Report on Seminar in Thesis Writing

1. RESEARCH PARADIGM
Presented by
JOSELITO B. BISENIO
Makati Science High School

2. RESEARCH PARADIGM
Serves as a model and guide
which describes and illustrates
how the variables are treated
in the study.
It is a figure that represents
the interplay of the variables.

3. SYMBOLS USED
 BOX – it contains the variables. Normally, it answers a
question in the SOP which needs descriptive analysis.
 ONE-HEADED ARROW – illustrates influence on one
variable on the other.
 TWO-HEADED ARROW – it represents association or
relationships between variables.
 CONNECTOR LINE – connects one variable with
another but does not necessarily mean that the
variables will be subjected to a statistical procedure.

4. EXAMPLE
Demographic Profile
Age
Gender
Previous GWA in English
Parents’ educational attainment
Family’s Socioeconomic Status
Reading
Proficiency Levels
(Mc Call Crabbs
Test)
Suggested
Reading Strategies to
Increase Reading
Proficiency Level

5. EXAMPLE
INPUT
News Writing
Feature Writing
Editorial Writing
Sports News Writing
PROCESS
On-line Research
On-line References
INPUT
Better journalistic
writing outputs

6. Research
Paradigm
Research Approach Research Methods Examples
Positivism Quantitative Surveys:
longitudinal,
cross-sectional,
correlational;
experimental and quasi-
experimental;
ex-post facto research
- Attitude of distance learners towards online
based education
- Relationship between students’ motivation and
their academic achievement.
- Effect of intelligence on the academic
performances of primary school learners
Anti-Positivism Qualitative Biographical
Phenomenological
Ethnographical
case study
- A study of autobiography of a great statesman.
- A study of dropout among the female students
- A case study of a open distance learning
Institution in a country.
Critical Theory Critical and action-
oriented
Ideology critique;
action research
- A study of development of education during the
British rule in India
- Absenteeism among standard five students of a
primary school