Things to Remember in organizing Chapter 2
1. related studies are taken from researches published online, these, dissertations, and research journals.
related literature are taken from articles, books, legal documents (memos, gazette, constitution, dept.
orders, Republic Act)
these must have been published with the period of 10 years. you are writing this for 2021, therefore your
oldest reference should be 2011.
2. the major variables (topics) in your study are the ones used in presenting your related studies and
literature. Both literature and studies go together under the topics where they are appropriate.
You must have at least 10 related literature and 10 related studies.
3. do not forget the complete details of the references because you need them in your citations, NOTES,
and then in your Bibliography.
4. beware not to copy the authors' words; rephrase them to avoid plagiarism.
5. Synthesis of the State-of-the-Art. This is a summary of all related studies (do not include literature
anymore). state how those related studies are related and different from your work.
if you had 2 topics in the body of your related studies and literature, then you will have 2 paragraphs in
the synthesis (except the introductory paragraph).
6. Gaps Bridged by the Study. State the uniqueness of your study. this is a short paragraph only stating
what your study looked into that the previous investigators did not do.
7. Theoretical Framework. this is a discussion of the theories that support your study. identify the theory,
the year, and the discussion of the theory. after that, discuss how that theory is used in your study or how
it supports your study. Figure 1 illustrates the inter-relatedness of the theories used.
8. Conceptual Framework. this is a discussion about the flow of your study. Traditionally, the Input-
Process-Output pattern is used. input presents those that you needed in the study. Process discusses the
manner or ways on what you will do with the input to arrive at the Output. Hence, the output is the product
or end result of your study. Figure 2 shows the diagram of this discussion.
9. NOTES. this is an enumeration of the references you used in the chapter. they must be presented
according to their sequence in your discussion. Follow the models of citations I posted before.
