UNIFORM TO ALL CHAPTERS

 Titles:
o Uppercase, even the chapter number and name
 Headers:
o Sentence case
o Left align
o Boldened

CHAPTER 1
 Title:
o Title per se: THE PROBLEM AND ITS
BACKGROUND
 Introduction
 Parts:
o Introduction (no header)
o Theoretical and/or Conceptual Framework*
o Research Paradigm
o Statement of the Problem
 Main Problem: Declarative
 Specific Problem: Interrogative, numbered
 Outlining: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (semi-colon after
“and”)
 o Hypotheses (for quantitative papers)
 Null hypotheses
o Significance of the Study
 Format:
 Beneficiary. Benefits
 Indented
o Scope and Delimitations of the Study
o Definition of Terms
 Same format with significance of the study
 Alphabetized listing

CHAPTER 2
 Title: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND
STUDIES
 Topical
 Synthesis
 10 years recency

CHAPTER 3
 Title: METHODOLOGY
 Parts:
 o (Introduction about the chapter)
o Research Design
o Population and Sampling
o Research Instruments*
o Data Gathering Procedure
o Data Processing and Statistical Treatment

CHAPTER 4
 Title: PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION,
ANALYSIS OF DATA
 Parts:
o (introduction about the chapter)
o Based on the research questions
 Notes:
o Headers in declarative
o No numbers

CHAPTER 5
 Title: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
 Parts:
o (Introduction about the chapter)
 o Summary
 In question form
 Numbered, boldened
o Conclusions
 Paragraph
o Recommendations
 Based on the “significance of the study”
ordering
 Drop down list for future researches is also
accepted

Preliminary Parts
 Flyleaf (bookbinding process)
 Title Page
o Title: Inverted pyramid, boldened, uppercase;
then enter twice (except for scientific names)
o A Research Paper <enter> presented to the
<enter> Faculty of PCC-Manila; then enter twice
o In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the
Course <insert course here>; then enter twice
o Submitted by: <enter> <insert name, first name
first, arrangement is by effort>; then enter twice
(boldened)
 o Date <Month and Year>
 Certification and Approval Sheet
o Certification
o Approval Sheet
 Abstract
o Research Title:
o Proponent:
o Adviser
o Abstract proper
o Keywords: (italics)
 Acknowledgments
o Note: No bullets, not paragraph-sided
 Dedication (optional)
 Table of Contents
o Note:
 Uppercase all chapter titles
 List of Figures
 List of Tables

Bibliography
 Books
 Periodicals
  Unpublished Materials
 Electronic Resources
 Others (if any)

Appendices
 Notes:
 Only APPENDICES may be separated in one page
 Appendix A, B, C, D…

Bionote
 With Professional photo

PHYSICAL
 Margins:
o Left: 1.5”
o U, D, R: 1”
 Font:
o Face: Verdana
o Size: 12
 Spacing: 1.5
 Pagination
 o Page with chapter title: No page number
o Lower right hand

Tenses
o Past tense: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 5 (summary)
 *except in the introduction
o Present tense: Chapter 4, 5 (conclusions)
o Future tense: Chapter 5 (recommendations)

Bookbinding
 Color: Dark Green
 Spine:
Title (all caps) | PCC | SHS Year