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L1C - Chapter 1

The document outlines strategies for writing the introductory section of a thesis, including starting with a quotation, presenting statistics, or stating the researcher's rationale. It emphasizes the importance of clearly defining the problem, the significance of the study, and the theoretical framework. Additionally, it details the structure of the introduction, including background, scope, and definitions of key terms.

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L1C - Chapter 1

The document outlines strategies for writing the introductory section of a thesis, including starting with a quotation, presenting statistics, or stating the researcher's rationale. It emphasizes the importance of clearly defining the problem, the significance of the study, and the theoretical framework. Additionally, it details the structure of the introduction, including background, scope, and definitions of key terms.

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Dr. FLORANTE D. POSO, JR.

 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
 There should be a general
problem and followed by the
specific problems into which
the general problem is broken
up.
 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.
 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
 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.
 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.
 A theoretical framework is a conceptual
model that:
• Defines key concepts, variables, and their
relationships within a study.
• Serves as a roadmap for developing arguments in
research.
• Outlines relationships between variables,
assumptions, and theories.
• Compiles research findings to explain connected
concepts.
 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.
Aparadigm is a diagrammatic
representation of a conceptual
framework. It depicts in a
more vivid way what the
conceptual framework wants
to convey.
 INPUT – PROCESS - OUTPUT
 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.
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

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