Research-Based Approach in Business Courses: An Anchor for Industrial Design Students’ Comprex

Abstract

The study intends to determine and tailor-fit a teaching methodology that espouses a higher level of learning considering concepts in management, marketing, production/operations management. The proponent consolidated a five-year comparative data utilizing a traditional approach in teaching for midterm and a research-based approach for finals among students from 2014 to 2019. The study results provided a remarkable improvement in the students’ academic performance given a specific rubric in scoring research outputs with the close monitoring and guidance of the proponent. This evidence supports the researcher’s contention that a research-based approach in teaching business is a grounded foundation and an effective preparation for students who will be taking up COMPREX (Industrial Design Thesis) as a capstone requirement for graduation. Business research provides the basic business framework and model that students can work with and develop to make their business ventures thrive in the design industry in the future. It is recommended that courses under the business cluster institutionalize using a research-based approach through a research output as a final requirement for these courses. A review of the current syllabi must also be undertaken to integrate and formulate guidelines and rubrics in conducting and scoring research outputs.