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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 Times roman 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.

  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

  • You have preformed a self-evaluation of your article using the linked peer-review form and attached the complete self-evaluation as a supplemental file.

     

Author Guidelines

 You must be a graduate student in a Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa or elsewhere. Please adhere to the following guidelines:

1.      Your paper must be no longer than 2500 words (excluding reference list).

2.      Your paper must contain an abstract of 100 to 150 words.

3.      Your paper must adhere to the 6th Edition of the APA referencing guidelines.

4.      Your paper cannot contain any identifying information that may reveal your identity to the reviewers (name, residence, etc.). If citing yourself, replace your name with “[name withheld for peer review]” in  both the citation and the references list.

5.      Review your article against the review critera the peer reviewers will use to evaluate your work.  Copy the following review form to a word document and complete. 

Education Journal - Revue de l'éducation Review Form

Please complete and upload via the link provided in the Review email.

ARTICLE TITLE*

 

OVERALL REVIEWER COMMENTS*

 

PROFESSOR OVERALL REVIEWER RECOMMENDATIONS*

 

Title:

appropriate and descriptive of the article? 

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Abstract:

concise, accurately descriptive of the article, and complete? 

 

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Argument:

Is there an argument (a position that can disagreed) that is logical and coherent? Are limitations & opposing views addressed?

 

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Research Questions:

If applicable is the research question stated and clear?

 

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Theoretical Framework:

Is a theoretical framework/lens/epistemology made explicit? Is the methodology and analysis consistent with the theoretical framework? 

 

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Context:

Can readers understand the argument in the context of the whole field? 

 

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Methodology:

If applicable, is the methodology explained and suitable to support the argument?

 

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Data/Results:

Are results/data clearly explained? Reasonable? For theoretical works, is synthesis & analysis of ideas and/or literature integrated? 

 

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Conclusions:

Is there a conclusion? Do the conclusions follow? Are the research question(s) adequately answered?

 

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Originality:

How is the study innovative or new? New data/New methods/ New interpretation/New theory/New conceptualization? 

 

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Ethics:

If people were studied, was there ethics approval? Was the study ethical? Do you suspect any instances of plagiarism or other ethical concerns? 

 

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Appropriateness

Is the paper on an education-related topic? Proper length (4000 words max.)?

 

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Diction:

Is specialized vocabulary (jargon) avoided or adequately explained for non-specialists? 

 

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Flow:

Are ideas well connected and organize? Well structured? Good transitions?

 

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APA (6th edition) 

 

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Clarity and Style

 

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Grammar

 

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