GUIPOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur

RESEARCH
MANUAL
 PROCEDURE AND GUIDELINES FOR TITLE HEARING

A. Acceptance for Title Hearing

1. The students should submit three research titles in relation to their track or
specialization to their research teacher. The teacher will endorse the submitted
research titles to the research coordinator and schedule a date for the title hearing.

B. Title Hearing

1. Students must wear business attire or complete school uniform during the title
hearing. Slippers, earrings for males are strictly prohibited.

2. Each group is given 10 minutes to present their research title, objectives, research
questions and methodology (setting, participants, design). Another 10 minutes is
allotted for the question and answer.
3. The panel shall then give constructive feedback and advice to the student and should
agree with an effective working research titleappropriate for every group.
4. The panel has to pinpoint precisely what the students will measure and what
research approach would be most suitable for their project.

PROCEDURE AND GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSAL HEARING

A. Acceptance for Proposal Hearing

1. Before the end of the first semester, the student should submit the following materials
to the Research Coordinator, and to their Panel (in both electronic and hard copy
format):

a) A copy of a 15-20 page proposal, incorporating Chapters 1, 2 and 3 and the

preliminary references (2-3 pp).

b) A filled out form of NOMINATION OF PANEL (See Appendix A).

c) A copy of their powerpoint presentation that shall include the following:

 Slide Content

Slide 1 Title of the StudyName of Researchers, Grade level and

section
Introduction (Most important literature and studies; one
Slides 2- 4
sentence per author/reference; in bullet form; avoid copy
and paste)
Slide 5 Framework of the Study
Slide 6
Objectives of the Study

Slides 7-9
Methods (all elements in bullet form)

Slide 10 References (Only those references cited in the

presentation)

B. Proposal Hearing

1. The presenters are required to wear business attire or complete school uniform
during the proposal hearing.
2. Each group will be given a maximum of 20 minutes to present their study
proposal. A time-keeper will be assigned to give the signal when only 5 minutes
is left for the presentation.
3. Right after the presentation, the presenters are to answer the question/s which
may be raised by the panel.
4. To assist the panel in making an objective evaluation of the oral performance of
the students, a rubric will be used (See Appendix D).
 PROCEDURE AND GUIDELINES FOR FINAL ORAL DEFENSE

A. Acceptance for Defense

1. The students should submit a copy of the research manuscript to each member of the
examination panel at least one (1) week before the expected date of oral defense and
an electronic copy of their powerpoint presentation that shall include the following:

Slide Content

Slide 1 Title of the Study Name of Researchers, Grade level and

section
Introduction (Most important literature and studies; one
Slides 2- 3
sentence per author/reference; in bullet form; avoid copy
and paste)
Slide 4 Framework of the Study
Slide 5
Statement of the Problem

Slides 6-10 (the number of

Findings (In tabular form; follow the order in your Chapter
slides depends on the
4; do not include the interpretations in the slide; one table
number of problems in the
per slide)
study)
Slide 11 Conclusion
Slide 12 Recommendations

Slide 13 References (Only those references cited in the

presentation)

B. Oral Defense

1. Students must wear business attire during the defense. Slippers, earrings for males
are strictly prohibited.
2. The Research Teacher shall notify the students of the rating they received on the oral
examination, together with the revisions, if any, required in the research paper.
3. Research paper shall be rated qualitatively (Passed/Failed/Conditional) in the
attached form using a rubric (See Appendix D).
C. Approval for Binding

1. The students shall incorporate the required revisions and submit the revised copy to
the members of the Oral Defense Panel for the approval prior to the reproduction of
copies and binding of research paper.
2. No other pages may be added to the paper after it has been approved and returned
to the students for reproduction and binding.

