The document outlines the importance of a well-written research background and provides steps such as conducting preliminary research, identifying a writing style, emphasizing the research field, reviewing related literature, focusing on the study's relevance and contributions, and summarizing the background concisely while balancing detail. It also describes characteristics like using formal academic language, brevity, being evidence-based, focusing on the research problem, explaining the study's goals, and citing related work.
The document outlines the importance of a well-written research background and provides steps such as conducting preliminary research, identifying a writing style, emphasizing the research field, reviewing related literature, focusing on the study's relevance and contributions, and summarizing the background concisely while balancing detail. It also describes characteristics like using formal academic language, brevity, being evidence-based, focusing on the research problem, explaining the study's goals, and citing related work.
The document outlines the importance of a well-written research background and provides steps such as conducting preliminary research, identifying a writing style, emphasizing the research field, reviewing related literature, focusing on the study's relevance and contributions, and summarizing the background concisely while balancing detail. It also describes characteristics like using formal academic language, brevity, being evidence-based, focusing on the research problem, explaining the study's goals, and citing related work.
The document outlines the importance of a well-written research background and provides steps such as conducting preliminary research, identifying a writing style, emphasizing the research field, reviewing related literature, focusing on the study's relevance and contributions, and summarizing the background concisely while balancing detail. It also describes characteristics like using formal academic language, brevity, being evidence-based, focusing on the research problem, explaining the study's goals, and citing related work.
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Writing the Research Background
What is the importance of a well-written research background?
2 ● Conduct preliminary research. Steps in Writing a Preliminary research helps Research in grounding the current Background research study within the parameters of previously conducted research. 3 ● Identify a writing style. Steps in Deductive approach - Writing a general to specific Research Inductive approach - specific Background to general
4 ● Emphasize the field of your research topic. Steps in It should reflect an Writing a emphasis on the nature Research and the field of the Background current study to make readers know its focus.
5 ● Read and use related literature. Steps in The research background Writing a should include historical Research and theoretical contexts Background of the current topic by reading different sources.
6 ● Focus on the relevance and Steps in contribution of the study. Writing a It should highlight the Research relevance and potential Background contributions of the current study to its field.
7 ● Summarize the research background. There must be a balance Steps in between discussing very Writing a little information or Research elaborating too many details Background that might make future sections of the paper redundant.
8 Outlines are helpful in writing the research background. Initial contents of the outline can come from preliminary research on the topic.
9 Characteristics of a Research Background
1. The research background should be
written in formal and academic language. It observes proper grammar spelling, and it should be clear and understandable.
10 Characteristics of a Research Background
2. It is concise. It should be written in a brief,
organized, and coherent manner.
11 Characteristics of a Research Background
3. It is evidence-based. The research
background should be based on facts and evidence gathered from existing studies, and personal opinions of the researchers should not be included.
12 Characteristics of a Research Background
4. It is focused on the research problem. A
well-written research background highlights important aspects of the research problem, and unnecessary and unrelated information should not be included.
13 Characteristics of a Research Background
5. It explains the goals of the study. The
research background should provide justification for its possible contributions to the field.
14 Characteristics of a Research Background
6. It introduces the variables of the study.
For quantitative research papers, the research background should clearly introduce and discuss the variables of the study.
15 Characteristics of a Research Background
7. It cites related literature in the
discussion. A research background should provide context to the current study based on existing literature.
16 What do you think could be the problem in writing a research background on a topic with limited related literature?
17 Quick Check
Based on your own understanding, how do
you define a research background?
18 18 Quick Check
What differentiates a research background
from an introduction?
19 19 Quick Check
Lourdes collated several issues and trends
about her current research topic. These issues have been present in the previous years and in the current year.
Learning Area Grade Level 11 Quarter 1 Date I. Lesson Title Ii. Most Essential Learning Competencies (Melcs) Iii. Content/Core Content Iv. Learning Phases A. Introduction Panimula
Learning Area Grade Level 11 Quarter 1 Date I. Lesson Title Ii. Most Essential Learning Competencies (Melcs) Iii. Content/Core Content Iv. Learning Phases A. Introduction Panimula
