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Research Topics for STEM Students

This document summarizes a research group's selection and narrowing of topics for their practical research project. They initially identified three broad topics of interest: 1) challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals in STEM, 2) the impact of social media on STEM student misbehavior and academics, and 3) challenges and coping strategies of senior high school STEM students with flexible learning. They then annotated two related studies to provide background information and narrowed their topics down to the effects of social media on STEM student performance and coping mechanisms for flexible learning.
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Research Topics for STEM Students

This document summarizes a research group's selection and narrowing of topics for their practical research project. They initially identified three broad topics of interest: 1) challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals in STEM, 2) the impact of social media on STEM student misbehavior and academics, and 3) challenges and coping strategies of senior high school STEM students with flexible learning. They then annotated two related studies to provide background information and narrowed their topics down to the effects of social media on STEM student performance and coping mechanisms for flexible learning.
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  • Research Topic Identification
  • Research Process Overview
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Research Title Formulation
  • Key Factors/Variables

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RESEARCH FORM 1 – Research Topic Identification Completion Date


Points

Researchers: GROUP 1

Section: FB1-03-G11-STEM-P

A. GENERAL INTEREST 1. Challenges faced by the LGBTQIA+ individuals in the


STEM students.
What broad topic are you 2. Social media impact on STEM Students misbehavior
interested in doing research? towards their academic performance.
Write at least three (3) research 3. Challenges and coping strategies of senior high
topics based on your school STEM students during flexible learning.
strand/focus.

B. REASONS/PURPOSE As an aspiring STEM student, we are keenly interested in


understanding the challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals in
Why are you interested to the STEM field Many people, like us, are familiar with and
research about it? engage with the LGBTIQ community; therefore, it is crucial for
us to comprehend the discrimination they face. Furthermore, we
are curious to explore how social media impacts on
misbehavior among STEM students and their academic
performance. Past studies have found that students who spend
more time on social media sites are likely to demonstrate poor
academic performance. This is because they spend time
chatting online and making friends on social media sites instead
of reading books. Social media can be a major distraction, and
excessive use can lead to decreased focus and productivity, as
well as poor time management. Furthermore, if not used
properly, social media can also lead to cyberbullying and other
forms of misbehavior that can have a detrimental effect on
students' well-being, which can in turn negatively impact their
academic performance. Lastly, as a senior high school student
transitioning into flexible learning due to COVID-19 pandemic
restrictions, it is important for me to gain insight into the
struggles and coping strategies of other senior high school
students navigating through this new educational system.

[Link] INFORMATION Literature review, questionnaires and interviews are the main
methods we can use to gather data. Through these methods,
How will you get information? we can obtain the current data we required for our study. In
Who or what will be the intended contrast, LGBTQIA+ students and STEM Students are
subjects (participants) of your participants in our study for the first, second and third research
study? topics, respectively.

[Link] RESEARCH First Reduction:


TOPIC

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The following is a presentation  1st Topic – The effect of culture on LGBT on


on how a broad topic is limited to STEM students
create a good research title.  2nd Topic – The increasing rate of violence against
the LGBT community of STEM Students
 3rd Topic – The influence of the internet on the
LGBTQIA STEM Students community

Second Reduction:
 1st Topic – Social media’s impact on STEM
student’s misconduct towards their academic
performance.
 2nd Topic – The relationship between social media
to the STEM students towards on their
performance
 3rd Topic – The influence of social media on STEM
student’s performance.

Third Reduction:
 1st Topic – Copping mechanism of senior High
school STEM students towards flexible learning
 2nd Topic – Challenges encountered by senior
High school STEM students during their flexible
learning
 3rd Topic – Senior High school STEM student’s
assessment of academic support on flexible
learning

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RESEARCH FORM 2 – Annotated Bibliography (Background Information)


Completion Date 1/22/2023
Points

Researchers: GROUP 1

Section: FB1-03-G11-STEM-P

3 Updated Related 1. What challenges do LGBTQ+ student face?


Literature
(Year 2012 and 2. The effect of social media on the development of students’
above) affective variables
3. The Academic Experiences of Senior High School Students in the
Write the complete Midst of Pandemic
research title of any
related studies or
literature that you find
from other sources.

