International Journal of Research Studies in Education 2022 Volume 11 Number 2, 43-51 © The Author(s) / Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND Pagdalumat sa kaalaman ng mga mag-aaral ng senior high school sa sulating pananaliksik Ojos, Maria Kathrina H. Cadandanan National High School, Bulan, Sorsogon, Philippines (mariakathrina.ojos@deped.gov.ph) Deyto, Nilda H. Sorsogon State University, Philippines (deytonilda@gmail.com) Janer, Susan S. Sorsogon State University, Philippines (sihjaner@sorsu.edu.ph) Received: 4 January 2022 Revised: 9 January 2022 Accepted: 11 January 2022 Available Online: 11 January 2022 DOI: 10.5861/ijrse.2022.104 ISSN: 2243-7703 Online ISSN: 2243-7711 OPEN ACCESS Abstract This study aimed to determine the knowledge of Senior High School of Sorsogon National High School in research writing for school year 2021-22. The respondents of the study were composed of 40 students from grade 12 class, 20 students from General Academic Tract and 20 from TLE & TVL Tract. Descriptive survey research design was used to gather the needed data. To determine the level of knowledge in research writing the researchers provide questionnaire to be answered by the respondents. The test question deals with the content, construction and mechanics in writing a research paper. Survey checklist was used to determine the factors that can affect the skills of the students in research writing. The data gathered were analyzed and interpreted using mean percentage, T-test, Scheffes Test, Frequency count and ranking. Results of the study revealed the following: the level of knowledge of Senior High School students on content, construction and mechanics are below 75% or did not meet expectation. Only the Academic tract passed the rating in mechanics which gather the 75.5% or fairly satisfactory. They have significant difference in content, construction and mechanics. Analysis revealed that General Academic tract got the highest rating compare to TLE-TVL. Based on the result the two strands agreed that constructing research title is the number one factor affecting the skills of the Senior High School in writing a research paper. Keywords: knowledge, senior high school, research writing, general academic tract, TVL & TLE