D. Submission of Bound and Electronic Copies of Research Paper

1. Students shall submit four (4) bound copies and one (1) electronic copy in CD-WR of
the research paper to the Research Coordinator two (2) weeks after the oral defense.
Bound copies shall be distributed to the Research Teacher, School Library, Research
Hub and the Group Leader. The electronic copy shall be kept by the Research
Coordinator.
2. Students shall undergo another oral defense if they failed to submit the bound copies
and its electronic file two weeks after the approval.
3. The manuscript is bound using a hard cover, wrapped in transparent plastic, in light
blue for HE, green for ABM, red for GAS, and golden yellow for ICT.
4. NO BOOK, NO GRADUATION.
 GUIDELINES FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND FORMAT OF THE RESEARCH
PAPER

A. Organization of Entries

The manuscript is arranged in the following sequence:

1. Front Matters

Preliminary Pages (use lower case Roman Numerals for all pages)

Fly Leaf
Title Page (Required) Page i, but does not appear
Approval Sheet (Required) Page ii, but does not appear
Acknowledgment (Required) Page iii
Dedication (Required) Continue pagination
Abstract (Required)
Table of Contents (Required)
List of Tables (Required)
List of Figures (Required)
List of Appendices (Required)

2. Text

The text of the research paper is divided into chapter. The text section is
paginated using Hindu Arabic numerals, beginning with the number 1 on the
upper right-hand corner. The page number does not appear on every beginning
page of the chapter. Each chapter must begin on a new page.

3.Back Matter

References (Required) Continue numbering in Arabic numerals

Appendices (Required) Continue numbering in Arabic numerals

B. Detailed Description of Each Section of the Manuscript

1. Front matters

a) Fly leaf (Blank page)

 b) Title Page (See SAMPLE FORM 1: TITLE PAGE)

This page contains the Institution logo, research title, author/s and
date.

The title page is counted as page i (lower-cased Roman Numerals),

but unmarked. The pagination is reflected in the Table of Contents.

The title of Thesis should be in uppercase, centered, and inverted

pyramid. It should be presented in descriptive words that will ensure electronic
retrieval.

The final line of the title page is the month and year in which thesis is
approved by the oral Defence panel

c) Approval Sheet

This form must be typed or printed on a laser printer and must contain
the seal of the Research Center. This can be secured from the Research
Center.(SAMPLE FORM 2: CERTIFICATE OF PANEL APPROVAL)

The approval Sheet must contain the signatures of all the members of
the Oral Defense Panel. Date for affixing the signature must also be indicated.
The signatures should be original and must rendered in blue ink.

This is page number ii, but unmarked. The pagination is reflected in the
Table of Contents.

d)Acknowledgment

The word ACKNOWLEDGMENT in upper case and bold attribute should

be centered.

This page expresses the student/s’ recognition of, and appreciation for any
special assistance made by individuals that are not mentioned in the manuscript
but have made an important contribution to the study.

e) Dedication

The heading of a one-page Dedication may not appear on the dedication

page, and the text may be centered and must be in the third person.
 This contains name/s of special people, e.g. family and friends who are
close to the author and who inspire him/her in completing the work.

f) Abstract

The heading for this page is ABSTRACT in uppercase and bold attribute,
centered without punctuation. (See SAMPLE FORM 3: ABSTRACT)

The body of the abstract, printed in double space, begins on fourth line
below the heading not more than one page.

An abstract is a general overview of the research. It is an essay

summary of the paper; a statement of the experiment or problem, the procedure
followed, the result, conclusion and recommendations.

It should be a succinct account that allows readers to make an accurate

decision as to whether the full contents will be beneficial to the reader.

Diagram, charts and tables or illustrated materials and formula or

equation are not included in the abstract.

Symbols as well as foreign words and phrases, must be clearly and

accurately displayed.

g) Table of Contents

The heading for this page is TABLE OF CONTENTS in upper case and
bold attribute, centered without punctuation.

The titles of chapters must be listed exactly as they appear in the body of
the research paper. Side headings must not be numbered.

Titles for the preliminary pages and for all chapters except subchapters,
are in uppercase.

The page number of the starting page of each part is listed flash at the
upper right margin.

h) List of Tables/Figures/Appendices/Illustrations/Symbols/Abbreviations

The headings for these pages are in uppercase and bold attribute,
centered without punctuation.