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Source #1
From bullying to finding a safe bathroom, LGBT students navigate a
tough landscape at school. Bullying, harassment, and discomfort at
Annotation school are almost universal. According to the 2019 National School
(Provide a brief Climate Survey, "[GLSEN's] flagship report on the experiences of
summary of the source lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth in our nation's
or explain why it is schools," a majority of respondents felt unsafe at school because of their
important to your sexual orientation, and an even higher number reported hearing anti-
research topic.) LGBTQ language on a regular basis, both in the school environment as
a whole and directed at them specifically. While the survey reports some
areas of improvement over its two decades of data collection, others
Write at least 5 show stagnation — or even worsening. Middle school students, in
sentences in each particular, reported higher levels of harassment than high school
source and put the link respondents.
of the article below the
annotation.
APA Citation: Prisma staff (2022 Sep. 20 ) What challenges do LGBTQ+
student face? From bullying to finding a safe bathroom, LGBT students
navigate a tough landscape at school.

[Link]
face?fbclid=IwAR1PwG-k1fl-
Wcw9WYHhejl2iuAjiRijvlNozbr4Z25GOkh2FFdYc2tHk7U

Source #2
The use of social media among students is incomparably increasing,
influenced by globalized forms of communication and the post-pandemic
rush to use multiple social media platforms for education in various fields
of study. Given the increasing influence of social media on education,
the current paper aims to focus on affective variables such as
depression, stress, and anxiety, and how social media can potentially
increase or decrease these emotions in students. Though social media
is intended to keep people connected, it is likely that this social
connection is merely superficial, and not sufficiently deep and
meaningful to enable individuals feel emotionally attached to [Link]
research on the impact of social media on students' affective and
emotional states has yielded conflicting results. According to the known
literature, there are some positive and some negative emotional effects.

APA Citation: Chen M and Xiao (2022, Sep. 15) The effect of social
media on the development of students’ affective variables.

[Link]
fbclid=IwAR1K4Y5TOXznK1ZdH67D07JjRF8ekDN7KUvm5ogm5pwRZd
y_Dr9QDtMCNpc

Source #3
This paper uncovers the struggles of students with regards to the new
learning modality as a result of the pandemic; COVID-19.

The responses demonstrate how STEM students deal with the

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pandemic and the challenges it [Link] students experience


barriers especially doing online classes in their own homes; such as
noise, doing chores, and lack of motivation. Some are not used to the
new learning set-up and they only try their best to adapt with this as
soon as possible. Not only with education prior but some also faced
mental health struggles as an effect of the change of learning practices.
Furthermore, most of the informants have comparable replies to the
many issues they have experienced. This study is also about conveying
a message to all students that in this fight, they are not alone.

APA CITATION:Jayben [Link],Johncarlo [Link],Sean Bazel


[Link],Meriel T. De jesus,Jenessa C. Pelande,Maryknoll S. Uy(july
27 2022) The Academic Experiences of Senior High School Students in
the Midst of Pandemic

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684/532?
fbclid=IwAR3ZV28qoc2DRZ88NB3ARx8oK8Qv_Uut7A7ViyVGy9nbE1K
8stlJ8XhEJVw

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RESEARCH FORM 3 – Research Title Formulation Completion Date 1/22/2023


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C. PROPOSED TITLE OF
RESEARCH

1. The impact of violence and bullying of the LGBTQIA in


Note: As a guide, ask yourself if this STEM students studying in PHINMA COC Puerto
title will give a virtual insight on what Campus.
the research is all about. The title
2. Prevention and awareness of STEM students in
counts around 5-15 words only and
PHINMA COC Puerto Campus to avoid getting more

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it should summarize the main idea addicted of using various social media platforms that
of the paper. Write at least 1 title can affect their studies.
in each proposed topic. 3. The pros and cons of flexible learning in STEM
students in PHINMA COC Puerto Campus.

D. MAIN PROBLEM

Note: Indicate what is the main


problem to be investigated in your 1. The impact of violence and bullying on LGBTQIA
research. Write it in a sentence students studying in Phinmha Coc Puerto Campus is
form. a major problem that needs to be addressed. This
issue has become increasingly prevalent in recent
years, as the number of LGBTIQA individuals enrolled
in STEM courses at this college has risen significantly.
The main problem to investigate here is how the
presence of violence and bullying affects these
students’ academic performance, social lives, and
overall mental health. In order for us understand how
best we can protect our LBGTQIA community on
campus it is important that we first determine what
types of violence are occurring most frequently among
this population group.
2. The main problem to be investigated in this title is the
prevention and awareness of STEM students at
PHINMA COC Puerto campus from becoming
addicted to using various social media platforms that
can affect their studies. This issue has become
increasingly concerning, as more students are
spending an excessive amount of time on these sites
instead of focusing on their academic work. The
effects that social media addiction can have on a
student’s performance in school are far-reaching,
including distraction during class or study sessions,
decreased attention span for tasks and assignments,
reduced motivation for learning new material due to
lack of focus, and even depression or anxiety caused
by comparing oneself with others online.
3. Flexible learning is an increasingly popular
educational model in which students are able to learn
at their own pace and within a more personalized
curriculum. This type of learning has been particularly
successful in STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics) fields as it allows for
greater exploration into complex topics without the
pressure of traditional classroom settings. However,
there are both pros and cons to this style of education
that must be taken into consideration when deciding
whether or not flexible learning is right for PHINMA
COC Puerto campus's STEM students.

