Lesson 1

• Research is a careful, systematic, and patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge
• "Re"

  A prefix that means again
• The baby

  New knowledge
• The creation of new knowledge can be compared to a mother giving birth
• The potter

  The researcher
• Sections in a research paper

  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results and Discussion
  • Abstract
• Research is a process
• The pot


  A new knowledge made creatively
• Research is to look for something
• Research


  A careful, systematic, and patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge
• Research is not only about the discovery of something unknown, but also creating a new explanation of something that is known
• "Search"


  A word which means to look for
• The clay

  The existing knowledge
• A research


  A process of searching for something to solve an existing problem or difficulty to solve
• Chapters in a research paper

  • Chapter 1: The Problem and Its Background
  • Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature and Studies
  • Chapter 3: Research Methodology
  • Chapter 4: Presentation, Analysis, and Interpretation of Data
  • Chapter 5: Summary of Findings, Conclusion, and Recommendation
• A potter molding a pot can be paralleled to the use of existing knowledge in a new creative way
• The mother

  The research itself