RESEARCH 2 / Grade 8 Week No.

5 – November 2 – 6, 2020

Hi there my dear student! Today, you and your classmates will begin a new week of distance learning. We are all physically away from
each other do not think that you are alone in this learning journey. There are other students learning with you too. And also I will closely guide and
assist you in your lessons. Please be guided of the following:
 This study guide will help you with the flow of the activity and the lesson.
 Answer the activities on a separate sheet of paper. (Please take care and do not write anything on your module
and other activity sheets.)
 If you see this icon you are free to reach me if you need my assistance. You can find my contact no. on your
class schedule. (You can also reach me out through social media platforms.)
 Expect to receive a phone call or a text message from me for the follow up.
 Compile all your answer sheets at the end of the week and wait for the announcement when to submit them.
Time allotment: 4 hours/week Let us make learning science fun and exciting!

What you need to learn?

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
1. Recognize international standard and rules in the conduct of research;
2. Develop the self – awareness in conducting research;
3. Appreciate the importance of international standard rules

Lesson: International Rules in the Conduct of Research

Research ethics provides guidelines for the responsible conduct of research. In addition, research ethics educates
and monitors scientists conducting research to ensure a high ethical standard.
The student researcher is responsible for all aspects of the research project including enlisting the aid of any needed
supervisory adults (Adult Sponsor, Qualified Scientist, etc.), obtaining necessary approvals (SRC, IRB, etc.), following the
Rules & Guidelines of the ISEF, and doing the experimentation, engineering, data analysis, etc. involved in the project.
Scientific fraud and misconduct are not condoned at any level of research or competition. Such practices include
plagiarism, forgery, use or presentation of other researcher’s work as one’s own and fabrication of data. Fraudulent projects
will fail to qualify for competition in affiliated fairs or the Intel ISEF.

Knowing what constitutes ethical research is WHY STUDY RESEARCH ETHICS?

important for all people who conduct research projects
or use and apply the results from research findings. All
researchers should be familiar with the basic ethical In addition to providing the rules of
principles and have up-to-date knowledge about policies competition, these rules and guidelines for
and procedures designed to ensure the safety of conducting research were developed to
research subjects and to prevent sloppy or irresponsible facilitate the following:
research, because ignorance of policies designed to • protect the rights and welfare of the
protect research subjects is not considered a viable student researcher and human subjects
excuse for ethically questionable projects. Therefore, the • protect the health and well-being of
duty lies with the researcher to seek out and fully vertebrate animal subjects
understand the policies and theories designed to
• follow federal regulations governing
guarantee upstanding research practices. Research is a
public trust that must be ethically conducted, trustworthy, research
and socially responsible if the results are to be valuable. • offer guidance to affiliated fairs
All parts of a research project – from the project design • use safe laboratory practices
to submission of the results for peer review – have to be • address environmental concerns
upstanding in order to be considered ethical. When even
one part of a research project is questionable or References:
conducted unethically, the integrity of the entire project file:///C:/Users/asus/Desktop/international%20rules%20an
is called into question. d%20standards%20in%20conducting%20research.pdf
file:///C:/Users/asus/Desktop/RESEARCH%202%201st%20quar
ter/Research_Ethics.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylkKCgEIMws
 Learning Task # 1
Identify the following. Choose your answer on the box below.

1. It is the process of deciding whose

names belong on a research paper. 6. The issues concerning
2. It is the process in which an author (or _____________involves topics
authors) submits a written manuscript or ranging from voluntary participation
article to a journal for publication and the in research to fair selection and
journal editor distributes the article to justice.
experts working in the same, or similar, 7. It is manipulating research
scientific discipline. materials, equipment, or processes,
3. Arise when a person’s (or an or changing or omitting data or
organization’s) obligations to a particular results such that the research is not
research project conflict with their accurately represented in the
personal interests or obligations. research record.
4. It is the process of identifying and 8. It is the way wherein ethical data
reporting unethical or unsound research. collection refers to collecting data
5. They are used in a variety of ways by in a way that does not harm or
researchers, such as for testing new injure someone.
pharmaceuticals, as teaching tools for 9. It is the act of passing off
medical students, and as experimental somebody else’s ideas, thoughts,
subjects for new surgical procedures. pictures, theories, words, or stories
as your own.
10. It provides guidelines for the
Plagiarism Data Management responsible conduct of biomedical
Authorship Research with Human Subject research.
Peer Review Conflict of Interest
Falsification Research with Animals
Research Ethics Research Misconduct

Learning Task # 2
From the given illustration tell something about the code of ethics in
research shown and what will you do if you are in that situation.