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E. KEY FACTORS/VARIABLES
In the research about The impact of violence and
Note: Specify the factors or the bullying of the LGBTQIA in STEM students studying in
variables that significantly define or
Phinmha Coc Puerto Campus that may be significant in
is involved in the problem area. The
number of variables may vary defining or being involved in the problem area include:
depending on your research topic

1. Personal satisfaction for being a homophobic and


raise that LGBTQIA doesn't belong in a specific society.

2. They mostly used social media platforms to mock


LGBTQIA stem students with verbal violence.

In the research about Prevention and awareness of


STEM students in PHINMA COC Puerto campus to avoid
getting more addicted of using various social media
platforms that can affect their studies that may be
significant in defining or being involved in the problem
area include:

1. It affects students about not thinking about their


studies because there is more focus on like facebook
than their assignment

2. Students myself also experience different ideas from


the internet about how things are wrong and right about
research to find a right statement.

In the research about The pros and cons of flexible


learning in STEM students in PHINMA COC Puerto
campus that may be significant in defining or being
involved in the problem area include:

1. Technical issues faced by both teachers and students


such as internet access, audio clarity, system glitch on
online learning platforms.

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2. Students lack fluency or constantly struggles with


basic technological concepts related to the internet.

3. Students leading to feel unmotivated

4. Student's mental and physical preparedness of the


difficulties by the absence of face to face classes.

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The relationship between social media and academic performance in STEM students is influenced by factors like distraction, time management, and potential for cyberbullying. Excessive social media use can distract from academic responsibilities, leading to mismanagement of study time and decreased focus. This dynamic is also compounded by the opportunity for engaging in online misbehavior, impacting students' psychological well-being and, in turn, their academic performance .

Addiction to social media platforms distracts STEM students by occupying time that could be spent on academic work, contributing to decreased attention spans and motivation. Preventive measures include awareness programs to highlight the adverse effects of excessive use, implementation of time management tools, and encouraging balanced digital habits .

LGBTQIA+ individuals in STEM fields face challenges such as bullying, harassment, and a lack of safe environments, leading to a negative educational experience. The 2019 National School Climate Survey highlighted that many LGBTQIA+ students feel unsafe in schools due to their sexual orientation and encounter anti-LGBTQ language frequently. These experiences can lead to decreased academic performance, social isolation, and mental health issues .

Key variables in research on flexible learning include technical issues (internet access, platform glitches), student motivation, and adaptability to online environments. Analyzing these variables can provide insights into the effectiveness of flexible learning models and help develop strategies for overcoming associated disadvantages while capitalizing on benefits .

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted STEM education via flexible learning models, which allowed students to learn at their own pace. Although this model offers personalized learning experiences, challenges such as technical difficulties, lack of motivation, and mental health issues have emerged. These challenges must be weighed against the potential for a more customized educational approach .

Senior high school STEM students use strategies such as time management and seeking academic support to cope with flexible learning. They face challenges like technical issues, noise interference at home, and motivation struggles. Additionally, the abrupt shift to online learning has led to mental health challenges for some students, affecting their ability to adapt quickly to the new learning environment .

Understanding the effect of culture on LGBTQIA+ STEM students is significant as it sheds light on unique challenges they face in their educational pathways. The topic is narrowed by focusing on specific factors such as the impact of exposure to inclusive cultures versus discriminatory settings, allowing for targeted research to inform policy changes and support systems .

Verbal violence, often facilitated through social media, is frequently reported by LGBTQIA+ STEM students. These reports have influenced campus policies by highlighting the need for proactive measures to ensure safer environments and include stricter anti-bullying policies and support systems for affected students .

Flexible learning models offer benefits such as personalized learning paces and exploration into complex topics without the pressure of traditional settings, which can be well-suited for STEM fields. However, drawbacks include technical issues, reduced student motivation, and mental health challenges due to isolation from face-to-face interactions .

Social media usage among STEM students can lead to varied emotional impacts. While it is meant for social connection, often the interactions are superficial, leading to increased feelings of depression, stress, and anxiety. Studies indicate mixed results, showing both positive and negative emotional outcomes due to social media use, as it can both connect and isolate users emotionally .

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