THE

BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
Jhan Mark O. Logenio
Directions:
“Role Playing”
Form yourselves into three groups. Conduct a role
playing activity in which you will introduce a guest
speaker to the class. Select a known personality as your
guest speaker and research on his/her background. From
the information gathered write a speech introducing your
personality. Assign member as your group to deliver the
speech with another member playing the role of the
guest speaker. The rest of the group members will
comprise the audience.
• GROUP 1 - MOCK TALK SHOW
• GROUP 2 - INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER IN
A SEMINAR
• GROUP 3 - NEWSCASTING
1. What significant information did you gather
about the known personality you chose as
guest speaker?
2. How did research helped you write the
speech introducing the guest speaker?
3. How can you relate this activity to the topic
of the lesson?
THE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
•it’s purpose is to introduce the research
problem
•clarify important variables
•Discuss its delimitation
•Specify its significance to the field of the
study
 a. Introduction
b. Statement of the problem
c. Scope and delimitation
d. Significance of the study
e. Notes in Chapter 1
 THE INTRODUCTION
a. Discussing why there is a need to study the
problem
b. Clarifying the important terminologies for
the reader to easily understand what the
research is about
c. Establishing the degree of seriousness of the
problem which has prompted the
researcher to look for solutions
The following questions will aid the researcher in
formulating the introduction:
• What is the rationale of the research problem?
This question is answered by sharing with the
beneficiaries the reasons why the researcher has
decided to look for solutions to the problem. A
narration of the researcher’s experience that has
driven him/her to conduct the study is
commonly done.
•Examples:
Include one’s personal experience, an
article read, a scene witnessed, news
heard, a theory that needs to be
classified ,etc. The research proponent
should describe the existing and prevailing
problem situation based on his/her
experience. The scope must be local
national or international.
What is the setting of the research
problem?
• The setting forms part of the delimitation of
the problem, as it defines the geographic
boundaries of the study and implies certain
demographic characteristics. This describes
to the reader the place where the research is
conducted since the setting has this
significant bearing on the variables.
•Example:
if the setting is the school discuss it’s
vision-mission, special clientele, unique
mode of student transport.
What is the basic literature
foundation of the study?
•This is different from the review of
related theories, conceptual
literature, and research literature.
This part defines or clarifies the terms
or variables used in the study.
The terms and variables must be clear to
the researcher so that he/she can make
his/her reader understand them as well.
This backgrounder assist the researcher in
determining the boundaries of the study.
It is derived from different literature
sources. Thus, this part of Chapter1
requires the use of various references.
How serious is the chosen
problem?
• Why is there a need to look for solutions to
the problem? In this aspect the researcher
must see the intensity and the magnitude of
the problem. When the gravity has already
been determined the researcher must take
action and work in the problem. He/she looks
for statistical or quantitative evidence to asses
the weight of the problem.
What is the general objective of the
research problem?
•This is derived from the general
statement of the problem and should
be the basis of the enumerated
statements of specific problems.
What is the overall purpose of
the research problem?
•It must be stressed that the
researcher should be totally aware of
the purpose of the research problem.
He/she must know how the research
findings will help his/her classmates
or fellow students.
Study:________________
____________________________
_1. State the rationale of your research
problems.
2. Describe the setting where your study is
to be conducted.
3. Search for related literature that you
can use to identify the main variables
4. Determine the seriousness of your
research problem. Show statistical evidence
of its gravity.
5. State the general objective of the
research study.
6. After the research has been conducted or
has been solved, identify the people or
entities that will benefit from the research
and the direct benefits they will get from it.
THE END