TITLE: Constraints and Best Practices in Handling Academically-Challenged Learners

COMMENTS ACTIONS TAKEN

OVERALL

-Formatting was not consistent with the document Formatting was fixed throughout the document.
guidelines of the institution. The institutional guideline was followed.
-Pronoun should be in the third person except for
the dedication
-Observe and follow the format for the title page
and table of contents

CHAPTER 1: The Problem and Review of Related Literature and Studies

Introduction A research gap was identified and the

1. “Research gap” should be identified. phenomenon was further explained.
2. Justification regarding the validity of the
problem and the importance of the
research in addressing the problem should
be explained.
3. Introduction should contain the authority
of the researcher and justification or
reason for conducting the study.

Review of Related Literature -Citations were checked.

4. Correlating the presented sources by -Literature and studies were clustered by topic.
providing synthesis. -Included and cited literature and studies in both
5. Citations will be checked. local and foreign.
6. Literature and studies will be clustered by -All sources and authors from each page of the
topic. manuscript were properly stated in reference
7. RRL must be clustered by topic and each section
topic composed of Local and foreign RRL -Followed APA format
with sources 2013 - 2018 only) -Bullets were prevented
-The RRL was synthesized
8. All sources and authors from each page of
the manuscript must be properly stated in
the reference section.
9. All lifted materials used in the manuscript
must be properly cited using APA format
for citation.
10. Synthesis of Literature and studies must
be a minimum of 2 pages properly
synthesizing all sources both local and
foreign as used in the study.
11. Literature should be summarized and not
copied or lifted as-is and bullets must be
prevented.
Conceptual Framework of the Study -Aligned the SOPs to the Conceptual Framework.
>Paradigm -Operational definition was used for the definition
>Definition of Terms of terms

12. Conceptual framework will be aligned to

the SOPs.
13. Terms from the conceptual framework,
SOPs are to be defined conceptually and
operationally.
14. Definitions of Terms will be arranged
alphabetically.

Statement of the Problem -Improved the sentence construction of SOP1

15. SOPs will be revised according to the -Revised SOPs 2 and 3 according to the
panel's suggestions. suggestions of the panel

Significance of the Study -Included justification of the importance and

16. Improve sentence construction and add a impact of the study on the research field
few more beneficiaries. -Included the contribution to new knowledge and
how others will benefit from it.

Scope and Limitation -Specified the research objective and the

17. Improve construction of the scope and parameters in which it will operate in relation to
limitation. the population and timeframe
-Specified the factors and variables to be included
in the study

Chapter II Method

Research design -Included an introduction to Chapter 3

18. Improve construction of the research -Improved and elaborated the research design
design.
Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. (2019).
Educational research: Quantitative, qualitative,
and mixed approaches. Sage publications.

Participants -Elaborated the role of the primary teachers as

19. Improve sentence construction. respondents in the study
- Provided a commentary of table 1

Research Site The locale of the study was described.

20. Describe the locale of the study

Materials and Instruments -The research instrument was explained in detail.

21. Improve the construction of the statements
in the instrument.
22. Discuss the reliability and validity of the Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan,
M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving
instrument.
students’ learning with effective learning
techniques: Promising directions from cognitive
and educational psychology. Psychological
 Science in the Public interest, 14(1), 4-58.

Geek Coach’s Note: As much as we want to

discuss the validity and reliability, we do not
see the measures done to assure reliability
and validity, i.e. (Is the instrument checked by
experts?).

Data Collection Data collection was explicitly explained.

23. Explicitly explain the data collection
procedure.

Data Analysis The discussion of data analyses was elaborated.

24. Elaborate the discussion of the results:
● Give emphasis on the statistical
analysis and how the data will be Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. (2019).
processed. Educational research: Quantitative, qualitative,
● Indicate how the data will be and mixed approaches. Sage publications.
treated.
● Emphasize that the researcher
consulted a statistician.
● Observe and follow the 4-likert
scale

Chapter III Presentation, Analysis, and Interpretation of Results

25. Present the findings of the collected data, All comments have been addressed.
including summary, analysis, and
interpretation, and correlate the findings
with the presented related studies.
26. Discussion or interpretation of the
findings should consist of (1) meaning of
has been found, inferences, implications
and/or applications; (2) differences and
similarities between the findings and the
conclusions of the other studies from
RRLS.

Chapter IV Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendation

27. Implications of the study—practical, All comments have been addressed.

academic, scholarly, economic, etc.—
must be carefully elaborated.
28. Recommendations from gathered data and
conclusions of the research should be
presented.
29. Present the weaknesses in the design,
techniques, and sampling that needs to be
corrected should the study needs to be
reconducted.