This document discusses the nature of inquiry and research. It defines inquiry as an investigation that asks questions to examine something using higher-order thinking skills. Research is defined as a systematic study or investigation conducted in an orderly, methodical manner to answer questions posed by the researcher. The document provides characteristics of research, including that it is based on direct experience, starts and ends with a problem, exhibits careful judgment, utilizes analytical procedures, and can be replicated. It also discusses differences between inquiry and research and provides examples of applying them.

1. NATURE OF INQUIRY AND
RESEARCH
MELINA V. KAHULUGAN

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

3. Thelearnerisableto
decideonsuitable
quantitativeresearch
indifferentareasof
interest
LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
The learner:
1. Describes characteristics,
strengths, weaknesses, and kinds
of quantitative research.
2. Illustrates the importance of
quantitative research across
fields.
3. Differentiates kinds of variables
and their uses.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD:

4. INQUIRY
VS
RESEARCH
Nature of Inquiry
and Research
A REVIEW

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)

7. RESEARCH
Research is a scientific,
experimental, or
inductive manner of
thinking.

8. #GuessWhatRe
searchCharacter
istic

9. CHARACTERISTICS
OFRESEARCH
Research is based
on direct experience
and observation of
the researcher.
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10. CHARACTERISTICS
OFRESEARCH
Research starts
with a problem
and ends with a
problem.
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11. CHARACTERISTICS
OFRESEARCH
Research
exhibits careful
and precise
judgment.
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12. CHARACTERISTICS
OFRESEARCH
Research
utilizes proven
analytical
procedures.
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13. CHARACTERISTICS
OFRESEARCH
Scientific
investigation is
done in an
orderly manner.
l _ _ i _ a _

14. CHARACTERISTICS
OFRESEARCH
Research is
conducted in a
very careful and
organized way.
m _ _ h _ _ _ c _ _

15. CHARACTERISTICS
OFRESEARCH
The research design
can be replicated
for validation of
results.
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16. Group
Discussion
Compare and contrast
Inquiry and Research.
Which is easier to carry out:
Inquiry or Research? Give
Reasons for you answers.
How can a researcher be a
scientist?

17. Group
Discussion
Should you immediately
concern yourself with data
analysis prior to research
approach? Why or Why not?
Could inquiry and Research
go together? Explain your
point.

18. Group
Discussion
What do you think of this
line: Inquiry occurs
completely with excessive
familiarity with the
physical looks of an
object?

19. Group
Discussion
Do these two words,
Inquiry and Research,
somehow indicate
strength of character?

20. Group
Discussion
Have you had an
application of Inquiry and
Research in your day-to-
day life? Explain.

21. Group
Discussion
Name some institutions
or organizations that
often engage themselves
in inquiry and research.
Describe their ways of
doing it.

22. REVIEW
INQUIRY AND
RESEARCH

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

28. Reporting of Result

29. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

30. NATURE OF INQUIRY AND
RESEARCH
MELINA V. KAHULUGAN

31. OBJECTIVES
To critique their
speculation on their
research survey
To define Quantitative
Research based on their
research experience.

32. IRECall
What is the
significance of
Speculative Thinking
Activity?

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.

34. LOOK
THROUGH
With the activity you did
yesterday about
speculative thinking,
how would you define
quantitative research?

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?

39. Pergroup
Assignment
Bring writing material
for group report on
Monday.