Practical Research

1
UNIT I
Nature of Inquiry
and Research
Quiz 1- TRUE or FALSE
1. Inquiry does not requires to collect data, meaning, facts and information.
2. Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) that stresses the essence of
provocation and scaffolding in learning.
3. Jerome Bruner’s theory on learners’ varied world perceptions for their own
interpretative thinking of people and things around them.
4. Jerome Bruner’s theory of connected experiences for exploratory and reflective
thinking
5. One of the benefits of inquiry-based learning is decreases social awareness and
cultural knowledge.
6. Research is a process of executing various mental acts for discovering and examining
facts and information to prove the accuracy or truthfulness of claims or conclusions.
7. If research deals with concepts, principles, or abstract things, it is a pure research.
8. A correlation research shows relationships or connectedness to two factors,
circumstances, or agents called variables that affect the research.
9. Quantitative research requires non- numerical data, which means that the research
uses words rather than numbers to express the results, the inquiry, or investigation
about people’s thoughts, beliefs, feelings, views, and lifestyles regarding the object of
the study.
10. Secondary data ate obtained through direct observation or contact with people,
object, artifacts, paintings, etc.
Quiz 1-
11-15. What are the characteristics of
research?
16-20. Give at least 5 purposes of
research.
21-22. Give at least 2 types of research.
23-25. Give the 3 approaches to
research.
 Quiz 1- TRUE or FALSE
F 1. Inquiry does not requires to collect data, meaning, facts and information.

T 2. Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) that stresses the essence of
provocation and scaffolding in learning.

T 3. Jerome Bruner’s theory on learners’ varied world perceptions for their own
interpretative thinking of people and things around them.
F 4. Jerome Bruner’s theory of connected experiences for exploratory and reflective
thinking

F 5. One of the benefits of inquiry-based learning is decreases social awareness and

cultural knowledge.

T 6. Research is a process of executing various mental acts for discovering and examining
facts and information to prove the accuracy or truthfulness of claims or conclusions.
T 7. If research deals with concepts, principles, or abstract things, it is a pure research.

T 8. A correlation research shows relationships or connectedness to two factors,

circumstances, or agents called variables that affect the research.
F 9. Quantitative research requires non- numerical data, which means that the research
uses words rather than numbers to express the results, the inquiry, or investigation
about people’s thoughts, beliefs, feelings, views, and lifestyles regarding the object of
the study.
F 10. Secondary data ate obtained through direct observation or contact with people,
object, artifacts, paintings, etc.
Quiz 1-
11-15. What are the characteristics of research?

accuracy, relevance, objectiveness, clarity,

timeliness systematic
16-20. Give at least 5 purposes of research.(see next slide)
21-22. Give at least 2 types of research.
A. Descriptive Research B. Correlational Research
C. Explanatory Research D. Exploratory Research
E. Action Research
23-25. Give the 3 approaches to research.
1. Scientific or Positive Approach
2. Naturalistic Approach
3. Triangulation Approach
 Purposes of Research
1. To learn how to work independently
2. To learn how to work scientifically or systematically
3. To have an in-depth knowledge of something
4. To elevate your mental abilities by letting you think in higher-
order thinking strategies (HOTS) of inferring, evaluating,
synthesizing, appreciating, applying and creating
5. To improve your reading and writing skills
6. To be familiar with the basic tools of research and the various
techniques of gathering data and of presenting research findings
7. To free yourself, to a certain extent, from the domination or
strong influence of a single textbook or of the professor’s lone
viewpoint or spoon feeding