Journal for submission: Journal of Education
General Guidelines
- Manuscript should not be written in first person (“I),
- Manuscript should be no more than 25 pages in total (including abstract, references, etc.),
- Abstract should be no more than 100 words in total,
- Manuscript should be 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced with margins of 1-inch,
- Style:
- Manuscript should conform to the style specifications of the American Psychological Association as described in the Concise Rules of APA Style, Seventh Edition, published by the Association in 2019. A reasonable number of clear tables and/or figures may be included at the end of the text.
- A link to the website showing the full list of guidelines can be found here: https://journals.
sagepub.com/author- instructions/JEX
- Manuscript will be a Report of Original Research as seen in the link above, and will contain the following sections:
- Abstract – offering a brief overview of the study purpose or aims, methods, results, and implications (the abstract should be unstructured and a maximum of 100 words)
- Introduction – providing brief but relevant background information for the current study, including a clear statement of purpose, a review of relevant literature, a description of the contribution of the study to the research literature, and research aims or questions;
- Methods – presenting specific details about the methods employed, including details about any sampling procedures, participants, measurement, and analysis methods;
- Results – describing the major findings (i.e., data and analyses) in relation to the research questions or aims, referencing tables or figures (if appropriate); and
- Discussion – articulating key findings related to the identified research questions or aims, important implications in relation to the existing literature, study limitations, and implications for practice.