UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS
Integrated School – Senior High School
2nd Trimester, School Year 2020 – 2021
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2
FINAL DEFENSE GUIDELINES
A. Final Manuscript
• Follow the template given by your Research Adviser. Use APA 7th Edition in the references.
• Final output should be submitted on March 6, 2021 (Saturday) in pdf format with file name format:
Section_Group#_ResearchAdviser. Example: STEM12E_Group1_Bantasan
• Here’s the Paper Scoring Rubric that will be used in rating your manuccript:
PART 1 (Introduction) 1 2 3 4 5
1. Grammar and Vocabulary
2. Cohesion and Coherence of Literatures
3. Bulk of Literatures are enough to create a proper topic foundation and proper citations
4. The Statement of the Problem is clear and definite
5. The study has novelty and is significant for the needs of the current body of knowledge
PART 2 (Methodology) 1 2 3 4 5
1. The research design is properly discussed with proper citations
2. The Selection and Study Site is clearly defined and described in full detail
3. Quality and Construction of the Data Gathering Tool
4. Thorough discussion of the data gathering procedure
5. The treatment of data is properly discussed and executed
PART 3 (Findings/Results and Discussion) 1 2 3 4 5
1. Discussion of salient attributes of the study were presented logically
2. Analysis of the data is brief and concise
3. Tables and figures aided the discussion of the results
4. Corroborations were relevant to the result of the study
5. Clarity and organization of content were observed
PART 4 (Conclusions and Recommendations) 1 2 3 4 5
1. Conclusion clearly gives out the answer to the SOP
2. Conclusion is precise and defined
3. Recommendation is directly connected to the conclusion of the paper
4. Recommendations are practical and simple to execute
5. Other recommendations acknowledges the weaknesses and shortcomings of the paper
SCORING
Number of Marks
Multiplied by the column score 1 2 3 4
Total Score
Sum of Total Scores ______/100
B. Defense Proper
• Everyone is expected to be present and in full corporate attire during the midterm defense which will be on March
8-11, 2021. Refer to the schedule sent by your adviser.
• Students who are not in their corporate attire will not be given a chance to answer questions from the panel.
• Students who will not be present during the defense schedule must submit an excuse letter signed by the parent or
guardian which must be presented to the research adviser prior to the defense.
• Students who did not contribute significantly in accomplishing your research paper must not be included as
authors in the final manuscript that you will submit.
• Students who are not included in the final paper are advised not to join the final defense.
• The defense will have 5 minutes presentation and 15 minutes Q and A, total of 20 minutes. A timer shall be set by
the panel members before the start of the presentation. Maximum of 2 groups shall present for each zoom session.
• The best presenter of the group will do the presentation. Other group members will be answering the questions of
the panel members.
• All groups must prepare a PowerPoint Presentation covering the following:
Introduction
Methodology
A. SOP 1
Result
Conclusion
Recommendation
B. SOP 2
Result
Conclusion
Recommendation
C. SOP 3
Result
Conclusion
Recommendation
References
Submit the accomplished defense scoring sheet and paper scoring sheet in docx format. Please don’t modify the
file name format indicated. Just change the section and group number.
Submit the peer evaluation, leader evaluation and average score sheets to your research adviser in pdf format on
March 8, 2021.
