Practical Research 1 Adviser’s Notes
1. FORMATTING
A. Basic Format: Times New Roman, 12, 2.0 spacing all throughout the paper.
B. The title page SHOULD have page numbers.
C. The page number of the FIRST PAGE of a chapter should NOT be VISIBLE.
D. Page number must be in the upper right hand corner of the paper, and it should also
be in Times New Roman (font).
E. Alignment: Paragraphs must be in JUSTIFIED format.
F. Indentions: 0.5 inches
G. Margin: All sides should be 1.0 inch.
H. Headings. All headings—chapters, subsections, and paragraph – must be written in
BOLD.
I. Space. Do NOT leave large gaps of space between sections of a chapter.
2. WRITING: LANGUAGE AND STYLE
A. Tone: Impersonal, academic tone; Third person point of view
i. Do not use impersonal pronouns such as “we” and “you”.
B. Verb Tenses
i. Use present tense when discussing references and ideas such as in
INTRODUCTION: Theoretical background and Review of Related Literature.
ii. Use past tense when talking about the procedure of the research.
C. DO NOT USE CONTRACTIONS IN THE ENTIRE PAPER. For example, instead of
writing “don’t”, use “do not.”
D. Do NOT copy entire sections of laws, researches, or whatever references you are
using. Do any of the following instead:
i. Paraphrase
ii. Summarize
iii. Give the gist
E. Numbers. Write the number in words followed by the figure enclosed in parentheses,
example: There are ten (10) research informants.
F. Prefatory Paragraph: Starting in Chapter 1 (theoretical background), every chapter
must have a PREFATORY PARAGRAPH.
3. CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