All tables and figures are arranged in increasing Arabic numeral.

 Appendices, symbols, and abbreviation are arranged alphabetically.

Greek-lettered symbols are placed before Roman/English-lettered

symbols.

Each acronym or symbol is indented and separated from the definition by

a dash line.

Consistency in the inclusion of tables and figures must be observed; if

tables from one chapter are included in the list, then tables from all the other
chapters and the appendix must be included.

Each entry must list the same caption or title used for a table in the text,
although a long caption maybe abbreviated to the extent of using only the first full
sentence or clause.

The most common mode of presentation is to single-space within and to

double- between each entry.

2. Text

The formatting of the text must be followed consistently throughout.

All headings and sub-headings should be presented in the same way in

each chapter or major section, in terms of capitalization, placement on the page
and font type used.

No headers or footers giving the titles of chapters, other sections, or the

paper are allowed.
 BODY OF THE RESEARCH PAPER

The manuscript is organized by sub-chapters. The chapter number and

the title must be in uppercase and centered. Leave a double-space distance
between these items. The subchapter or subheading must be in lowercase,
emboldened and placed at the left hand corner. Leave a 4-space distance
between the title and the subheading. The distance between paragraphs is
double space.

CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM

Introduction

Conceptual Framework (only for quantitative studies)

Statement of the Problem

Significance of the Study

Scope and Limitation

Definition of Terms

CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

CHAPTER 3

METHODOLOGY

Research Design

Research Environment

Research Respondents

Sampling Design

Research Instrument

Data Gathering Procedures

Ethical Consideration

Data Analysis

CHAPTER 4

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

CHAPTER 5

FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Findings

Conclusions

Recommendation

The above chapters are just recommendatory. Chapters and sub-

chapters other than those stated above maybe added.

a. Chapter and Sub-chapters

The heading of each chapter should be centered without punctuation. On

the second line following this heading is the title of the chapter.

The next line starts on the fourth line below the title of the chapter.

The sub-titles are flash to the left margins.

The first page of each chapter is counted, but unmarked. All pages are
marked with Arabic Numeral at the upper right hand margins.

All major sections/chapters must begin on new page;

subsections/subchapters need not.

Whenever the heading of a section or subsection appears near the bottom

of a page, it must be followed by at least one line of text, or the heading
should be forced to the top of the next page.

b. Tables and Figures

All tables and figures, if possible should be located such that they
do not run over into the next page. If this happens, subsequent pages of
the illustration must include at least the illustration number and the
notation that is continued, something like Table 1, cont.

Illustrations must be presented horizontally or vertically. In either

case illustration must fit within the required margins, and page numbers
must be placed consistently throughout the entire manuscript.

Table captions are typed above the table and figure caption are
typed below the figure. If an illustration is rotated, the coordinating caption
must also be rotated.

For tables and figures copied from the sources, the caption of such
should include the source.

The captions for table and figures must be identical with those used
in the LIST OF TABLES and LIST OF FIGURES in the preliminary pages.

Illustration must be numbered consecutively throughout the entire

thesis, A straight sequence (1, 2, 3, 4 etc.) or a decimal approach (1.1,
1.2, 1.3, where the first digit is the chapter number, and the digit after the
decimal point is the illustration number), may be used.

Photographs, as a figure, must be scanned and convert to an

electronic format for simultaneous printing with the pages.

Below is a sample of a table in a figure; note that the left and right
border line of the table flush with left and right margins.

Table 1. This is the title of the first table. If the title is long such that it runs
down the next line, the first word of the text line must be flush with that of
the previous as shown by this example

:Column 1 :Column 2 :Column 3 :Column 4

Row one

Row two
 You can put any figure ( caricature,
graphs, photograph, illustrations,
maps, chart, drawing, diagrams, etc.)
in this frame.

Figure 1. This is the title of the first figure.

3. Back Matters

a. Reference

The heading must be in uppercase, centered and in bold attribute. This must be
in the same font style and point sides at the rest of the thesis.

