Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of teachers' research benefits on the relationship between attitude and obstacles. The design of this research study was a mixed method of concurrent triangulation in which the data from qualitative and quantitative sources was analyzed and interpreted at a 0.05 level of significance. The data was merged, connected, and confirmed based on the salient data integration. 300 participants were utilized in the study for quantitative survey questionnaires, 10 participants for an in-depth interview, and 7 participants for a focus group discussion (FGD); a total of 17 participants are utilized during the conduct of qualitative questionnaires. Of the quantitative results, it was revealed that the level of teachers' research benefits on the attitude and obstacles were high. It means it means that teachers with a research mindset help their pupils become more critical, inventive, problem solvers, and active learners. Furthermore, the correlation analysis revealed that there was a strong relationship between teachers' research benefits between attitude and obstacles. Also, the regression analysis revealed that the best predictor of research obstacle was research benefits. Of the results revealed from the thematic analysis, depicts these eight (8) themes as the respondents' lived experiences pertaining to research obstacles such as Teachers Interpersonal Perspective, Optimistic Research Prevention, Researchers’ Attitude, Researchers’ Obstacles, Researchers’ Acquired Skills, Researchers’ Benefits, Research Improvement, and Research Impact. Meanwhile, the results revealed from the quantitative and qualitative findings indicated that the data integration was confirming, connecting, and converging. Therefore, it is recommended that teacher should develop their knowledge and skills in performing their research study.
Keyword: Teachers’ Research Benefits, Research Attitudes, Research Obstacles, President Roxas- North Cotabato