College of Teacher Education

Ground Floor, GET Building

Matina Campus, Davao City
Telefax: (082) 300-5456/300-0647 Local 118

MINUTES OF THE OUTLINE / FINAL DEFENSE

Name of Researchers:

Research Title:

Major/Code:

Date / Minutes: Venue:

Adviser:

Panel Members:

Name: Signature:

Name: Signature:

Introduction
(v)Complied
Items for Review (x)not complied Comments
(-)not applied
1. should tell the story of the problem
2. Mention int'l literature findings
3. Mention National literature findings (if applicable)
4. Mention Local literature findings (if applicable)
5. theoretical framework/Lens
6. significance of the study
7. Global significance and social relevance of the study
8. Objective of the study or urgency of the study

Comments:

Excerpt from the book of Dr. Gloria P. Gempes and Dr. Reynaldo O. Cuizon entitled Non-Experimental Quantitative
Research: A User-Friendly Manual
Revised as of June 1, 2018
Updated as of January 31, 2021 by Dr. Joel B. Tan and Dr. Maria Linda Arquiza
 College of Teacher Education
Ground Floor, GET Building
Matina Campus, Davao City
Telefax: (082) 300-5456/300-0647 Local 118

MINUTES OF THE OUTLINE / FINAL DEFENSE

Method
(v)Complied
Items for Review (x)not complied Comments
(-)not applied
1. Respondents (for Quantitative studies) / Participants
(for Qualitative studies)
- Describe the target population
- State the sample size
- Describe the distribution of respondents/participants
- Describe the inclusion and exclusion criteria
2. Research Instruments
- Describe the instrument in the study
- Provide appropriate interpretation scale for the data
collection
- Discuss the pre-testing procedures.
- Mention the Cronbach alpha result
3. Research Design and Procedures
- Discuss the appropriate study design with literature
- Describe the specific approach / technique
- Describe the typology of research in terms of objective
dimension and time dimension
- Describe in detail the key steps and procedures
undertaken (permission to conduct the study to the
tabulation of data)
- Enumerate the statistical treatment

Comments:

Results and Discussions

(v)Complied
Items for Review (x)not complied Comments
(-)not applied
- Present the descriptive tables of each variable
(present the summary means of indicators and overall
mean)
- Provide at least 2 discussion paragraph for each
research objective
- Explain and interpret the results of the study
- Provide discussion on how the results of the study
supports or disproves the literature (both theoretical
and empirical evidence)

Excerpt from the book of Dr. Gloria P. Gempes and Dr. Reynaldo O. Cuizon entitled Non-Experimental Quantitative
Research: A User-Friendly Manual
Revised as of June 1, 2018
Updated as of January 31, 2021 by Dr. Joel B. Tan and Dr. Maria Linda Arquiza
 College of Teacher Education
Ground Floor, GET Building
Matina Campus, Davao City
Telefax: (082) 300-5456/300-0647 Local 118

MINUTES OF THE OUTLINE / FINAL DEFENSE

- Present inferential tables

- Tables should be in APA 7th edition format

Comments:

Conclusion and Recommendation

(v)Complied
Items for Review (x)not complied Comments
(-)not applied
Conclusion
- Provide at least three paragraph to encapsulate the
results of the findings
- 1st - descriptive findings
- 2nd - inferential findings
- 3rd - statement whether the results of the study
support or disprove the theoretical underpinning of the
study
Recommendation (Quantitative Studies)
- Provide recommendations that are based on the
findings
- Must be specific and viable towards the entities
mentioned on the significance of the study

Implication of the Study (for Qualitative studies)

-For practice
-For future research

Comments:

References
Items for Review (v)Complied Comments
(x)not complied

Excerpt from the book of Dr. Gloria P. Gempes and Dr. Reynaldo O. Cuizon entitled Non-Experimental Quantitative
Research: A User-Friendly Manual
Revised as of June 1, 2018
Updated as of January 31, 2021 by Dr. Joel B. Tan and Dr. Maria Linda Arquiza
 College of Teacher Education
Ground Floor, GET Building
Matina Campus, Davao City
Telefax: (082) 300-5456/300-0647 Local 118

MINUTES OF THE OUTLINE / FINAL DEFENSE

(-)not applied
Follow APA format
Alphabetical order
References need not to be justified

Comments:

Appendices
(v)Complied
Items for Review (x)not complied Comments
(-)not applied
A - Letter to Adviser
B - Letter to Validators
C - Letter to Data Analyst/Statistician
D - Letter to the Panel Members
E - Letter of Invitation to the Panel Member for Outline
and Final Defense
F - Thesis/Capstone Title Proposal
G - Endorsement for Thesis Outline Defense
H - Endorsement for Thesis Final Defense
I - Assignment of Research Personnel
J - CTE Research Routing Form
K - Questionnaire (modified questionnaire –
quantitative, interview questions – qualitative)
L - Verbatim Comments of the respondents (qualitative)
M - Statistical Data (Tabulation and computation data -
qualitative)
N - Turnitin Originality Report
O - Grammarly Report
P - Questionnaire Validation Sheets
Q - Research Instrument
R - Consent Form for Undergraduate Thesis Utilization
S - Thesis Evaluation Form (Title, Outline, and Final)
T - Thesis Final Defense Evaluation Form
U - Senior Research Fee

Comments:

Excerpt from the book of Dr. Gloria P. Gempes and Dr. Reynaldo O. Cuizon entitled Non-Experimental Quantitative
Research: A User-Friendly Manual
Revised as of June 1, 2018
Updated as of January 31, 2021 by Dr. Joel B. Tan and Dr. Maria Linda Arquiza
 College of Teacher Education
Ground Floor, GET Building
Matina Campus, Davao City
Telefax: (082) 300-5456/300-0647 Local 118

MINUTES OF THE OUTLINE / FINAL DEFENSE

FORMAT
(v)Complied
Items for Review (x)not complied Comments
(-)not applied
General
- Font Style: Arial Regular | Font Size: 12 for regular
texts; 10 for excerpts/analytical transcript
- Margin: Top 1.2”, Bottom 1“, Left 1.2”, and Right 1.”
- Orientation: Portrait
- Paper Size: A4
- Page number upper right hand
- No big vacant space within each section (I.M.Ra.D)
- No artistic fonts for preliminary pages
- No word contractions (ex: wasn’t)
- Avoid one sentence paragraph and 1 whole page
paragraph
- Numbers below 1-9 should be spelled out in words.
Numbers 10 above – in figures
- Wiki and blogs are not acceptable references
- Avoid no year references
- Citing the title of article (if no author) and only year of
retrieval
- No websites/search engines in-text citation
Tenses
- Introduction – present tense
- Method – past (if final defense), future tense (if
outline defense)
- RaD – past tense but present tense for inferential
statements and general knowledge
- Conclusion and Recommendation – Present Tense but
past tense for statements refereeing to results
Paragraph
- Use italics for emphasis, not bold or underlining
- Use justified alignment paragraphs throughout (not
left flush)
- No space after or before paragraphs
- Use double-spaced format (Abstract single space)
- Bold style is reserved for headings only.
- Table lines: make visible only top, bottom, and
heading horizontal lines, no vertical lines
Center ,all capitalized, and Bold
- Introduction, Method, Results and Discussion,
Conclusions And Recommendations, References, and
Appendices

Comments:

Excerpt from the book of Dr. Gloria P. Gempes and Dr. Reynaldo O. Cuizon entitled Non-Experimental Quantitative
Research: A User-Friendly Manual
Revised as of June 1, 2018
Updated as of January 31, 2021 by Dr. Joel B. Tan and Dr. Maria Linda Arquiza