PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

PERFORMANCE TASK 3 WORKSHEET

Writing a Research Topic Proposal

OBJECTIVES:
Performance: Decide on suitable qualitative research topics in different areas of interest.
Content: Demonstrate the value of qualitative research; its kinds, characteristics, uses,
strengths, and weaknesses; and the importance of qualitative research across elds of inquiry.

Opportunity to Practice the Following 21st-Century Skills

· Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving

· Communication
· Information Literacy

Task Context

Every intent to do academic research begins with a topic proposal. It provides an overall idea on
the significance of studying a particular issue and how the researcher intends to conduct the
research study. More importantly, it serves as the foundation of the entire research project. A good
topic proposal allows the teacher to assess the feasibility of the research project.

Task Instructions

1. With your group, bring out the titles you have made from the previous performance task
and the feedback you got from your subject teachers.

2. Formulate three topic proposals with each proposal limited to one page. The topic proposals
must be ordered according to preference.

3. Each topic proposal must have the following contents:

a. Research Title: The title must reflect the topic. It must consist of 50-100
characters.
b. Introduction: This section describes the research problem that you wish to
address. It provides background information about the project. This requires
gathering information from previous studies conducted about the topic. Do not forget
to cite the sources used in this section. This section must only consist of 1-2
paragraphs.
c. Objectives of the Study: This section contains the research objectives, which
are stated in bullet form.
d. Process Flowchart: This flowchart illustrates the proposed process in
conducting the research study. It must show an overview of the proposed methods
and techniques for qualitative data collection and analysis. It must be aligned with
the objectives of the study.

4. Encode your answers in a separate document file and the document in your respective
group folders.

5. Based on the order of the topic proposals, the rest topic proposal in the list will be subjected
to an oral defense together with a written output. The two remaining topic proposals are reserved
in case the first topic proposal is rejected after the oral defense.
Rubric for Grading
1 2 3 4 Weight Point
s s
Written Component 80%
Research Title All three topic Two out of One out of All three topic 10%
proposals have three topic three topic proposals have
research titles proposals have proposals has research titles
that need research titles a research title that are clearly
improvement that need that needs stated and
in being clear improvement improvement reflective of the
and reflective in being clear in being clear actual scope of
of the actual and reflective and reflective the research
scope of the of the actual of the actual problem.
research scope of the scope of the
problem. research research
problem. problem.
Information All three topic Two out of One out of All three topic 20%
literacy in proposals have three topic three topic proposals have
writing the incomplete proposals have proposals has complete
Introduction background incomplete incomplete background
information background background information
about the information information about the
research about the about the research
problem. The research research problem. The
real-life problem. The problem. The real-life
problem and real-life real-life problem and
significance of problem and problem and significance of
the study were significance of significance of the study were
not clearly the study were the study were clearly
identified and not clearly clearly identified and
discussed. identified and identified and discussed.
discussed discussed.
Objectives of All three topic Two out of One out of All three topic 20%
the study proposals have three topic three topic proposals have
unclear and proposals have proposals has clear and
unspecific unclear and unclear and specific
research unspecific unspecific research
objectives. research research objectives.
objectives. objectives.
 Critical All three topic Two out of One out of All three topic 30%
thinking and proposals do three topic three topic proposals have
problem not have a proposals do proposals does a process
solving skills clear process not have a not have a flowchart that
in doing the flowchart that process process contains
process contains flowchart that flowchart that proposed
flowchart proposed contains contains methods and
methods and proposed proposed techniques for
techniques for methods and methods and qualitative
qualitative techniques for techniques for data collection
data collection qualitative qualitative and analysis.
and analysis. data collection data collection The contents of
The contents of and analysis. and analysis. the flowchart
the flowchart The contents of The contents of are clearly
are not clearly the flowchart the flowchart aligned with
aligned with are not clearly are clearly the objectives
the objectives aligned with aligned with of the study.
of the study the objectives the objectives
of the study. of the study.
Oral Component 20%
Communicatio The oral The oral The oral The oral 10%
n skills in the presentation presentation presentation presentation
topic proposal contained contained contained a contained
defense major errors in minor errors in few errors in minimal to no
content, content, content, error in
language, language, language, content,
grammar, and grammar, and grammar, and language,
delivery of delivery of delivery of grammar, and
ideas. ideas. ideas. delivery of
ideas.
Group Two group Two group One group All of the group 10%
participation members had members had member had members
little to no less less contributed to
contribution to contribution contribution the
the compared to compared to accomplishme
accomplishme the others to the others to nt of the
nt of the the the activity.
activity. accomplishme accomplishme
nt of the nt of the
activity. activity.
Total 100%