Activity Title & Rationale:
SHS PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1 AND 2
CULMINATING ACTIVITY
Research assignment. These two simple words are able to evoke powerful
feelings: dread, anxiety, fear, uncertainty, anticipation and hope. Even the most
confident high school students seldom feel thrilled when given a research assignment.
Why? What is it about the research process that seems to place undue stress on those
involved? Why is the initial feeling more often one of panic than of expectation and the
"thrill of the hunt" seen as more trouble than it is worth? Perhaps it is because the
research has been imposed rather than chosen, and so the students are more
concerned with creating a viable final product than with understanding new ideas
and/or adding to their knowledge base. Kuhlthau (1998) states that an emphasis on
understanding will make both the research process and the information gleaned
through this process more meaningful to the student.
A necessary component of this culminating activity was listening to the voice of
students. Adults' engagement with literacy is influenced strongly by their formal school
experiences, and adults' alienation from literacy activities has economic, social, and
political costs. Educators and library information specialists working with students in the
area of research need to understand and use appropriate intervention and motivational
strategies to ensure that students gain understanding and construct meaning and do
not merely regurgitate data. Making the research process relevant and manageable
should ensure greater student success and improve student achievement, as well as
encourage their literacy engagement into adulthood.
OBJECTIVE
The activity aimed to develop students’ critical thinking, technical writing skills,
organizational skills, understanding of the qualitative and quantitative research process,
and their confidence in expressing effectively their ideas and arguments and to identify
what factors motivated different types of students in different content areas to
complete assigned research projects successfully. Information was collected through
student journals, interviews with students and teachers, and observation. Preliminary
findings identified access to information, task perception and understanding, the
research purpose, and time as factors that appeared to encourage students to complete
their research and develop confidence in their ability to create meaning. This work adds
the important component of student experience and voice to earlier research
concerning motivation and student information literacy.
EXPECTED OUTPUTS
Grade 11 and 12 presented their research papers as the culminating activity of
their Practical Research 1 and 2 class on March 5, 2018. Students discussed and
defended their papers in front of selected Senior High School faculty.
Below are the Titles of the Research Papers from Grade 11 and 12: (See
attached hard copies)
Grade 11 (Concept Papers)
1. The Problems and Difficulties Encountered By The Students of Payao NHS In
Speaking English
2. Health At Risk: Excessive Internet Use Among Payao NHS Students
3. Game Addiction: A Phenomelogical Study Among The Grade 11 Students of
Payao NHS
4. Factors and Depletion of Absenteeism Among Grade 11 Students of Payao NHS
5. Car Accidents: Its Impact On Some Of The Residents Of Barangay Bita-og Taytay
6. Prevention of Factors That Trigger Smoking Among The Students Of Payao NHS
7. Dependence in Using Gadgets of Students in Payao NHS: How can it Affect their
Daily Living?
8. Tardiness: Its Factors Among Grade 11 Students of Payao NHS
9. Social Media: Its Impact On The Academic Performance of Senior High Students
of Payao NHS
Grade 12 (Proposal Papers)
1. The Effects of Multimedia Presentation on Students’ Proficiency in Biology
2. Difficulties Encountered by the Grade 10 Students in Mathematics of Payao NHS
3. Students Awareness in Bullying at Payao NHS
4. Factors Affecting In Not Wearing The Uniform And I.D Of All The Students Of
Payao NHS
5. Factors Affecting the Tardiness Of The Students of Payao NHS
6. Difficulties Encountered By Non-Readers in Speaking English Language in Payao
NHS
7. Factors that Affect the Absenteeism of Students in Payao NHS
