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1. RELATING THE FINDINGS TO ITS RELEVANT LITERATURE

2. Discussion of Research Findings DISCUSSION is the HEART of the research paper. The discussion section is essentially written for the sake of explaining your findings. • In very simple terms, what you did to answer the research questions and why you did it that way. • It explains the results of your study and connects the results to each research question.

3. Importance of a Good Discussion 1. demonstrates your ability as a researcher to think critically about an issue, to develop creative solutions to problems based on the findings, and to formulate a deeper, more profound understanding of the research problem you are studying. 2) you explore the underlying meaning of your research, possible implications in other areas of study, and the possible improvements that can be made in order to further develop the concerns of your research. 3) It is the section where you need to present the importance of your study and how it may be able to contribute to and/or fill existing gaps in the field. 4) it is also where you state how the findings from your study revealed new gaps in the literature that had not been previously exposed or adequately described.

4. A good discussion section relates: o Current findings o Existing knowledge reflected in Literature. o Researcher’s own position and interpretation of the situation o It should/may expose further knowledge gaps for further research. o It should clearly point to conclusions and recommendations

5. APPROACHES TO WRITING YOUR DISCUSSION SECTION Explain your findings 2) Compare the findings 3) Evaluate the findings 4) Infer from the findings

6. Important Features of Discussion in Doing Research: 1)Placing or relating the findings of research in relation to research questions as well as in the context of existing knowledge. 2) Opportunities to discuss comprehensively what exactly you know about your research topic by discussing the meaningful results of your study. 3) Discussion of the research findings should be well-organized and broad in scope as you relate these findings to pertinent literature. 4) The discussion of your research findings should not only tackle the summary of the results but it should also depict novelty or original thinking. 5) Discussion of the research findings should be well-organized and broad in scope as you relate these findings to pertinent literature

7. Interpreting Your Results: The Role of the Literature Review SUGGESTED STEPS IN DISCUSSION Summarize and discuss important findings. o Reiterate results in a straightforward manner. Use easily understood language. 2) Describe “WHY”. o How meaningful o How does it cover the research area

8. 3) Link findings o Make connections to similar research as stated in literature review o Explain why it is different or similar. 4) Limitations o Discuss limitations but not every single one o Think like a critic. 5) Future research o What are some questions that remained unanswered o Make positive and practical suggestions/recommendations

9. The skill in writing a successful discussion is in moving backwards and forwards between others' research and your own research, making it clear: • which has been done by other people. • which has been done by you how they complement each other.

10. Using cautious language Discussing results and drawing conclusions involves making claims about interpretation, significance and applicability. This is done within a research tradition where existing knowledge is always being modified in the light of new results. As a researcher, you are expected to distinguish carefully between: ➢ knowledge you are sure of because you have reliable evidence for it. ➢ other knowledge you are less sure of. ➢ other knowledge you think is only within the realms of possibility .

11. Words/Phrases that can be used in your discussion: Background Information o As mentioned in the literature review… o Prior studies showed that students…. o Other research in … concluded that…. o This study set out with the aim of assessing the importance of… o Very little was found in the literature on the question of…

12. Words/Phrases that can be used in your discussion: B.) Explanation of Results o This result may be explained by …/a number of different factors … o It may be that these students benefited from… Tip Remember that you are dealing with three different issues and the three must be clearly differentiated for the reader. o There are several possible explanations for this result. o A possible explanation for this might be … o Another possible explanation for this is that… o It is difficult to explain this result, but it might be related to… o It seems possible that these results are due to … o The reason for this is not clear but it may be due to …. o This inconsistency/discrepancy may be due to…. o There are, however, other possible explanations.

13. C) Reference to Previous Research Positive/Support o This result of this study seems to confirm the findings of a study by Nonan (2018) in this field. o These findings of this research are consistent with those of Dumo et al. (2017) who found… o These findings supported the previous research…. o These findings confirmed the result of other research that… o These findings agree with Diaz’s (2020) findings which showed… o There are similarities between the attitudes expressed by…. o This study corroborates the earlier findings about… o These results are consistent with those of the other studies which found… o The present findings seem to be consistent with other research that…

14. Negative/Contradict o These findings did not support previous research … o The present findings did not seem to be consistent with other research that… o In contrast to earlier findings, however, no evidence of… was discovered. o This study has been unable to demonstrate that… o However, the findings of the current study do not support the study conducted by Corpuz (2018). o However, this result has not been previously described in other studies

15. D) Suggesting General Hypotheses and Implications o These findings suggest that… o The findings show that there exists a weak link between… o It is possible that… o It is therefore likely that such connections exist between… o It can thus be suggested that… o It is possible to hypothesize that these conditions are less likely to occur in… o From the above discussion, it can be concluded that… o It can therefore be assumed that the… o The findings of this study suggest that… o It is possible to hypothesize that these conditions are less likely to occur in… o From the above discussion, it can be concluded that… o It can therefore be assumed that the… o The findings of this study suggest that…