven by his or her schema
about it.
E 4. This refers to the availability of needed resources as evidence for the topic.
A 5. This refers to the topic’s contribution to a particular field or discipline.

References
Avilla, Ruel A. Practical Research 1. Makati City: Diwa Learning Systems Inc., 2016, 3-7.
Baraceros, Esther L. Practical Research 1. Manila, Philippines: Rex Book Store, 2016.
Prieto, Nelia G, Naval, Victoria C., and Carey, Teresita G. Practical Research 2 for Senior High School. Metro
Manila, Philippines: Lorimar Publishing, Inc., 2017, 29-31.
Slideshare.net. “Identifying and Stating the Problem.” Last modified July 6, 2020.
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Prepared by:
MELBA M. OCENAR SHST – II
Rubric for What I Have Learned
Criteria/ 5 3 1
Indicators Excellent/ Satisfactory Needs
Outstanding Improvement
 Completeness of answers All of the sections were Two sections were None of the sections
answered unanswered were answered

Quality of answers All of the responses were Some of the responses None of the responses
discussed substantially were discussed were discussed
and comprehensively substantially and substantially and
comprehensively comprehensively

Appropriateness of answers All of the responses Some of the responses None of the responses
correspond to the correspond to the corresponds to the
needed information in needed information in needed information in all
all of the some of the sections of the
sections sections

Rubric for What I Can Do

Criteria/Indicators 5 3 1
Excellent/ Satisfactory Needs
Outstanding Improvement

Feasibility of The research problem The research problem is The research problem is
Research Problem is practical and doable slightly practical and may be completely impractical
doable and undoable

Specificity of The research problem The research problem is The research problem
Research Problem uniquely belongs to a slightly ambiguous is still broad
specific area of the topic

Timeliness The research problem is The research problem is The research problem is
Relevance of highly significant at the slightly significant at the time insignificant at the time
time being being being
Research Problem

Originality of the Presentation

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