MINUTES OF THE DEFENSE

Proponent: (Psyche et. Al., 2024) Defense Date: April 22, 2024

PANEL SUGGESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approved Title:

"Teachers' Experiential Knowledge on Child Abuse and Child Protection Policy Awareness of
Public Elementary Schools in Barangay Saravia: Basis for Developing a School-Based
Dangpanan Program (SDP)"

Other Suggestions:
1. Align all parts of the manuscript to the title
2. Improve your School-based Dangpan Program. It should be realistic and
based on the results of the research.
3. Abstract includes: (in order)
a. Nature and Scope of the Paper (Problem)
b. Objective or Purpose
c. Research Method
d. Results/Findings (Brief Summary
e. Conclusion/Implications
f. Keywords
4. Contents of the introduction should be as follows:
a. Introduce the problem or prevailing issues and causes about the research
topic are cited.
b. Global, national, and local scenarios and statistics about the variables or
topic are cited to situate the study.
c. Provides compelling reasons why the research problem was selected
d. Presents an overview of readings (studies/researches) which provided
direction to the current study (In this part, the present research gap must
be included)
e. Purpose(s) in conducting study and significance of the study are clear.
f. Thesis statement is clear and not just a mere repetition of the purpose of
the study
5. RRL must have the ff.:
a. Arguments and counterarguments presented on the relevance of the study
using RRL and theories.
b. The study is premised on the findings/results of different literature
reviewed to the variables and indicators in the conceptual framework.
c. Concepts integral to study are discussed
d. Description of variables according to functional relations and the
conceptual interrelatedness of the variables in the study are provided.
e. Make a synthesis of the different literature reviewed to identify and
strengthen the gap in the existing literature that the study intends to
address/fill in.
6. Theoretical Framework: Clearly summarizes the theory/ies on which the study
is anchored and discusses how these can help meet the objectives of the
study.
7. Improved the conceptual framework including the Research questions that
are in line with the conceptual framework.
8. Change the shape of the conceptual framework with the variables that imply a
relationship (Rectangle to Oblong).
9. Add a relationship in the purposive type of research
10. Research Design: Includes a research flow and is well-explained with author
citation/s
11. Participants: Subjects or participants must be clearly described. Selection
criteria and Sampling method must be included
12. Delete the framework in the research design
13. Evaluate your theoretical framework if it is connected to your study.
14. Theoretical Framework should:
a. Clearly summarizes the theory/ies on which the study is anchored and
discusses how these can help meet the objectives of the study.
15. Evaluate the statistical tool being used
16. Ethical considerations (Refer to Ethics Guidelines)
a. Improve your ethical consideration
17. Improve the interpretation of the result
18. Write the Future Research gap in the last paragraph of the Discussion part
of the manuscript.
 19. Conclusion should be:
a. Valid relevant and essentially based on objective data or findings that were
statistically treated.
b. Simple, concise statements devoid of any discussion on data or findings.
c. Each conclusion directly answers, accepts, or rejects specific SOPs and
hypothesis.
20. Recommendations: Divided into two parts:
a. specific recommendations on the findings and conclusions of the study
itself; and general recommendations that expressed concisely and clearly.
21. References & Citing:
a. In references: Must be alphabetically arranged according to the principal
author’s family name using the APA format (7th edition)
b. Use APA 7 edition in citing and listing your references and ensure that all
sources are correctly cited and listed in the reference list.
c. Use published and traceable works as references.
d. Please submit your revised manuscript that has already been reviewed by
a certified expert for grammar using Grammarly, and make sure to
paraphrase the content to prevent any instances of plagiarism.
e. Provide a suggestion matrix in submitting your revised copy for the panel
to scrutinize again

Reminder to the researchers:

The panel of examiners will finally approve the research work after all
suggestions and recommendations are carried out. The work should also be
edited accordingly. The researchers are compelled to follow the prescribed
IMRAD format. Once suggestions and editing are done, approval for binding
should be sought from your thesis adviser.

Prepared by:

ERROL P. BAYONETA RUBY RUBIO AMARIE JOVENAL

Panelist Panelist Panelist

GERALD P, SIOQUIM, RGC LPT

Chairman of the Panelist