Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition).
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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The text adheres to the submission requirements listed here. http://openjournal.lib.miamioh.edu/public/journals/3/submission.php
Traditional Research Manuscript
- Quantitative Studies: Use descriptive, inferential, or non-parametric statistical analysis methods; discuss and analyze factors/variables thought to influence the phenomena of interest.
- Qualitative Studies: Use exploratory and/or descriptive designs to collect data in a natural setting; discuss and analyze factors/variables thought to influence the experiment outcome
Nontraditional Manuscript
- Reflective Essays: Evaluate other work; challenge current practice and encourage experimentation; draw novel conclusions/perspectives derived from prior work.
- Reviews: Illuminate new relationships and understanding; perform meta-analyses, analytical, and integrated reviews.
- Case Studies: Illustrate scholarship of teaching and learning and its applications; apply to a wide, multidisciplinary audience
