The title page is considered as the first page of a
report, thesis or dissertation. This page varies from one school to another. Most schools have their own forms and styles for thesis and dissertations. This page has usually has exact title of paper is submitted, the subject for which the paper is presented, researcher’s full name, and the month and a year. APPROVAL SHEET
Mostinstitutions provide a printed form for
the approval sheet; you should follow the requirements of institutions. PREFACE & ACKNOWLEGEDMENTS
Although preface and acknowledgements can
be considered almost the same, the use of these two words are different. The Preface or Foreword is used if the researcher wants to state reasons for making the study, it’s background, scope, purpose, and to acknowledge institutions and persons. The acknowledgements will do only if the researcher wishes to recognize and appreciate assistance from someone. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Thetable of contents follows right after the
preface or acknowledgements or rather the title page if there is no approval sheet or preface page. This gives reader an analytical overview of the coverage of the study as well as the order of it’s presentation. Other salient points: Avoid listing more than three levels of headings or subdivisions. Chapter numbers and wordings, capitalizations, and punctuations of chapter titles, headings and subheadings should be exactly the same in the table of contents as they are in the text. The recommended spacing is double- spaced between all the titles and headings and a single space for titles or headings that will occupy two or more typewritten lines. The recommended indention is two spaces. For headings requiring more than one type written line, successive lines are indented two spaces from the starting point of the first line.