Thesis
Format
Preliminaries
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What’s in here?
• Title Page
• Approval Sheet
• Executive Summary
• Acknowledgment
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables(if any)
• List of Figures(if any)
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Abstract
•Summary of the research
•Scope
•Methodology
•Findings
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FORMAT
ABSTRACT
• Try to keep the summary 250 to 300 words only.
• Do not have references and equations in the abstract.
• Third person pronouns should be used.
• Ideas must be connected using linking devices and transitions.
• Recommendations should not be included
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Acknowledgment
•Expression of Gratitude
•For those who assist
•For those who guide
•The person being acknowledged is
stated first and the contribution is
cited thereafter.
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Dedication
• Source to offer gratefulness
• For those whom the researcher
wish to pay honor
• Different from acknowledgment
• There are no restrictions on the style or
format.
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Table of Contents
•Preliminaries
•Chapters I to V
•Bibliography
•Appendices
•Curriculum Vitae
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List of Tables
•Consecutively numbered
•There is no need to place the list of
tables in the preliminaries of the
thesis or dissertation if there are
only one to three tables in the text.
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List of Figures
•Consecutively numbered
•There is no need to place the list of
figures in the preliminaries of the
thesis or dissertation if there are
only one to three tables in the text.
The
Problem
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What’s in here?
•Introduction
• Objectives
• Hypothesis (if any)
•Scope, Delimitation and
Limitation of the Study
•Pedagogical Implication
•Definition of Terms
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Introduction
•Overview discussion
•Deductive discussion
•Strong foundation
•Rationale of the study
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FORMAT
Introduction
• The length should be six (6) to ten (10) typed double-spaced
pages.
• The use of bibliographic references must be consistent; the
year of publication must be indicated.
• Multiple citations for a single concept is allowed
• Third person pronouns should be used.
• Ideas must be connected using linking devices and transitions.
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Objectives
•This section introduces the general
and specific objectives of the study.
• The general aim of the study
should be stated first followed by
the specific objectives.
•Objectives of the study should be
presented as imperative form.
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Hypothesis
•Wise
guess
that
is
formulated and temporarily
adopted to explain the
observed facts covered
• The study is premised on the
null hypothesis.
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Hypothesis
The study sought to test the hypothesis that there is no
significant difference on the students’ conceptual change on
stoichiometry exposed to flipped classroom instruction and
traditional lecture method.
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Hypotheses
This study tested the following null hypotheses.
1. There is no significant difference in the pretest
scores of the experimental and control groups.
2. There are no significant differences in the levels of
performance of the students in the experimental and
control groups.
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Scope, Delimitation and Limitation of the
Study
Scope
•The scope of the study contains the presentation
of the variables, research design, subjects,
research locale and other relevant information
about the subject being analyzed
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Scope, Delimitation and Limitation of the
Study
Delimitation
•boundaries set for the study
•the population not under study
•methodological procedures not used
•explain why other aspects of a subject were
excluded.
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Scope, Delimitation and Limitation of the
Study
Limitation of the Study
• weaknesses,
conditions
or
influences
uncontrolled by the researchers
•the instruments utilized, the sample, time
constraints, etc.
•what might influence the results should be
mentioned.
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FORMAT
Scope, Delimitation and Limitation of the Study
• The length should be three (3) typed double-spaced
paragraphs. First paragraph for the scope, second for the
delimitation and the last for the limitation.
• Third person pronouns should be used.
• Ideas must be connected using linking devices and transitions.
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Pedagogical Implications
• The researcher must specify the significance and
possible application of the research results to pedagogy
– its benefits to the field of teaching and learning,
especially in a specific area such as instruction,
curriculum, learning environment and policy
development, or its contribution to the field of
specialization
• More specific and concrete significance and
implications of the study to education should be
presented.
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Definition of Terms
•Important terms are defined
conceptually and/or
operationally
• Terms are written in bold
form (highlighted).
Review of
Literature
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What’s in here?
• Literature Review
• Theoretical Framework
• Conceptual Framework
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Literature Review
• derived from published articles,
books, journals, magazines, novels,
poetry and other written materials
• can be local or foreign
• The
presentation of literatures
is topical based on the
organization of the research
objectives.
