3i's Inquiries, Investigation and Immersion
3i's Inquiries, Investigation and Immersion
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A research topic should...
1. be original.
2. be ambiguous.
3. fill in a research gap.
4. be costly and ambitious.
5. be general and not specific.
6. arouse intellectual curiosity.
7. be within the researcher’s interest.
8. make use of ineffective research instrument.
9. be completed beyond the given period of time.
10. be insignificant to the field of study or discipline.
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✗ A common challenge when beginning to
write a research paper is
✗ determining how to narrow down your
topic. To assist you in the selection
✗ process, here are some guidelines given
by Baraceros
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✗1. INTEREST IN THE
SUBJECT MATTER
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5 Guidelines how to narrow down the topic:
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✗ 2. RICHNESS OF
AVAILABLE SOURCES OR
SUPPORTING EVIDENCES
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2. RICHNESS OF AVAILABLE SOURCES OR
SUPPORTING EVIDENCES
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✗ 3. TIMELINESS AND
RELEVANCE OF THE
TOPIC
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3. TIMELINESS AND RELEVANCE OF THE
TOPIC
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✗ 4. LIMITATION OF THE
TOPIC
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4. LIMITATIONS OF THE SUBJECT
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✗ 5. PERSONAL RESOURCES
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5. PERSONAL RESOURCES
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✗ Now that you have learned the
considerations in formulating a
research
✗ problem, here are the steps
that will guide you trim down
your area of
✗ interest.
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1. Focus on your track, strand or area of
specialization.
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2. Recall the specific area, lesson or issue in
your respective field or strand that has piqued
or aroused your interest the most.
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3. Generate an unanswered question or an
unresolved problem from your chosen area or
lesson.
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4. Assess the question or problem based on the five
guidelines stated above.
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5. Write your research problem.
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✗ LET’S HAVE A QUIZ!!
✗ ARE YOU READY?
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1. The researcher’s interest increases the possibility
of the success of the study
2. Prior to finalizing your chosen topic, you must
assess your research abilities as a student.
3. Your topic should be relevant
4. Research is conducted to contribute something
valuable to a particular area or discipline.
5. One of the things that you should do is to collect a
lot of information on your topic of interest.
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6. It consider the significance of the topic in your track and
strand.
7. You must ensure that your sources come from a wide
variety of literature such as books, journal, periodicals,
online articles, etc.
8. Curiosity about an issue/topic is one of the factors that
motivate a person to unravel the unknown in a topic
9. This enables you to find evidences that would support
your topic.
10. Prior to finalizing your chosen topic, you must assess
your research abilities as a student.
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Test your wits and complete the paragraphs below by sharing
your learnings from the previous discussions. Write your answers on your
notebook. (15 points)
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WHO?
(Respondent)
WHERE
WHAT PUBLIC (Place that
you will
(Factors)
SPEAKING conducting
the research)
WHEN
(Limit or
Deadline of
the research)
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WHO?
WHEN? WHY?
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