Entries are listed alphabetically by the author’s last name or by the title of the
article. Books if there is no author or editor giver.

The first line of each entry starts at the margin; the second and the third line and
indented five spaces (one tab). (Format>Paragraph>Hanging indentation in Microsoft
Word)

Single-space each and leave a blank line between entries.

Use the latest publishing date for the book or encyclopedia and the complete
data for newspaper, magazines, or the internet.

Title of the book, theses, journals, etc. must be italicized:

b) Appendix or Appendices

The appendix provides a place for a supplementary material that is not

necessary for inclusion in any of the major chapters. Tables too detailed for the
text presentation figures, technical notes, raw data, computer programs, musical
scores, sample questionnaires, schedules case studies are common appendix
materials.

Appendices, presented in alphabetical, order (A, B, C, D,…) and may be

single-space, appear at the end of the thesis text only; they do not appear at the
end of each chapter.

The font type and point size for the main headings, sub-headings, and
illustration captions of an appendix must watched that of the text.
c. Curriculum Vitae

It is a bibliography of the authors that may include place and date of birth,
educational background, etc.

It should be short, concise written in the third person, and the same font type and
point size as the rest of the thesis; as be double-space.

d. Technical Specification

1. Paper Size and Quantity

8 ½” x 11” short-size legal white substances 20 book paper must be used.

2. Paper Layout

Paper must be printed/typed in portrait mode. Landscape mode is discouraged

except for purposes of accommodating unusually large tables, illustrations, and the like.

3. Margins

To provide allowance for trimmings during binding and later case in microfilming
and copying, every page of a manuscript must meet these minimum margin standards.

Top: 1.00”
Bottom: 1.00”
Right: 1.00”
Left: 1.50” (binding edge)

All manuscript materials must fit within these margin requirements (including
page numbers, tables, figures and graphs)

4. Fonts and Font Size

A 12- point Arial/Times New Roman is recommended. A consistent font and size
must be observed throughout all sections that thesis except tables. Italic may be used
for quotations and words in foreign language.

5. Spacing

The manuscript, including the abstract, acknowledgement, curriculum vitae must

be double spaced and should be used consistently throughout the document except
tables.
6. Pagination

Preliminary pages are numbered consecutively in lower case Roman numerals;

the first page to be numbered is the Abstract page which is marked iii.

The text and back matters and numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals.

Page numbers must appear in the same location (upper right hand corner) on
each page except on the first page of Chapters where the page is counted but not
marked.

Page numbers must be consistent with the text in the font size and style; must
also fit within the margin requirements.

7. Text Citation of References

References may be cited by giving the last name(s) of the author(s) and the year
of publication of the reference.

Example………. was discovered (Longuet and Fox, 1997)

8. Corrections and Errata

No correction in the form of correction tape or fluid, erasures, crash outs, and the
light must be made on the final copy.

9. Printing

All print should be letter quality with dark black characters that are consistently
clear and dense.

10. Binding and Labeling

The manuscript is bound using a hard cover, wrapped in transparent plastic, in

light blue for HE, green for ABM, red for GAS, and golden yellow for ICT.

The hard cover contains the title, name of author, school, place, date of approval
of binding, all of which are stamped in gold/black foil and set in 14-point Arial font with
bold attribute for all elements.

Except for the date, all other items are in uppercase.

SAMPLE FORM 1: TITLE PAGE

XXXXXXXXXXXXXTITLEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

A Research Paper

Presented to the Faculty of

GUIPOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements

for Inquiries, Investigation and Immersion

by:

Names

Month & Year

SAMPLE FORM 2: CERTIFICATE OF PANEL APPROVAL

The study entitled “ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”

prepared and submitted by XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX in partial
fulfilment of the requirements for Inquiries, Investigation and Immersion is hereby
recommended for approval.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Research Adviser

_____________
Date

Approved by the Oral Examination Committee on _____________ with a rating

of PASSED.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Grammarian Statistician

