2. Natureof
Inquiryand
Research
CONTENT STANDARD:
The learner demonstrates
understanding of :
1.The Characteristics, strengths,
weaknesses, and kinds of
quantitative research.
2.The importance of quantitative
research across fields
3.The nature of variables
CONTENT
5. Inquiry
Is synonymous with the word
‘investigation’, it tends to ask
questions to probe or examine
something using HOTS.
THINKING STRATEGIES
- Inferential; Analytical, Critical,
Creative, and Appreciative thinking
to discover more understandable or
meaningful things beyond such object
of your inquiry.
6. RESEARCH
Research is a systematic
study or investigation of
something for the
purpose of answering
question posed by the
researcher. (Parel)
23. ASSESSMENT
Instruction: Determine whether
Inquiry or Research is applicable
to the given situations. Write I if
the situation applies for Inquiry
and R if for Research.
1.A person wants to know the
occupant of one condominium
2.A student wants to know the
medicinal effects of guava leaves
24. ASSESSMENT
3.Mr. Cruz wants to know
the technique to make his
electric fan function
instantly.
4.Professor Gomez wants to
discover the impact of
social networking on his
students’ learning
25. ASSESSMENT
5. Aling Rosa wants to know
the reason behind the
decrease of her sales for
the day.
6. A business man wants to
find out which between
these two marketing
strategies: free tasting and
attractive packaging, could
increase daily sales.
26. ACTIVITY
20mins
ACTIVITY: SPECULATIVE THINKING
Prove how inquisitive you are by raising
investigative questions about the following.
Group 1: Most Recreational Last Summer
2019
Group 2: Financial (Baon) Management of
Students
Group 3: Skills and hobbies of the students
Group 4: Learning Style of Students
Group 5: Coping Mechanism of Students on
Stress (Stress Management)
Group 6: Student’s Priority in Life
Classify your questions into lower-level and
top-level questions.
27. Reporting
of Result
RUBRIC FOR SURVEY REPORT
POINTS CRITERIA
GOAL 5 Clarity of goal
POPULATION 5 Presented the
population
SAMPLE SIZE 5 Has used Sample size
techniques
SURVEY
QUESTIONS
10 Excellent questions from
lower to top level
questions
DATA
GATHERING
10 Uses a mathematical
method for gathering the
data
RESULT
RELIABILITY
15 The result is concretely
reported.
TOTAL 50
33. ImageIntensifier
Which between these two sets of statements
is easier or quicker to understand? Justify
your point.
Set A – Ninety five (95%) of the examinees
passed the licensure exams.
Twenty pages of the book contain
grammatically incorrect sentences.
Set B – A big number of examinees passed
the licensure exams.
Several pages of the book contain
grammatically incorrect sentences.
35. QUANTITATIVE
RESEARCH
Expressions like numerical forms,
objective thinking, statistical
methods, and measurement signal
the existence of quantitative
research.
Numerical is a descriptive word
pertaining to or denoting a number
or symbol to express how many, how
much, or what rank things are or
have in this world.
It indicates specificity, particularity,
36. Group
Discussion
Is there clarity about their goal?
What sampling technique did the
group use?
Are the questions from low level up
to higher level of thinking skills?
What mathematical method did your
group use?
How would you say the result of your
survey is reliable.
What things you could improve in
your survey?
37. SPECULATIVE
THINKING
TOPICS
Group 1: Most Recreational Last
Summer 2019
Group 2: Financial (Baon)
Management of Students
Group 3: Skills and hobbies of the
students
Group 4: Learning Style of Students
Group 5: Coping Mechanism of
Students on Stress (Stress
Management)
Group 6: Student’s Priority in Life
38. LearningLog1
How do I define now
quantitative research?
How would it help me
pursue our research?
Inquiry is a learning process, a method to acquire knowledge, it motivates us to obtain knowledge or information about people, things, places or events.
Empirical
cyclical
critical
Analytical – comparing, separating the data into component parts
Logical – formal processes in thinking and reasoning
Methodical
Methodical
According to Manheim (1977) Science is an “objective, accurate, systematic analysis of determinate body of empirical data, in order to discover recurring relationships among phenomena. (Librero, 1993)