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FORMAT
• Various sources may be combined in one statement, provided
they present a similar concept.
• The use of bibliographic references must be consistent; the
year of publication must be indicated.
• Third person pronouns should be used.
• All bibliographic entries should be published in the year 2010
and above.
• Ideas must be connected using linking devices and transitions.
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FORMAT
• The use of bibliographic references must be consistent; the
year of publication must be indicated.
• Third person pronouns should be used.
• The year of publication of all cited studies should be at least
2010.
• The research literatures of similar focal points are presented
together.
• Ideas must be connected using linking devices and transitions.
• There will be two synthesizing paragraphs which appear at the
end of the literature review.
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Theoretical Framework
• Identify existing theories
• There will be a theoretical
framework if the topic is anchored
in a theory.
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Theoretical Framework
• In here, the researcher is required to
identify existing two (2) or three (3)
theories which link to the study
because theories are useful devices for
interpreting, criticizing and unifying
established specific laws or facts that
guide
in
discovering
new
generalizations.
• Theoretical paradigm is presented in
this section.
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Conceptual Framework
• There must be a discussion of pertinent
concepts in the first part.
• provides clear explanations regarding the
relationships among variables
• conceptual
discussed
paradigm
is
shown
and
Research
Method and
Procedure
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What’s in here?
•Research Design
•Subjects of the Study
•Data Gathering Instrument
•Data Gathering Procedure
•Statistical Treatment of Data
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Research Design
•choose
the
most
appropriate research design
for the present study
•supported by a citation of
the brief description of the
design
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Subjects of the Study
• how and where the subjects were
taken from
• population or sample
• the sampling design
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Data Gathering Instrument
•questionnaire, test, etc.
•Construction, Validation, Administration and
Scoring of Responses
• Content Validation, Grammar Checking,
Reliability Testing
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Data Gathering Procedure
• process of gathering the data
• permission and approval from the
head of the agency
• administration of the instrument to
the subjects of the study
• duration of the administration of the
instrument and percentage retrieval
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Statistical Treatment of Data
•There must be a brief
introduction/description of the
statistical tools.
Presentation, Analysis
and Interpretation of
Data
Important points in citing from literature:
1.
Literature cited in text should support statements made
or explain results
2. Use factual information, not opinion
3. Use own words
4. Make sure the literature you cited in the text match
those in your list of References/Literature
5. Minimize the use of stated, reported, showed,
according to
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FORMAT
• Every table should be presented incorporating the following
specifications:
Tables are consecutively numbered throughout the chapter using
Hindu-Arabic numerals.
Left, right and inside horizontal borders should be removed.
Text size is from 11 pt to 13 pt.
The size of the legend (if there’s any) is 10 pt.
There is no need to mention figures in the discussion of results,
instead, highlight the analysis and interpretation of significant
findings. The analyses and interpretations must be supported by
the appropriate reviewed literature.
Summary of Findings,
Conclusions and
Recommendations
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Summary of Findings
• This section summarizes the results in
Chapter IV, following the Objectives in
Chapter I. If there are four specific
objectives, there are also four results in
Chapter IV and four summaries of
findings in Chapter V.
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Conclusions
•based on the summary of
findings
•If there are four findings, there
will also be four conclusions.
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Conclusions
•Are generalizations that evolve
from the findings. Do not confuse
them with findings.
• However, each conclusion
should be brief (one sentence
only) and precise.
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Recommendations
• review and utilization of the output
• other significant findings which are not
addressed in the output
• further research on the present study
• be brief and precise.
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References
• listing of source materials used
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FORMAT
• Source materials are presented in the following order:
A. BOOKS
B. THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
C. PERIODICALS
D. INTERNET SOURCES
E. OTHER SOURCES
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Appendices
• Interview questions (if there’s any)
• Agenda of focus group discussion (if there’s
any)
• Scanned copy of letters to respondents,
principals and other research participants
• Supplemental tables / figures / graphs /
image
• Photo documentation during the conduct of
the interview or focus group discussion (if
there’s any)
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Curriculum Vitae
• Personal Data
• Educational Background
• PRC and/or CSC Eligibilities
• Work Experiences
• Honors/Awards Received
• Researches Conducted
• Publications
• Membership in Professional/Scientific
Organizations