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Consultant Consultant

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Chairman

Accepted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Inquiries,

Investigations and Immersion.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Research Coordinator
_____________
Date
SAMPLE FORM 3: ABSTRACT

Attitudes toward science have received substantive research, mainly because they

influence students’ science learning and their participation in science. This study was

designed to determine the students’ attitude towards science with the implementation of

spiral progression approach in relation to students’ achievement. This study utilized a

descriptive-correlational method of research. A survey questionnaire on Motivational

Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) was adapted and administered to the

public secondary junior high school students randomly chosen in the Quality Learning

Circle (QUALCI) 6 of the Division of Zamboanga del Sur. Mean, standard deviation and

Pearson r product moment of correlation were used in interpreting the data. Results

show that students are moderately high in motivation and found to have moderately

high usage rate of learning strategies in science. Respondents gave the lowest score to

effort regulation which could be translated into their lack of focus and being prone to

distractions. The analysis result of motivation scale shows that the students consider

science as a difficult subject for them as revealed by the low score for self-efficacy.

From the findings of this study, it is suggested that teachers and parents should actively

care about students’ motivation and appropriate learning strategies as these have found

to have a positive effect to academic performance.

Keywords: attitudes toward science, learning strategies, motivation, science

achievement, spiral progression approach, zamboangadelsur
APPENDIX A:

GUIPOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur

NOMINATION OF PANEL

Date

The following are recommended to compose the Panel of

(Name/s of Students)

Name Signature

1. Research Adviser

2. Statistics Adviser

3. Grammarian

4. Consultant

5. Consultant

The members of the above-mentioned Panel shall be present during the Title
Hearing, Proposal Hearing and Final Oral Defense.

RECOMMENDING APPROVAL: APPROVED:

Research Teacher Research Coordinator

APPENDIX B

GUIPOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur

REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF RESEARCH ADVISER/PANEL MEMBER

Date
Name/s:
Department:

Proposed Panel Member to be replaced Proposed Adviser/Panel Member

Name and Signature Name and Signature

Reason/s for replacement:

Requested by:

Name/s of Students

RECOMMENDING APPROVAL: APPROVED:

Research Teacher Research Coordinator

APPENDIX C

GUIPOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur

APPROVAL FOR TITLE HEARING

Date

As member of the Panel of

We recommended the approval of his/her/their application for Research Title Hearing.

Research Adviser Date

Statistics Adviser Date

Grammarian Date

Consultant Date

Consultant Date

Date: Time: Place:

RECOMMENDING APPROVAL: APPROVED:

Research Teacher Research Coordinator

APPENDIX D

GUIPOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur

PROPOSAL HEARING/FINAL ORAL DEFENSE

______________
Date

Name/s: ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Title of Study: __________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

This rubric is designed to assist the panel in making an objective evaluation of

the oral performance of the students.

1. Research Presentation (60%)

a. Organization (30%) _______________
b. Content (20%) _______________
c. Delivery (10%) _______________

2. Mastery of the Study (15%) _______________

3. Ability to defend ideas (15%) _______________

4. Receptiveness towards suggestions given (10%) _______________

Overall evaluation:

Passed _______________
Failed _______________
Conditional _______________

____________________
Panelist

Note: Write all suggested modification or changes(if there are any) on the other sheet of
paper.
Recommendations:

____________________
Panelist
APPENDIX E

GUIPOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur

APPROVAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDY

This is to certify that we have examined the paper of

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
____________________ and found that all comments and recommendations of the
defense panel were incorporated.
This certification is issued so that the students can implement their study.

Name Signature Date

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

APPROVED:

__________________
Research Teacher
APPENDIX F

GUIPOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur

APPROVAL FOR BINDING OF RESEARCH PAPER

This is to certify that we have examined the paper of

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
____________________ and found that all comments and recommendations of the
defense panel were incorporated.
This certification is issued so that the students can submit the manuscript for
final binding.

Name Signature Date

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

APPROVED:

__________________
Research Teacher