Writing research problem & introduction for junior high school students

2. RESEARCH PROBLEM
•A RESEARCH PROBLEM IS A DEFINITE OR CLEAR EXPRESSION [STATEMENT] ABOUT
AN AREA OF CONCERN, A CONDITION TO BE IMPROVED UPON, A DIFFICULTY TO BE
ELIMINATED, OR A TROUBLING QUESTION THAT EXISTS IN SCHOLARLY LITERATURE,
IN THEORY, OR WITHIN EXISTING PRACTICE THAT POINTS TO A NEED FOR
MEANINGFUL UNDERSTANDING AND DELIBERATE INVESTIGATION.

3. •YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION IS WHAT YOU HOPE TO FIGURE OUT. IT IS YOUR
"WHAT IF" QUESTION. SHOULD BE ABLE TO WRITE THE RESEARCH QUESTION IN
A SIMPLE SENTENCE.
•IT SHOULD BE OF GREAT INTERESTS TO YOU
•THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANT
•YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION REQUIRED
•YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS RELATED TO THE PROBLEM
•YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO STATE THE PROBLEM CLEARLY AND CONCISELY

4. EXERCISE!!! RESPOND FIRST WITH THE ANSWERS ‘YES’, ‘NO’ OR ‘POSSIBLY’. THEN, IF
YOU THINK THAT THE RESEARCH PROBLEM IS NOT VIABLE OR WILL PRESENT
DIFFICULTIES, BRIEFLY GIVE YOUR REASONS.
• 1 WHETHER THE ADVANTAGES OF FOREIGN BORROWING BY THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
OUTWEIGH THE DISADVANTAGES
• 2 A STUDY TO COMPARE THE RESULTS IN SCHOOL HISTORY EXAMS FOR 16-YEAR-OLDS
THROUGHOUT EUROPE BETWEEN 1970 AND 1980.
• 3 THE EFFECTS OF PARENT UNEMPLOYMENT ON THEIR CHILDREN’S ATTITUDE TO SCHOOLWORK.
• 4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY AND AIR MOVEMENT IN THE
COOLING EFFECT OF SWEATING ON THE HUMAN SKIN.
• 5 THE EFFECTS OF USING GLASS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESS AND QUALITIES IN SINGLE, DOUBLE
AND TRIPLE GLAZING.

5. WORKSHOP
•POINTS TO CONSIDER
•STUDENTS LEVEL
•ANY TOPIC/CONCEPT/ACTIVITY FROM 1ST TO 4TH GRADING
•RELATIONSHIP OF BODY WEIGHT AND POWER OUTPUT – (GRADE 8 1ST
GRADING)

6. PARTS OF SCHOOL-BASED SIP
1. ABSTRACT
• (SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH PAPER- SHOULD BE CLEAR AND CONCISE)
• PURPOSE OR OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
• METHODOLOGY
• RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
• CONCLUSION/APPLICATION
• (200-250 WORDS)

7. SAMPLE ABSTRACT

8. SAMPLE

9. 2. INTRODUCTION
• (NOT MORE THAN 500 WORDS BUT NOT LESS THAN 350 WORDS)
• WHY DO YOU WANT TO CONDUCT THE STUDY?
A. MAIN PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE OF YOUR INVESTIGATION
• SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE/S OF YOUR STUDY: IT CAN BE IN INTERROGATIVE (QUESTION) OR
DECLARATIVE FORM (STATEMENT)
B. WRITE THE HYPOTHESIS/ES OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM.
• STATISTICAL HYPOTHESES: (THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE…. OR THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE….) OR THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESES: (IF AND THEN STATEMENT)
C. SIGNIFICANCE OR IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY
• WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THE STUDY?
D. SCOPE AND DELIMITATION
• (THE COVERAGE OR BOUNDARY OF THE STUDY)
• USE 2-4 RELEVANT LITERATURE IN WRITING THE INTRODUCTION. DO PROPER CITATIONS –APA
FORMAT – (AUTHOR, DATE).

10. INTRODUCTION
• THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE INTRODUCTION IS TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM THAT WILL
BE ADDRESSED. IN THIS SECTION THE RESEARCHER MIGHT DISCUSS THE NATURE OF THE RESEARCH,
THE PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM, AND THE
RESEARCH QUESTION(S) TO BE ADDRESSED.
• THREE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF A GOOD INTRODUCTION ARE:
• RATIONALE
• PURPOSE
• RESEARCH QUESTION(S)
• HTTP://LINGUISTICS.BYU.EDU/FACULTY/HENRICHSENL/RESEARCHMETHODS/RM_3_02.HTML

11. • RATIONALE
• SOMEWHERE IN THE INTRODUCTION YOU NEED TO INFORM THE READER OF THE RATIONALE OF
YOUR RESEARCH. THIS IS A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WHY YOUR RESEARCH TOPIC IS WORTHY OF
STUDY AND MAY MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE BODY OF ALREADY EXISTING
RESEARCH.
• PURPOSE
• THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE IS NOT SIMPLY A STATEMENT OF WHY THE RESEARCH IS BEING DONE.
(THAT IS WHAT THE RATIONALE SECTION IS FOR.) RATHER, "PURPOSE" REFERS TO THE GOAL OR
OBJECTIVE OF YOUR RESEARCH. THE PURPOSE STATEMENT SHOULD ANSWER QUESTIONS. . ."WHAT
ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF MY RESEARCH?" AND "WHAT DO I EXPECT TO DISCOVER OR LEARN FROM
THIS RESEARCH?“
• THE INTRODUCTION USUALLY ENDS WITH A RESEARCH QUESTION OR QUESTIONS. THIS QUESTION
SHOULD BE; RELATED TO YOUR RESEARCH PURPOSE, FOCUSED AND CLEAR

12. •THINK OF THE INTRODUCTION AS A MENTAL ROAD MAP THAT
MUST ANSWER FOR THE READER THESE FOUR QUESTIONS:
•WHAT WAS I STUDYING?
•WHY WAS THIS TOPIC IMPORTANT TO INVESTIGATE?
•WHAT DID WE KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC BEFORE I DID THIS STUDY?
•HOW WILL THIS STUDY ADVANCE NEW KNOWLEDGE OR NEW WAYS
OF UNDERSTANDING?

13. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
•IDENTIFIES AND DESCRIBES THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF A WELL-DEFINED
RESEARCH PROBLEM WITH REFERENCE TO THE EXISTING LITERATURE.
•SHOULD INDICATE THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM BEING STUDIED,
APPROPRIATE CONTEXT OF THE PROBLEM IN RELATION TO THEORY, RESEARCH,
AND/OR PRACTICE, ITS SCOPE, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH PREVIOUS STUDIES
HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM, NOTING, IN PARTICULAR,
WHERE GAPS EXIST THAT YOUR STUDY ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS

14. •BACKGROUND INFORMATION EXPANDS UPON THE KEY POINTS STATED IN THE
BEGINNING OF YOUR INTRODUCTION BUT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE THE MAIN
FOCUS OF THE PAPER.
•SUPPORTS THE QUESTION, WHAT DID WE KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC BEFORE I DID
THIS STUDY?
•HELPS YOUR READER DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE
RESEARCH PROBLEM BEING INVESTIGATED
•PROMOTES CONFIDENCE IN THE OVERALL QUALITY OF YOUR ANALYSIS AND
FINDINGS. THIS INFORMATION PROVIDES THE READER WITH THE ESSENTIAL
CONTEXT NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND ITS
SIGNIFICANCE.

15. WORKSHOP