Nature and Importance of Research

• DEFINITION OF RESEARCH

  
  

  Research is a systematic inquiry that is designed to collect, analyze, and interpret data to understand, describe, or predict phenomenon (Mertens 2015).
• DEFENITION OF RESEARCH

  
  

  Research is a process of executing various mental acts for discovering and examining facts and information to prove the accuracy or truthfulness of your claims or conclusions about the topic of your research (Litchman 2013).
• DEFENITION OF RESEARCH

  
  

  With the definition, research is NOT merely accumulation of facts such as going to the library or surfing the Internet to gather information. Searching for information or data from various reading materials may be information discovery, but it is not research.

  
  

  Research is truth seeking.
• DEFENITION OF RESEARCH

  
  

  Researchers undergo the systematic process of acquiring information or data, analyzing, and interpreting these data to increase knowledge about a phenomenon. They utilize scientific method of gathering information and arrive at accurate and conclusive results. The scientific method allows researchers to describe the relationship between and among factors, to predict what might possibly happen, to control variables which leads to certain cause or condition, and to explain phenomenon.
• DEFENITION OF RESEARCH

  
  

  Research is the FORCE behind everything that we do.
• INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING

  
  

  Senior high school students who engage in Inquiry-Based Learning are placed in an environment in which learning is driven by a process of inquiry. They identify their own problems, and find answers to these problems, thus acquiring requisite knowledge (Center for Excellence in Inquiry-Based Learning 2010).
• IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

  Why is research important?

  
  

  1.) Research creates new knowledge and understanding which aims to improve the quality of life.

  • The inventions and innovations which we see around us are all products of research. These new discoveries make life better.
• IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

  
  

  2.) Research builds the foundation of sound policies, program development and innovation.

  • Any course of action supported by research is likely to succeed. Research provides an opportunity to make smart decisions in life. It reduces the chances of making poor or dangerous choices, protecting humans from false ideas and risky beliefs.
• IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

  
  

  3.) Research offers solutions to life problems.

  • Research finds a better way to address various problems in life.
  • Society has progressed through research. Research gathers information and investigates phenomena; allowing people to test theories and make predictions.
  • Researchers, scientists, and innovators conduct research to discover medical breakthroughs, technological developments, and solve problems in education, politics, business, economy, and society.
• INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING

  
  

  In a research class, a senior high school student engages in Inquiry-Based Learning where he/she:

  ➢ demonstrates curiosity on a real-life problem specifically in one’s field of specialization;

  ➢ uses critical thinking and higher-order thinking strategies;

  ➢ gathers, analyses, and interprets data and information; and,

  ➢ manifests ownership of learning.
• IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

  1.) Urban waste

  • Coconut husks and water hyacinths were used to make charcoal.
  • Charcoal Briquetting and Water Hyacinth Processing Center in Sitio Ilugin, Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City.
• IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

  2.) Dengue

  • Biotek-M Dengue Aqua Kit is on its final testing stage. It can be used to determine if a patient has dengue. This is being developed by the team of Dr. Rita Grace Alvero in collaboration with DOST.
• IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

  4.) Air pollution

  • Highmax Turbo Power Simulator which increases vehicle’s fuel efficiency, engine power and torque was discovered by Jun de Jesus.
• IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

  3.) PC chipset

  • Single-chip 16-bit microprocessor-based calculator was developed by Diosdado Banatao.
• IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

  5.) Seasonal Fruit

  • Mango trees can bear fruit anytime of the year through mango flowering. This was introduced by Ramon Barba.