Republic of the Philippines
Southern Luzon State University
CATANAUAN EXTENSION
Catanauan, Quezon
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Sir/Madam:
Good Day!
The undersigned are Bachelor of Elementary Education students of the Southern Luzon State UniversityCatanauan Extension. They are currently working on their action research entitled “Challenges
Encountered by Second year students in Understanding Content of Teaching Mathematics course”
In view of the foregoing study, they are respectfully requesting your permission to validate the proposed
questionnaire. Your knowledge and experience shall be of great help in developing a unique and wellstructured questionnaire for the said study.
Your kind and favorable approval of this request will greatly help them in the completion of the study.
Thank you very much.
Very Truly Yours,
VHANESSA MAY ABELIDA
Researcher
Noted:
AILEEN V. ELARCO, PhD
Research Adviser
JESSA MAY P. ZULUETA
Researcher
Validator’s Checklist
Kindly put a check ( / ) mark to your response and review each item against the
guidelines below. Indicate items that do not follow a guideline and provide any
relevant comments.
Guideline
Uses simple, jargonfree vocabulary
Uses standard,
nontechnical
language
Includes
appropriate
directions for the
item type
Asks only one
question (as
opposed to a
double-barreled
question that asks
two questions in
one)
Uses positive
wording, with
negatives used
sparingly
Clearly defines all
terms that could be
misunderstood
Provides an “Other”
response, if
applicable
Provides labels for
each anchor (an
anchor is the
possible response,
such as “1” on a
scale of 1 to 5; an
4
Strongly
Agree
3
Agree
2
Disagree
1
Strongly
Disagree
Items that
do not
follow the
guideline
Comments
anchor label is the
value of that
anchor, such as “2
= strongly
disagree”)
Provides four to
seven response
options (when
asking for a rating)
Provides mutually
exclusive response
choices
Provides exhaustive
response choices
Minimizing bias
Avoids culturally
insensitive or
offensive language
Avoids biased or
emotionally
charged words
Avoids assumptions
about the
respondent
(loaded question)
Avoids soliciting a
socially desirable
answer
Provides ranges for
response choices
(when question is
potentially sensitive)
Thank you and God bless!