Writing the Chapter 1
- INTRODUCTION
Dr. FLORANTE D. POSO, JR.
Writing the Introduction
🞂One of the initial difficulties
faced by a thesis writer is
how to start the
introductory section.
🞂To help ease the problem,
the following approaches
are suggested.
Writing the Introduction
1. Start with a brief but provocative
quotation that us applicable to the theme
of the study.
2. Commence with striking facts or statistics
that objectively portray the existing
problem situation.
3. Begin by presenting a very brief
background or resume of events that truly
depict the present state of the issue
abroad, in the country and in the locality.
Writing the Introduction
4. Begin with the researcher’s firm stand in the
need to bridge the gap between existing bodies
of knowledge and the prevailing problem
situation.
5. Start with the researcher’s rationale concerning
the need to replicate completed study
6. If a new theory is being envisioned for the
study, commence by attacking some pertinent
universally-held theories of psychologists,
social scientists, or experts in the subject and
giving the rationale behind the research
undertaking.
The guidelines in writing the
introduction are as follows:
1. Presentation of the problem.
2. The existence of an
unsatisfactory condition, a felt
problem that needs a solution.
3. Rationale of the study.
4. Historical background of the
problem.
The guidelines in writing the
introduction are as follows:
5. A desire to have a deeper and clearer
understanding of a situation,
circumstance or phenomenon.
6. A desire to find a better way of doing
something or of improving a product.
7. A desire to discover something.
8. Geographical conditions of the study
locale.
9. A link between the introduction and the
statement of the problem.
Statement of the Problem
🞂 There should be a general
problem and followed by the
specific problems into which
the general problem is broken
up.
Significance of the Study
🞂 This section discusses the importance of the
study to society, the country, the government,
the community, the institution, the agency
concerned, and the thesis writer himself. It
expounds on the study’s probable impact to
education, science, technology, on-going
researches, etc. It also gives the justification for
the study in terms of its contribution to theory
and practice. Lastly, it touches on the
significance of the study to the researcher
himself, what it does to his profession, and the
difference it makes to his own professional
growth.
Guidance in explaining the
importance of the study.
🞂 The rationale, timeliness and/or relevance
of the study.
🞂 Possible solutions to existing problems or
improvement to unsatisfactory conditions.
🞂 Who are to be benefited and how they are
going to be benefited.
🞂 Possible contribution to the fund of
knowledge.
🞂 Possible implications
Scope and Delimitations of the
Study
🞂Explained in this section is the
nature, coverage, and time frame of
the study. It presents in brief the
subject areas of investigation, the
number of respondents or subjects
involved, the place, the time period
or school year covered, and the
rationale behind delimiting the
scope of the study.
Guidelines in writing the scope
and delimitations.
🞂 A brief statement of the general purpose of
the study.
🞂 The subject matter and topics studied and
discussed.
🞂 The locale of the study, where the data
were gathered or the entity to which the
data belong.
🞂 The population or universe from which the
respondents were selected.
🞂 The period of the study.
Theoretical Framework
🞂 Presentation of Theories
Conceptual Framework
🞂 From the review of related literature and
studies, the researcher may formulate a
theoretical scheme for his research problem.
🞂 This scheme is tentative explanation or
theoretical explanation of the phenomenon or
problem and serves as the basis for the
formulation of research hypotheses.
🞂 The conceptual framework consists of the
investigator’s own position on a problem after
his exposure to various theories that have
bearing on the problem.
Paradigm
🞂A paradigm is a
diagrammatic representation
of a conceptual framework. It
depicts in a more vivid way
what the conceptual
framework wants to convey.
Paradigm
🞂 INPUT – PROCESS - OUTPUT
Definitions of Terms
🞂Under this main topical
component are the
operational and conceptual
definitions of the terms that
are found in the title of the
study, including other
unusual and technical terms.
Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study
1.2 Significance of the Study
1.3 Statement of the Problem
1.4 Scope and Limitations
1.5 Theoretical Framework
1.6 Conceptual Framework
1.7 Definition of Terms