The faculty of the University of California attempted to use the scientific method to address problems with students lacking dependability. They formulated the hypothesis that incorporating biographies would help develop student character. They tested this by implementing biographies in classes and observed students, but results were inconclusive. The faculty agreed to continue the approach despite incomplete data. Improvements would include more systematic data collection before and after the experiment to better evaluate the hypothesis.

1. GROUP B FINDINGS
Group B
John Ronald Policarpio
Ageo Lopez
Elizabeth Diaz

2. DID THE FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA USE
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?

3. EXPLANATION
Components of a scientific method:
1. Hypothesis (Formulation, testing, and modification)
2. Systematic observation
3. Measurement
4. Experiment
5. Results

4. HYPOTHESIS (FORMULATION,
TESTING, AND MODIFICATION)
Formulation of the Hypothesis:
The hypothesis of the faculty is that the incorporation of the
biographies of well-known people (Real and fictional) will help their
students develop their self-dependability and overall character
Testing the hypothesis:
The faculty tested the hypothesis by implementing these changes to
their classes whenever they can.
Modification of the hypothesis:
This is where the faculty had a lapse, they did not modify the
hypothesis after they had a result or a conclusion. Even though in our
opinion, their results were inconclusive.

5. SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION AND
MEASUREMENT
A systematic observation is basically a method of quantitative data
collection that involves one or more observers, observing events, or
behaviors, as they occur, and reliably recording their observations. The
measurements were also done in this part of the activity.
This part of the activity is when the faculty used systematic observation.
The dean presented the problem and teacher’s A-E where the observers of
the problem. Data was also “measured” because the teachers have already
observed the problems of each class ex. Not submitting their
requirements on time, lying about their reasons, cheating during exams
The Teacher Education Department of the University of California held a meeting. The conversation went like this:
• Dean: I think our students lack dependability. They do not submit their requirements on time and even when they do, the
assignments are sloppy. Half of them lie about the reasons why their assignments are late.
• Teacher A: I agree, some even cheated during their examination last term.
• Teacher B: Not to mention they pass notes to each other that contain filthy and disrespectful words.
• (Teacher C, Teacher D, and Teacher E gives other examples…)

6. EXPERIMENT
The experiment was conducted during the semester which the
meeting was held, as stated here:
The faculty agreed to try this method for a
semester and hold another meeting during the
break. This is what they talked about:

7. RESULTS/CONCLUSION:
After a semester the dean held another meeting with the same
teachers and their results were inconclusive as stated by the teachers
below:
• Teacher A: I am not sure although a lot of them paid attention when I was discussing the
life of Harry Potter.
• Teacher B: I also don’t know whether it made a difference or not. My students were really
interested to know the challenges in the lives of Washington and Roosevelt and how they
succeeded, but I didn’t notice any difference in their dependability when it comes to
submitting assignments or taking exams.
• Teacher C, D, and E gives additional examples of how they used the biography method in
their classes.
After hearing everyone talk, the faculty were in agreement that their method worked fairly
well. The dean ended the meeting with the note that they will try using the same method
again for the following term

8. RESULTS/CONCLUSION:
As stated they have agreed to implement the changes
even though the teachers have stated that they did not
know whether the implementation of biographies were
effective or not. This means that they have accepted
the hypothesis even though they have incomplete or
inconclusive data.
So yes they used the scientific method to solve the
problem, but they did not follow it properly.

9. WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WILL YOU
DO?
for the improvements we might implement if we were in
the place of the faculty, we would take down the number of
time a students were sloppy and lacked self-dependence
for a whole semester before we implement the experiment
and then do the same during the implementation of the
experiment and finally do another observation after the
implementation of the experiment, this way we have
enough data to at least make a comparison before, during,
and after the experiment. Then we would have enough data
to decide whether to implement the changes based on
whether the changes were significant or not.

10. THE END