MINUTES OF THESIS DEFENSE

Name of Student: Hazel Mae C. Llorente

Program: Master of Arts in Education Major in Teaching Mathematics
Thesis Title: TECHNOLOGY INTEGTRATION AND PROBLEM BASED LEARNING AS
PREDICTORS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN MATHEMATICS IN THE NEW
NORMAL

Adviser: EMMANUEL P. ABUZO, PhD

Type of Defense: Title

Date: December 13, 2021

Quantitative
Section Comments/Suggestions Action Taken
(with Panel Member’s name) (with page number)
(This section is to be filled
out by the Researcher)
Title
Background of the Dr. Manguilimutan
Study  Reflect hypen on the problem-based
learning
 Engagement to commitment is not
appropriate.
 Highlight the problem and relate this to
IV
 2nd parag. Be concise and
straightforward.
 Avoid lengthy entries.
 Confused the integration of social
presence, perceived learning and
perceived satisfaction.
 Highlight the problem not the
connection.
 Establish the problem.
 Encourage to cite 3 countries.
 Phil settings: not clear. Highlight the
problem.
 Please review if it is New Normal
Learning Modalities or distance
learning modalities.
 4th parag. Too broad.
 The findings of this proposed study
can help mathematics educators and
stakeholders improve the math
learning processes is sweeping
generalizations. Please revise.
 Please provide the research gap.
 Merge the entries of social relevance
and urgency to conduct the study.

Dr. Ado
 Mindful in naming the file documents.
 Recast the last sentence in the first
paragraph.
 Global and phil settings: it is not
specifying if it is engagement in
mathematics. Please provide that it
should be engagement in mathematics
and not in general in schooling.
 We cannot say that there is really a

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 problem in math engagement.
 Highlight that students are not
participating in math.
 Research gap is missing.
Statement of the
Problem
Hypothesis
Review of Related
Literature
Theoretical/ Dr. Tado
Conceptual  Supporting statements are too lengthy.
Framework Provide straightforward idea.
 There are also observations in terms of
citating of authors.
 You miss to specify the mathematics in
the student engagement. Please
specify.

Dr. Edig
 There is issue on the second sentence
because it is too long and very vague.
Paraphrase it and not to state the stat
evidence.
 Part of second parag, too long. Please
be straight forward with your idea.
 Issue on the citation, typographical error
on 200.
 Issue on repetition. Reflect the citation.
Significance of the
Study
Definition of Terms Dr. Edig
 Past tense.
 There are terms that are not defined
conceptually.
 The operational definitions should have
indicators.
 Citations are outdated. Please consider
recently defined terms.
 Doubtful on glossary.
 10 years back.
 Please follow APA format.
Research Design
Research
Respondents
Research Instrument
Data Gathering
Procedure
Statistical Treatment
of Data
Ethical Consideration
Results and
Discussion
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendation
References
Appendices
GENERAL/OTHERS

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