Inquiries, Investigation

and Immersion
Reporting Findings, Drawing
Conclusions, and Making
Recommendatio

CO_Q2_ Inquiries, Investigation and

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Module 6
Inquiries, Investigation and Immersion
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Reporting Findings, Drawing Conclusions, and Making Recommendations
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Inquiries, Investigation
and Immersion
Quarter 2 – Module 6:
Reporting Findings, Drawing
Conclusions, and Making
Recommendations
Introductory Message
The purpose of this module is to guide the teacher as to what to do in dealing
the students. This is an interactive way to test and evaluate the students’ learning
process. The writer simplifies the instruction of every activity to be understood well.
The importance of the module is to explore the literacy of the students. Motivating
the students to use module is a great help to adapt the education for all programs.

To our dearest students let yourself be free in exploring the module made for
your literacy and learning process. This module is designed to test your skills in
understanding and comprehending the different activities. This module involves
logical flow of ideas to spread essential context regarding the learning process. The
purpose refines completely new approach in selecting topic which inclined the
interests of the learners. Additional insights might investigate the implications in
identifying new problems and re-conceptualize.

1. What I Need to Do – the part used to introduce the learning objectives in this
module.
2. What I Know – this is an assessment as to your level of knowledge to the
subject matter at hand, meant specifically to gauge previous knowledge.
3. What’s In – the part used to connect your previous learning with the new
lesson.
4. What’s New – the part used to introduce new lesson through a story, an
activity, a poem, song, situation or activity.
5. What is It – the part that will help you discover and understand the lesson.
6. What’s More – the part that will help enrich your learnings of the lesson.
7. What I Have Learned – the part that will help you process what you have
learned in the lesson.
8. What I Can Do – the part that allows you to apply what you have learned into
real life situations.
9. Assessment – the part that evaluates your level of mastery in achieving the
learning objectives.
10. Additional Activities – the part that enhances your learning and improves your
mastery of the lesson.
 What I Need to Know

Conclusion and Recommendations comprise Chapter 5 of your paper and is

considered as the last step in accomplishing a research study. In this module, you
are going to focus on learning the last two sections of your research paper as
introduced above.

The conclusion focuses on implying the totality of the result of the study, whether all
the objectives of the study are satisfied or not. The conclusion also gives a
comprehensive summary of the findings of the study. The recommendations section,
on the other hand, allows the researcher to give his/her suggestions for the
betterment and improvement of the study.

This module is also designed to help young researchers to know the ways on how to
improve the writing and presentation of research papers. As proofreading is
important in submitting research papers, one must take note to consider all the
significant points in pursuing the mentioned.

At the end of this module, you are expected to learn the following:
a. define and understand the concepts of research conclusions,
recommendations, and written reports;
b. create their own conclusion, recommendations, and reports based on their
specific research topics; and appreciate the importance and usage of
research conclusion, recommendations, and written reports in a research
study.

How to learn from this module?

To achieve the objectives of this module, do the following:

1. Read the overview to assess the coverage of this module.
2. Take the pre-test to check your comprehension of the topics.
3. Carefully read all the discussions of this module.
4. Accomplish the activities provided per lesson. Always take note of the given
directions.
5. Take the post-test to check your learning.
6. Have an enjoyable learning experience!

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 What I Know

Read and answer the questions below. Write the letter of your answer on your
notebooks or answer sheets provided.

1. This is a section in the research paper that focuses on providing a

comprehensive summary of the findings and points out what was learned from
the study.
a. Summary c. Recommendations
b. Conclusion d. References
2. What section in a research paper gives the researcher the chance to give
suggestions to matters for the improvement of the research study?
a. Summary c. Recommendations
b. Conclusion d. References
3. Which of the following is not the purpose of the research conclusion?
a. It stresses out the importance of the thesis statement
b. It gives the written work a sense of completeness
c. It does not leave a final impression on the readers
d. It demonstrates good organization.
4. Which of the following characteristics of recommendations states that it
should not be ambiguous and must be specific?
a. Recommendations must be brief
b. Recommendations should be clear
c. Recommendations must be precise
d. None of the above
5. This is defined as written documents that discuss a certain issue or topic.
a. Research study c. Research report
b. Research source d. Research draft
6. It is a content of the research report that focuses on explaining the reason
of the conduct of the study.
a. Introduction c. Methodology
b. Review of Related Literature d. Results and Discussion
7. A part of the research report that holds the findings of the study and the
discussion of each finding.
a. Introduction c. Methodology
b. Review of Related Literature d. Results and Discussion
8. Which among the parts of your research report focuses on presenting
relevant information regarding the research topic?
a. Introduction c. Conclusion
b. Review of Related Literature d. Recommendations

