L6 - Chapter 1

• Introduction


  This part encapsulates the whole part of the study or what the study is all about. It contains the surrounding situations that prompted the researcher to undertake the study. The researcher is given the leeway to compose his introduction either from the basic to the complex scenario following micro and macro approaches, inductive or deductive or vice versa.
• Background of the Study


  This is a brief narration of the origin of the problem. Brief history of the research locale; and or justification of the selection and choice of the phenomenon/problem. This part exists if and only if necessary like the background of the study is needed because without it, the reader will not be clarified about what the study is all about.
• Theoretical Framework


  A formal study like the master's thesis must be anchored or guided by the relative concepts or theories. These concept and theories are from notable, renowned, authorities, educators, philosophers. Concept and theories provide a strong framework for the clear direction of the research undertaking with which the discussions of the findings, conclusions and recommendations are consistently aligned or related.
• Theoretical Framework


  1. First paragraph includes what theory will be used in the study

  2. Explain what that theory is

  3. Second paragraph explains why that theory is used in the study
• Conceptual Framework


  • INPUT - includes the Research Question
  • PROCESS - includes the Data Gathering Procedure
  • OUTPUT - the researchers will analyze and interpret the data gathered
• Statement of the Problem


  The main problem is presented in the statement form or declarative form. The main problem is followed by the specific problem of the study generally stated in question form. The number of the specific problems depends on what the study or the systematic investigation would like to find out or elicit as output.
• Research Questions


  These are the questions intended to be answered by your study.
• Significance of the Study


  This part of the chapter justifies the purpose of the research undertaking. This part of the thesis clarifies with the readers and future researchers and the significance of the results of the study and its potential contribution to the discovery of new knowledge and policy implication.
• Scope and Delimitation of the Study


  This refers to the limit of the study or the parameter boundary of the study. The scope on the other hand, refers to the area of the study usually large enough to be significant, however it must be narrowed down, to allow careful treatment.
• Definition of Terms


  Clear definition as frames of reference composed of selected terminologies that are operationally defined are needed and must be provided in the study. These terms are defined within the context of the study examples of which are the variables of the study and which are to be measured by statistical instruments.
• In qualitative research studies, definition of terms are optional or maybe not required.