HOW TO INTRODUCE

YOUR RESEARCH PAPER

 The Research Title
 It must be specific
 Variables, Settings, Participants and Research Design is already
present.

Sample:
“The Relationship Between Sleeping and Academic Performance
of 1st Year Psychology Students in CDSL”

“The Effects of Singing to the Reading Comprehension of 2nd Year

Journalism Students in CDSL”

“A Descriptive Study on the Level of Self-Esteem of the CDSL

Students During Online Classes.”
 Background of the Study
 Interesting but truthful narration.
 It must be an eye opener or opening statement
about your research.
 Discuss your variables
 Discuss why your is important
 Discuss why did you choose your topic
 Then connect the dots.
 Statement of the Problem/Research
Question
 Obviously it is a question.
 It must be based from your variables and what your study
want to deal with.
 There must be a main and sub-problem/questions.
 Make sure that your sub-question/problems will deepen
the essence of your paper?
 For quantitative research it must always start with
questions answerable by Yes or no.

Sample:
“Is there a significant relationship between sleeping and
academic performance of 1st year psychology students?”
 Objectives
 It must answer your research
problem/questions.
 Always start with a verb.
 Significance of Study
 Who will benefit your research.
 Who will read your research.
 Be Specific.
 Review of Related Literature
 Literally to review, to read.
 Paraphrasing and summarizing is important,
you on have to get what your paper need.
 It must be related with your variables and must
support your paper.
 Source must be a published journals, articles,
research paper, theories, books, and statistical
surveys.
 Arrange it in thematic-chronological order.
 Research Synthesis
 What is the similarity of your rrl and your
paper.
 What is the summary of your related literature.
 Research Gap
 What is the gap of your rrls that you are trying
to do in you paper, in short what is new with
your paper, why did you choose this study.
 Is it from recommendation of a previous
research, are trying to include new variables or
new research design.
 Theoretical Framework
 One or two theory/ies that will fit on your
variables.
 Make sure that you discuss how your theory
and variable related to each other.
 Explain why this thoery/ies are/is best for
your research, be detailed and specific.
 Conceptual Framework
 Discuss the conceptual process of Variables
and its possible outcomes.
 How the variables affected each other and how
the theories related to variables.
 Operational Framework
 Detailed discussion of the step by step
operation you are planning to conduct in you
research.
 Discussion must start from participants up to
the interpretation of result.
 Operational Definition
 Variables
 Variables of your theory
 And other words which not operationally
defined in your research.