DEVELOPMENTA

L RESEARCH

DEFINITION
Sevilla, C.G., et.al.
- a study intended to get reliable information
from a set of population at various age groups
regarding their differences, similarities, and
development.
- investigates progression along a number of
dimensions such as intellectual, physical, emotional
or social development.

Seels and Richey, 1994

- the systematic study of designing, developing

and evaluating instructional programs, processes
and products .
- a way to establish new procedures, techniques
and tools based upon the analysis of specific cases.

PURPOSE
A.Assessment Purpose
- to assess changes over an extended period of
time.

B.Investigative Purpose
-

to investigate patterns and sequence of

growth and/or change as a function of time.

METHODS OF CONDUCTING
A DEVELOPMENTAL
RESEARCH
A. Longitudinal Method

- The study is done on same sample of participants over

an extended period of time. It can either be short
term or long term.

B. Cross Sectional Method

-

The study is done on participants of various age levels

and other characteristics at the same point of time.

C. Cross Sequential Method

- Cross sequential method combines both longitudinal
and cross sectional methods in an attempt to both
shorten the length of the research and minimize
developmental assumptions.

LONGITUDINAL METHOD
example:
A study was to be conduced regarding the
number of failing BSCE students batch 2013
from first year to fifth year.
A study conducted to measure the
development of engineering concepts among
BSCE students.

LONGITUDINAL METHOD
Difficulties encountered:
very time consuming
requires more effort and money
samples cooperation is difficult to maintain
due to length of time in conducting the
research
the nature and quality of the samples might be
affected by the length of time
respondents are more susceptible to high
mortality rate due to illness, relocation, etc.

CROSS SECTIONAL METHOD

example:
A study on the level of motivation amongst
BSCE students of CvSU.
A study conducted to measure the
development of engineering concepts among
selected BSCE students of all levels.

CROSS SECTIONAL METHOD

Difficulties encountered:
chance difference in samples may lend biased
results
difference between the samples due to
extraneous variables
Larger possibilities of formulating assumptions

CROSS SECTIONAL vs
Took years or months
Reduced length of time in
LONGITUDINAL
before completion.
conducting.
Costly and requires much
effort

Less expensive and minimal

effort requirement

Respondents range from a

small group of people
(narrowly defined
homogeneous sample)

Relatively heterogeneous
samples

High possibility of
resulting on unfavorable
conclusions.

Samples are subjects of bias

due to variety.