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9. From the given choices below, which consideration in making research
reports focuses on securing the correct in-text citation?
a. Researcher must decide on what are the sections that must be included
in your report.
b. Researcher must write your report clearly and concisely.
c. References should be carefully and accurately cited.
d. Report should be edited by several times
10. Which of the following considerations in making research reports
discusses the importance of proofreading?
a. Researcher must decide on what are the sections that must be included
in your report.
b. Researcher must write your report clearly and concisely.
c. References should be carefully and accurately cited.
d. Report should be edited by several times.

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 What’s In

In the previous lesson that you have, you were able to study all about the different
gathering and analysis procedures for your research data. The previous module
discussed the importance of analyzing your data. Data analysis is an important part
of your research since this will determine the mechanism of your research. In
quantitative research, data analysis will help you prove a hypothesis, while in
qualitative research, data analysis can give the researcher the overall theme of the
respondent’s responses.

Data analysis differs from the type of data collected as well as the type of research
conducted, hence, qualitative and quantitative research follows different data
analysis procedures. Accordingly, qualitative research follows data analysis
procedures such as content analysis, discourse analysis, grounded theory, narrative
analysis, and thematic analysis. Quantitative research data, on the other hand, is
commonly analyzed with the appropriate statistical tools design for your study. The
number of data as well as the goal of the study, will help determine the appropriate
statistical tool to be used.

After learning the different methods for analyzing your data, the researchers must
now consider the overall conclusion for the study. In this part, you are now going to
assess whether your research is successful or not based on the data gathered and
analyzed. For this module, you are going to learn how to do an efficient and effective
reporting of your research findings, research conclusion, and recommendations.

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 What is It

Conclusion are the first section of your Chapter 5. This section as described by Prieto
et al. (2017), is commonly composed of the inclusive summary of findings of the
research study. In this section, you can find facts that were learned from the inquiry.
The conclusion serves an important part in making a research paper as it is the
chance for the researcher to leave a lasting impression.

Research conclusion has its important roles and purpose in a research study. These
are commonly elaborated as the following: a) it stresses out the importance of the
thesis statement, b) it gives the written work a sense of completeness, c) it leaves a
final impression to the readers, and d) it demonstrates good organization.

When concluding your paper, you must abide by the following characteristics (Prieto
et al., 2017). These characteristics will guide you to produce a quality research
conclusion.

1. Conclusions are inferences, deductions, abstractions, implications,

interpretations, general statements, and/or generalizations based upon the
finding.
2. Conclusions should appropriately answer the specific questions raised at the
beginning of the investigation in the order that they are given under the
statement of the problem.
3. Conclusions should point out what was factually learned from the inquiry
4. Conclusions should be formulated concisely, that is, brief and short, yet they
convey all the necessary information resulting from the investigation.

Below are the strategies that you could follow in making your conclusions:

1. You briefly discuss or reecho your Introduction.

2. Put a final impression on your readers by giving them a hint of the application
of your research towards their daily life.
3. Get more good impressions by concluding the importance of the study towards
society.
4. Leaving a question to the readers which could be an avenue for gaining a new
perspective.

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 What’s More

Activity 1.
Directions. Visit your library or surf the internet for five (5) free and available
research papers. Analyze how did the authors crafted their conclusion, and supply
your answer on the space allotted below.

Research Title Author and Date Analysis of the

Published Research
Conclusion
(Include website if
source is from the
internet)

What I Can Do

Activity 2

Directions. Craft your research conclusion based on the discussion given above.