1.
2. 3.
4. 5.

Learning Task # 3
Read and analyze the given situation. Answer the following briefly which
depend on the research ethics code.

A. Jamal is a graduate student working

under the supervision of professor, Dr. E. Dr. Connelly is a faculty member at Springer
Kerry. Dr. Kerry is conducting research University. He has been asked to review a
on tooth decay and has gathered data publication for a biomedical journal. After receiving
from hundreds of dental patients. the article, he realizes the author is a student working
Jamal uses Dr. Kerry’s data to analyze under the guidance of a fellow faculty member in a
a research question that he came up neighboring department. The faculty member
with on his own about tooth enamel happened to mention the merits of the student at a
erosion. His question is his own idea, recent social gathering. Does Dr. Connelly have a
but is still based on what he learned reportable conflict of interest?
about tooth and enamel decay under
Dr. Kerry. Jamal’s friend, Darcie, C. Dr.Gray is a gynecological physician and an
helped Jamal design a statistical investigator on a research project for a
computer program for data analysis, pharmaceutical company testing a new topical
but did not contribute in any other way treatment for a sexually transmitted disease that
to the research. When writing up his must be administered frequently and can cause
results, Dr. Kerry helped Jamal write itching and irritation. The company is paying her a
the methods section of his manuscript rate of $2,000 per person enrolled. Does she have a
and reviewed his final results and conflict of interest?
conclusions, as well as the final draft of
the entire manuscript. How should
authorship be decided in this case? B. Joanne is a researcher at George Kent College. She
collected data on rural mental health patients and
just published an article on her research in a
D. Belinda is publishing her first article scholarly journal. Joanne plans to independently
that builds on the research of a similar write a book about her research and develop
project she did three years prior with educational 26 tools that she can sell to
her colleague, Isaiah. In Belinda’s professionals. Joanne is partly funded through her
current article she has placed a graph college, but most of her research was paid for with a
from the article she and Isaiah co- private stipend from a charitable foundation. Joanne
authored about their previous is reluctant to publicly disclose her data before her
research. Isaiah created the original book is finished. Can she hold off on sharing her data
graph. Does Belinda have to site the until she completes her book?
previous article?
 G. Dr. Xiang conducts research studying
antibacterial treatment for infected skin wounds.
F. Marcus and Clay have been He wants to study the infection rate of a
working on a research project particular bacteria and see if it responds to a
studying the prevalence of new antibiotic drug he has developed. In order
pneumonia in nursing home to test the drug, Dr. Xiang must first inflict
residents. Marcus learns that shallow wounds on animals, then infect the
while Clay is 30 interviewing wounds with the bacteria, and finally apply the
research participants, if he does antibiotic drug to test its effectiveness. Dr.
Xiang has two options: a) inflict multiple wounds
not elicit an answer, he invents
on a few animals; or, b) inflict fewer wounds on
one and passes it off as truthful several animals. Which option is more attractive
data collection. Marcus and the least harmful?
questions Clay and he denies
the allegation. What should
Marcus do?
H. Mike’s physician has asked him to participate in a research project.
What should Mike know before he consents?

Assessment:
For the Assessment the students will make a mind map of this lesson in a short
bond paper. The rubrics also indicated below.
https://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?sp=yes&code=S7C648&

REFLECTION:

What I like the most in this lesson is___________________

The most difficult/ challenging for me is ________________
These are some of the questions that are not yet cleared to
me _____________________________________________

You have reached the end of your learning journey for the week. Now, ask yourself.
“Do you need to review and go back to some tasks and concepts that you miss out?
or
Are you ready to move to the next learning journey?”

Thank you for joining us in this learning journey…

May you have more great days ahead! BEST TO YOU! 

Prepared by:
NIMFA C. SOLMORO
Teacher III / Cristobal S. Conducto MINHS