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EARTH SCIENCE
CRITIQUE PAPER EVALUATION

Case Study on the Impacts of Mining and Dam on the Environment

Research Article Title
and Indigenous Peoples in Benguet, Cordillera, Philippines

Cordillera People. 2007. Case Study on the Impacts of Mining and

Dam on the Environment and Indigenous Peoples in Benguet,
Cordillera, Philippines. Khabarovsk, Russian Federation; [cited August
Citation/Reference of the Article
27-29 2007]. Available from:
https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/workshop_IPPE_cpp.
doc

Section (guide questions for

Evaluation
evaluation)
I. Problem Statement and
purpose
● The problem is the mining operation and dams, and its impacts
● What is the problem and/or on the indigenous people of Benguet and our environment.
purpose of the research
study?
● What are the objectives of ● The study doesn’t have an objectives

the study? ● It benefits the people of Benguet, the research can help them
● What is the significance of move forward and protect and recover their land. Officials may
see the paper and help them regarding this problem.
the study?

II. Hypothesis or research

questions

● What hypotheses or
● The case study don’t have hypothesis or research question so it
research questions are also doesn’t have an independent or dependent variable in
stated in the study? hypothesis.

● What are the dependent

and independent
variables in the
hypothesis or research
questions?

III. Sample
 ● How was the sample
selected?
● What type of sampling
method is used?
It is selected by cluster sampling, where Benguet is divided by
population into groups or barangays. The samples are the people in
Benguet. The researcher selected the residents of Benguet but its not
indicated the number of people they interviewed. Researcher
interviewed the people and communities who are affected by the mining
and construction of dams.

It's a qualitative and quantitative data research design.the researchers

explained why is that event or phenomenon happened and collected
IV. Research Design ideas, facts, and information about the study. The researchers also used
● What research design a descriptive research design where researcher gathered, analysed,
was used? and presented the collected data. And this research is a case study
design, research studied a particular research problem rather than a
sweeping statistical survey. they’ve narrowed down the impacts of ming
and dams..
V. Methods
● What are the methods
used?
● What kind of research ● It used a case study method involving up-close in depth, and
detailed examination of a subject of study, it involved an analysis
instruments were used?
of real world problems which the researcher is able to observe.
(Physiological The researchers conducted an interviews and surveys in the
instruments, people of Benguet.
observational methods, ● The researcher interviewed the residents but the question is not
interviews, indicated but the result of surveys are available and it have data.
questionnaires, or
available data and
records)

VI. Analysis of Data

● How are the data
interpreted?
● What is the data all
about?
It used qualitative data analysis. Researcher derived conclusion from
the given and collected to keep a clear evidence.
● The conclusion is not stated in the paper

● Implications are also not stated in the paper

VII. Conclusions, Implications, ● The paper has 7 recommendations, some of it are:

Recommendations - The solution to restoring the living quality and to stop the
● What are the conclusions permanent destruction of the environment is to stop
destructive large-scale corporate mining and
made based on the
decommission unviable tailings dams and megadams.
study?
- National legislation and policy on the liberalization of
● Are there any mining and the energy industry need to be reviewed and
implications stated? revised as these have proven detrimental to indigenous
● What are the peoples in different parts of the country.
recommendations? - Countries that are home to transnational companies
should enact legislation that will require those companies
to operate using the same standards wherever they
operate in the world.
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Submitted by: Norzaifa J. Maulana
Grade Level/Section: 11-Demosthenes
Date: November 29, 2019

Philippine Women’s University

Taft Avenue, Manila
JOSE ABAD SANTOS MEMORIAL SCHOOL
Senior High School

EARTH SCIENCE
CRITIQUE PAPER

Case Study on the Impacts of Mining and Dam on the Environment

Research Article Title
and Indigenous Peoples in Benguet, Cordillera, Philippines

Cordillera People. 2007. Case Study on the Impacts of Mining and

Dam on the Environment and Indigenous Peoples in Benguet,
Cordillera, Philippines. Khabarovsk, Russian Federation; [cited August
Citation/Reference of the Article
27-29 2007]. Available from:
https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/workshop_IPPE_cpp.
doc

Section (guide questions for Comments and Critique

evaluation)

I. Problem Statement and

● The purpose or problem in the research is not indicated.
purpose
● Does the problem or
purpose statement express
a relationship between two
or more variables?
 ● Does the problem
statement and/or purpose
of the study specify the
nature of the population
being studies?
● Does problem and purpose
specific enough to
understand?

II. Hypothesis or research

questions
● Are there hypothesis
stated?
● Are the hypothesis The case study research don’t have a hypothesis
testable?
● Are the research
questions specific and
attainable?

III. Sample

● Is the sampling method ● The sampling method used is appropriate for me, the readers
can understand and read the research clearly.
used appropriate to the ● The sample size is understandable. The researcher needs to
have a big sample size to have a concrete and clear data.
design of the research?
● It is only limited to Benguet only, but its understandable since
● Is the sample size case study needs to be
appropriate? specific.

● What are the limitations

of the study?

IV. Research Design

● Does the design seem to
flow from proposed
research problem to ● I don’t know since the research don’t have a hypothesis
hypothesis? ● Since it is a case study, it also used a case study design because
● Is the research design it selects a certain problem and place to conduct and observe.
used clear and
appropriate?

V. Methods
● Are the methods used
indicated? Is it ● The methods used is not indicated.
appropriate? ● The data date is used to describe the sample because the
research don’t have a hypothesis
● Are data date being used
● There were no instruments in the research
to describe the sample or
to test the hypothesis?
 ● If there were instruments
used, does the validity of
the instruments seems
adequate? How and why?

VI. Analysis of Data

● What descriptive and
inferential statistics are
used?
● Did the researchers used ● The descriptive statistic used is the hectare of land of Benguet
graph, tables, and before and after the mine site is place. And the inferential
diagrams to interpret their ● Researcher didn’t used either table, graphs, and diagrams
data? Is it helpful? How?
● Are they labelled
properly?

VII. Conclusions, Implications,

Recommendations
● If hypothesis testing was
done, were the
hypothesis supported or
not supported?
● Are the results ● Hypothesis is not indicated
interpreted in the context ● The result is interpreted in the context,
of the problem? ● The researcher used qualitative data so they tried to provide rich
understanding of some aspect of human experience through the
● Are the generalizations
intensive study of particular cases.
made are within the ● The direct application of research findings is not feasible in terms
findings or beyond the of ethical and health risks because dams and damp mines in
findings? Benguet is dangerous that some residents are going to other
● Is the direct application of places or they start to feel ill.
this research findings ● It is possible to replicate this study since other countries have a
feasible in terms of time, mining site also.
effort, money and
legal/ethical risks?
● Would it be possible to
replicate this study in
another place or country?

Submitted by: Norzaifa J. Maulana

Grade Level/Section: 11-Demosthenes
Date: November 29, 2019