Writing the Background of the Study

Writing the background of the study is daunting to some senior high school researchers and in some cases even those who are established researchers find it somewhat difficult to accomplish. But don’t be discouraged because there are tips to help you get along the track and start immediately.

First you must ask yourself, WHAT DO I WANT MY READERS TO KNOW IN THIS PART OF THE RESEARH?

Answers may be different but, in most cases, you will need to provide them with information about the topics already been research upon related to your topic. This means that if you want to study about how effective 4P’s is in a certain barangay, you should give the readers valuable data on how the program runs in other places as evidenced by other’s researches or even information from articles from trusted media organizations. If you cannot find previous researchers conducted about 4p’s then you are privileged to be the first to do it and this means that you need to put in your background some information from similar programs such as subsidy for students, financial assistance programs and other projects closely related or similar to the one you are researching. This will help your reader understands how other programs were implemented and carried out.

Second, read a lot of information related to your topic use google scholar (scholar.google.com) or refseek.com. This will provide you with wider perspective and will enable you as a researcher to find out what gap will be filled by your study. For example, researches were conducted about how bullying affects the academic performance of students, how it affects the student’s behavior, how it affects their self confidence etc. But during your researcher you find out that there was no study yet conducted to know what causes one person to bully others, so this can be your basis of conducting your researcher.

Third, sort out information. Now that you have a lot to tell your readers it is important to know that the background of the study is discussed from general to specific. So, sorting your information based on the context of global and local will make your discussion easier.

Fourth, write your background of the study. This time you need to start writing your background of the study using the information you have collected. Global concepts will be introduced first to let your readers understand that your topic is not just happening in your community but also in other parts of the world. Then, national level information should be presented next to help readers visualize how the country is doing in that topic.