Concept Discovery
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Definition of Conceptual Frameuwork
Research is anacademic activity that requires a great deal of abstraction or formation
of concepts or ideas in your mind about things in your surroundings. This activity in all its
stages immerses you into performing varied higher-order thinking strategies of interprer
ing, criticizing, applying, and creating. Resulting from mental conceptions and view
holistically, research has to appear understandable to people who are enthusiastic to read
the research findings. Owing to the cognitive-based nature of this scholariy academic
work called research, you need a certain scheme or detailed plan or system to explain the
components of the research including the relationships of these research features.
Wanting to make clear the ins and outs of your research in a nutshell, you
resort to making a conceptual framework of your study. A conceptual framework is a
graphical presentation of your concepts or ideas on the basic structure or cO
of your research as well as on the relationships of these elements with one another.
It is a graph
well-ordered elements of the research. Giving a carefully constructed arrangement of
the components of your study, conceptual framework is abroad outline or plan to give
shape to your research. (Shields & Rangarjan 2013)
or non-prose material, specifically, a schematic diagram that shows a
Purposes of Conceptual Framework
Conceptual framework shows the organization, order, and direction of your
research study. It is an essential initial activity of your research because by means of a
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LEARNING FROM OTHERS AND REVIEWING THE LITERATURE
schematic diagram, explained verbally as well, it enables the readers to obtain a general
understanding of the research. It gives people a notion on the research activities you
want to pertorm, on the manner you want to carry these activities out, and on the
knowledge you have to prove your familiarity with your research topic or research
problem. It also serves the purpose of clarifying concepts and their relationships with
one another in a rescarch study.
Concept Map
Made up of varied figures: lines, circles, boxes, and other marks or symbols
representing your concepts on these varied features of your research-research
question, review of related literature, research methodology, and variables, among
others-a conceptual framework looks like a map showing the main features of a
plan or project plus the relationship between or among the features or variables in
the research. Through the proper connection of lines and pointing of arrows to boxes
and other codes symbolizing your concepts about the research, the readers are able to
visualize a comprehensive picture of your study.
Here is an example of a Conceptual Framework of a research study
Research Problem or
Topic: "Improving Critical thinking through Systemic
Functional Grammar"
Systemic Functional Grammar or SFG is a modern language theory which states
that man's critical thinking increases whenever he uses language for these reasons:
first, for ideational function or for knowledge acquisition; second, for interpersonal
function or creating human relationships, and third, for textual function or for strategic
and coherent expression of ideas. In this case, the independent variables are the SFG
components (ideational, interpersonal, and textual functions) and the dependent
variable is critical thinking. Here is the conceptual framework to present the concepts
underlying this study. (Ravich & Riggan 2012)
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A Sample Conceptual Framework.
Conorytual Frnameuork es. Theoretical Framework
All your plans, concepts, or ideas about the many aspects of your research are
shosn and daritied graphically and verbally in the conceptual framework. However,
cking so beoad or numerous, all components of the study, concrete and abstract, are
matextensively and thoroughly explained by the conceptual framework. Hence, there
s this other part of your research paper called theoretical framework that gives and
axplains the theories, principles, generalizations and research findings, which have
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Conceptaal framework enables the readers to clearly see in their minds the basic
stracture of the research and the relationships of variables and other factual things
ivolved in the stady. Theoretical framework on the other hand, makes people know
and understand evidence-based truths, concepts, speculations, and assumptions
nderlying each aspect of the research and the relationships of these research teatures
with one another
Anin-depth knowledge of the theoretical principles governing or controlling the
g hred in the research makes you think well and accurately of the varied
2spects of your stady; thereby, giving you the chance to have a better view of not
only the main problem of your research hut also of its other components. You get
to nead in the theoretical framework the basis or foundation of the research; in the
conceptual framework, the broad outline plan to carry out the research on the basis of
the theories, prindiples, or generalizations proven true by facts and logical reasoning.
Stields & Rangarjan 2013: Walliman 2014)
Painters in Winiting
Conceptual Frazmetwork
Familiarine yourself with the objective of the conceptual framework.
Base the contents of the conceptual framework on your own understanding
of the elements and of the relationships of the research features.
See to it that all aspects of the conceptual framework are related to the
objective of the research.
Let others read your conceptual tramework for comments or feedback for
improvement purposes.
Concept Explanation
Activity
Directions: INDIVIDUAL WORK. Answer each question intelligently and concisely
Describe the behavior of one writing a conceptual framework of a research