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 What’s In

Congratulations! You have finished the first topic! You are on your way to completing
this module!

In the previous lesson, you have learned about the research conclusion, its function,
parts and techniques in writing. Conclusion, as discussed, is one of the most
important part of your research paper. The important roles and purpose of research
conclusions are summarized into the following: a) it stresses out the importance of
the thesis statement, b) it gives the written work a sense of completeness, c) it leaves
a final impression to the readers and d) it demonstrates good organization. Writing a
good conclusion will help you and your readers in assessing whether the research
study was conducted successfully.

At this moment, you are going to learn another topic! For this lesson, we are going
to learn about Research Recommendations. This lesson will focus in teaching you
about the research recommendation mechanism and how to write it.

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 What is It

After crafting your research conclusion, the next step for you to take is to write your
research recommendations. Recommendations will be the last part of your Chapter
5. A recommendation is commonly known as the section where you can give
suggestions on the matters relative to your research that must be improved. When
writing you must take the following considerations:

a) Recommendations must be brief. When writing your recommendations, take

note to write them concisely and as brief as possible.
b) Recommendations should be clear. You must state the specific suggestions
that you want to imply in your study.
c) Recommendations must be precise. When giving suggestions, you should
avoid vague recommendations to secure sufficient results.

As recommendations should be crafted briefly, clearly, and precisely, here are some
guidelines by Prieto et al. (2017) that you can use.
1. You must avoid writing broad and generic recommendations. Also, avoid
recommendations that are directly related to the topic of the research.
2. Remember that recommendations are one step further than the conclusion.
3. You must take into consideration that recommendations must be specified
according to the areas of concern (i.e., academe, policymakers, etc.)

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 What’s More

Activity 3.
Directions. For this activity, you will need the sources that you have used for the
completion of the last activity. To do this activity, you need to read and analyze the
contents of the recommendation of each identified source. Write all your answers on
the table provided below.
Research Title Author and Date Analysis of the
Published Research
Recommendation
(Include website if
sourceis from the
internet)

What I Can Do

Activity 4
Directions. Craft your research recommendation based on the discussion given
above

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 What is It

After accomplishing all of the contents of your research paper, the next thing that
you must do is to prepare and write a research report. Accordingly, research reports
are defined as written documents that discuss a certain issue or topic. It is a
document that holds all the information about a research study from its introduction
down to the recommendations.
In making your report, you must take the following considerations:

1. You must decide on what are the sections that must be included in your
report. Take note to include the findings and discussion of your study. You
should also include the introduction, methodology, conclusion, and
recommendations of your study.
2. You must write your report clearly and concisely. Main idea should be
highlighted and is supported by statements for elaboration and explanation.
Commonly, research reports are written in the past tense form. Words used
should be understandable by all of the possible readers, thus, jargon terms
must be avoided.
3. References should be carefully and accurately cited. Citing your references is
a must. Paraphrasing is also needed to avoid plagiarism.
4. Report should be edited by several times. Checking and proof- reading are a
must to secure that all entries and information stated on the report hold
credibility and transparency.

When writing a research report, you must take note that it should be in a
straightforward manner. A research report is composed of five (5) integral parts,
namely: The Introduction, Review of Related Literature, Methodology, Results and
Discussion and Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendations. The specifications of
the parts are explained below:
a) Introduction
Your introduction must contain an explanation regarding the reason for the
conduct of the study. It must also have the research framework, statement of

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 the problem and objectives, the significance of the study, and scope and
limitations.
b) Review of Related Literature
This chapter focuses on presenting relevant information regarding the topic.
Citing the references appropriately is a must in this section.
c) Methodology
Information found in a research methodology is commonly the research
design, research respondents, setting, the research method, and the analysis
procedure.
d) Results and Discussion
This chapter holds the findings of the study and the discussion for each
finding. The results of the study must be written clearly and objectively. There
are a lot of ways that can be used in presenting results, some of which are by
the use of tables, graphs, and figures. These data should then be discussed.
e) Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendations
Commonly, the summary of the research paper gives brief information about
the research problems, methodology, and findings. The conclusion, on the
other hand, gives provides direct answers to the research problems.
Recommendations prioritize the suggestions that can lead to the improvement
of the study.

