PR1 Malikhain Award and Students Motivation in Producing High Quality Research Output

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Practical Research is one of the applied track subjects that are being offered in the Senior High School Curriculum. However, in its first implementation at Cabarroguis National School of Arts and Trades on the second semester of the School Year 2016-2017, it is observed that some of the learners are not driven to finish their research papers. It is evident in the record of the proponent that 11out of 15 groups of the three sections in senior high school have not yet completed their research proposal on the third week of January. Therefore, the proponent would like to introduce the "PR Malikhain Award" to publicly recognize the students whose research outputs are of the best quality.

METHODS

The researcher used the Descriptive-Evaluative type of research. A researcher made a survey questionnaire that was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the PR Malikhain Award as a motivation to students. It is the main data gathering tool for the quantitative-evaluative part. The rubric which was filled-up by the teacher and panel members shall also be used to triangulate the data given by the respondents. The interview was used to gather the comments and suggestions of the respondents for the improvement of PR Malikhain Award as a motivational tool for the students to produce high-quality research output and to find the observations of the panel members on the quality of written output and oral presentation with the existence of Malikhain award as a motivation.

RESULTS

All groups of the Practical Research class have finished their researches and met the given standards. The students agreed that they were motivated to finish a quality research output because of the PR Malikhain Award. Panel members also confirmed that quality manuscripts were submitted and oral presentations of the practical research students were excellent. Moreover, it was found that there is no significant difference between the effectiveness of Malikhain Award as a motivation to students when grouped according to their profile. This clearly means that Malikhain Award encourages students to finish a quality research output.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrate that the Malikhain Award as a motivational tool for students to produce quality research output is very effective. This study proves that motivation through recognition is a powerful tool to foster the interest of the students in the task and encourage them to achieve a high quality of output. This indicates that appreciation and recognition are major factors that motivate students to work harder and aim higher.