Proposal and Internal Defense Evaluation Sheet

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

BOUNTY PREMIER UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Ph.D/M.ED/B.SC.(ED)

SECTION A: PARTICULARS OF THE CANDIDATE

Registration Number:………………………………………………………………….
Candidate’s Name:.…………………………………………………………………….
Programme: B.Sc.(Ed)………………M.E.d………..………..Ph.D………..…..………
Areas of specialization:………………………………………………………………..
Topic:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

SECTION B: CORRECTIONS

Title: (Please Tick Appropriate)
Remain as it is
Modified as follows:……………………………………………………………………………….

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Chapter One: Introduction

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Chapter Two: Review of Related Literature

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Chapter Three: Methodology/Methods

Chapter Four: Data Presentation, Analysis and Discussion

Chapter Five: Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations

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SECTION C: RECOMMENDATIONS

(Please Tick Appropriate)

To proceed with the research investigation after effecting the identified corrections(Minor Correction)
To proceed with Major Corrections/To submit after effecting the identified correction for External Defense
Extensive Correction(To re-submit for another defense)

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Chairman (Defense Panel)

Name:…………………………………………………………………………………..

Signature:……………………………Date:…………………………………………..

Member: (Denfense Panel)

Name:…………………………………………………………………………………..

Signature:………………………………Date:………………………………………

Secretary (Denfense Panel)

Name:…………………………………………………………………………………

Signature:…………………………………Date:……………………………………..

Supervisor’s Name:….…………………………………………………………………

Signature:…………………………Date:………………………………………………

Head of Department:.…………………………………………………………………

Signature:………………………………Date:…………………………………………

Observations

Case 1

Title:

Comparative Study of Biology Students’ Attitude to Science and Parental Aspiration on the Academic Achievement between Public and Private Senior Secondary Schools in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria

Modified as follows:

Comparative Study of Biology Student Attitude, Parental Aspiration and Academic Achievement between Public and Private Secondary Schools in Gwale, Kano State, Nigeria

Chapter one

avoid short paragraphs and link your paragraphs
use academic performance instead of achievement
Recast research objective
avoid dictionary definition
National Policy: specify the year
Why conclude there is poor attitude which you are still investigating?
is it research question or objective?
research hypotheses should be added
replace poor with low it can be quantitatively measured

Chapter two

avoid using bulleting use paragraph forms
write more on attitudes

Chapter three

use a design that will take care of your variables
move population table to appendix
code the school name
use four point scale
transform your biology achievement score

Decision: Proceed with research after effecting all the corrections pointed out.

Case 2

Defense Type: Internal

Supervisor: Prof. Kabiru Isyaku

Title

An assessment of Test Construction among senior secondary school teachers in Gwale Education Zone of Adamawa State Nigeria.

Title Modified as:

Assessment of Test Construction competence among senior secondary school teachers in Ganye Education Zone of Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Preliminaries should be in-line with the departmental format

Chapter One:

background should capture main topic i.e. test construction not continuous assessment
provide operational definition of terms
problem statement not stated; state the problem clearly, perform problem analysis and provide evidence that the problem exist.
Research question 2,3,4 should be removed and 1 should be reframed
scope and delimitations should be recast

Chapter Two:

Remove irrelevant review
theory not relevant
identify a model of test construction
remove all irrelevant empirical reviews and replace with relevant ones
rewrite summary and uniqueness of study
poor citation: Improve and follow APA style of in-text citation

Chapter Three:

reconsider ex-post facto design
rewrite scoring procedure
include other teachers and go back to the field

Remark: Edit the whole work

Decision: To represent

Case 3

Proposal Defense

Date 24^th April,2019

Degree in view: M.Ed Psychology

Title of Dissertation:

Influence of Home Background factors on academic performance among senior secondary school students in Kano Municipal Education, Zone

Title Modified:

Influence of Home Background factors and Gender on Academic Achievement among senior secondary school students in Kano Municipal Education, Zone

Observation on chapter 1 to 3

enhance the background of the study, statement of problem, objectives, research questions and hypotheses in line with the modified title
Home background factor to work on: Intact family, Non-intact family, mother tongue and parenting styles
In the objective find out the level of parenting styles
define the population clearly
define the proportional sampling technique
the analysis should employed t-test and ANOVA
Enhance the literature review comprehensively

Verdict:

To proceed with the research after effecting all the corrections pointed out during the proposal defense.

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