What I Have Learned

Based on the lesson, I have realized that

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 What I Can Do

Accomplishing your research report does not signify the end of your research. After
doing such, you must take into consideration the evaluation of its quality. Take note
that the ultimate goal of evaluating your paper is to secure its quality. Corbin and
Strauss (1990) suggest the following guidelines in assessing and evaluating research
papers.

1. How was the sample selected?

2. What major themes or categories emerged?
3. What were some evidential or incidental proofs pointing to thecategories?
4. What were some of the statements of relationships made during the
analysis and on what grounds were they formulated and validated?
5. Were there discrepancies and how were they accounted for?
6. How and why was the core theme, is applicable, selected?
7. Are the concepts systematically related? The concepts and their
relationships must be developed systematically to generate a theoretical
explanation of a phenomenon of interest.
8. Was the process taken into account? A clear discussion of the process
enables theory users to explain theory consequences under changing
circumstances.
9. Are the theoretical findings significant and to what extent?
10. Do the findings become part of the body of the research topic?

The following sample format can help you in developing your research paper. The
discussion for each component is described in the contents of this module.

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 RESEARCH TITLE

STUDENT’S NAME (FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME, LAST NAME)

RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF ,
SCHOOL-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SUBJECT

INQUIRIES, INVESTIGATIONS, AND IMMERSION

(MONTH AND YEAR OF COMPLETION)

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 Title

Table of Contents

Abstract

Chapter I. Introduction
a. Background of the Study
b. Statement of the Problem
c. Objectives of the Study
d. Significance of the Study
e. Scope and Limitations of the Study

Chapter 2. Review of Related Literature

a. Overview/Introduction of the Review of Related Literature
b. Body
c. Conclusion

Chapter 3. Methodology

Chapter 4. Results and Discussion

Chapter 5. Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations

References

Appendices

Directions: Craft your research paper following the guidelines set on the preceding
topics.

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 Assessment

Read and answer the questions below. Write the letter of your answer on your
notebooks or answer sheets provided.

1. This is a section in the research paper that focuses on providing a

comprehensive summary of the findings and points out what was learned from
the study.
c. Summary c. Recommendations
d. Conclusion d. References
2. What section in a research paper gives the researcher the chance to give
suggestions to matters for the improvement of the research study?
c. Summary c. Recommendations
d. Conclusion d. References
3. Which of the following is not the purpose of the research conclusion?
e. It stresses out the importance of the thesis statement
f. It gives the written work a sense of completeness
g. It does not leave a final impression on the readers
h. It demonstrates good organization.
4. Which of the following characteristics of recommendations states that it
should not be ambiguous and must be specific?
e. Recommendations must be brief
f. Recommendations should be clear
g. Recommendations must be precise
h. None of the above
5. This is defined as written documents that discuss a certain issue or topic.
c. Research study c. Research report
d. Research source d. Research draft
6. It is a content of the research report that focuses on explaining the reason
of the conduct of the study.
c. Introduction c. Methodology
d. Review of Related Literature d. Results and Discussion
7. A part of the research report that holds the findings of the study and the
discussion of each finding.
c. Introduction c. Methodology
d. Review of Related Literature d. Results and Discussion
8. Which among the parts of your research report focuses on presenting
relevant information regarding the research topic?
c. Introduction c. Conclusion
d. Review of Related Literature d. Recommendations

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9. From the given choices below, which consideration in making research
reports focuses on securing the correct in-text citation?
e. Researcher must decide on what are the sections that must be included
in your report.
f. Researcher must write your report clearly and concisely.
g. References should be carefully and accurately cited.
h. Report should be edited by several times
10. Which of the following considerations in making research reports
discusses the importance of proofreading?
e. Researcher must decide on what are the sections that must be included
in your report.
f. Researcher must write your report clearly and concisely.
g. References should be carefully and accurately cited.