Title of the Article (font size 24 Bold)
Abstract (14 points font size bold)
The maximum length of your abstract should be 150-250 words in total. A structured
abstract should include:
Purpose
Design/methodology/approach
Findings
Research limitations/implications
11 points font size, single spacing
Keywords: Your submission should include up to 4-6 appropriate keywords. Short keywords should be
captured from the principal topics of the paper (10 points font size italic and line spacing is 1.15)
NOTE:
Ensure that the name of the author is NOT
written anywhere in the anonymous file
1. Introduction
Start your body of the manuscript in the second page. In your introduction, you
should provide a clear and sufficient background of research. The background should provide
a wider view of the research problem you are addressing supplemented by sufficient citation
highlighting the key research variables.
Your introduction should also contain the purpose and significance of the study,
highlighting the research gap you aim to address. Emphasize the contribution to the body of
knowledge to clearly explain what made you decide to research this topic.
Structure your introduction with long paragraphs organized by clear storyline
supporting your research problem. For example, you could start by providing a wider view of
the research background followed by the purpose and significance. In the last section of your
introduction, you could provide the study aims and specific objectives.
The entire manuscript should be formatted as follows:
Contents are 12 points font size
Line and paragraph spacing is 1.5
The total word count of the manuscript should be from 6,000 to 8,000 including
references.
Use APA 7 format in citation
2. Literature Review
In this section, you need to provide sufficient citations from the latest five years to
support your research objectives. You can arrange your discussions by theme.
Format your contents using the following:
Headings are 14 points font size bold. Headings should be numbered
accordingly.
Subheadings are 12 points font size italic. Subheads must also be numbered
accordingly. Format headings and subheads as follow:
2.1. Theoretical Framework
3. Methodology
You should focus on the main stages of your research, research methods, and the
influences of your research. You should give the reason of choosing particular samples,
research methods, and or research designs. You can arrange this section with subheads.
The essential parts of this section include:
3.1. Research Design
Discuss the framework of the study and justify the design used.
3.2. Participants of the Study
Provide the number and characteristics of the participants, sampling technique and
justify the appropriateness of the number and the technique used.
3.3. Instrumentation and Data Gathering Process
Provide the instrument used in data gathering and explain the process of data
gathering.
3.4. Data Analysis
Discuss in details how the data were analyzed.
3.5. Research Ethics
For studies involving human subjects, it is highly important to discuss the approval of
the conduct of the study, informed consent and voluntary participation, participants safety
and welfare and confidentiality and data protection.
4. Findings and Discussion
In this section, you need to present your results by table, figure or themes.
Figure or Table with appropriate captures are 10 points font size bold. Format your figure
and table as follows:
Provide a brief introduction of your table or figure then present the table or figure.
Figure 1 (10 points font size bold)
Figure caption (10 points font size italics. Use sentence case.)
Source: Include the source whenever applicable
Provide the explanation and discussion of your figure below it.
Similarly, provide a brief introduction of your table thereafter present the table.
Table 1 (10 points font size bold. Use continuous numbering)
Table caption (10 points font size italics. Use sentence case.)
Column head A Column head B Column head C
No borders and lines within the
table contents
Legend: Include the data interpretation here.
Provide the explanation and discussion of your table below it.
5. Conclusion
You should summarize and conclude the main point of your research. You restate the
main argument and present the key conclusion and recommendations of your research
outputs. You explain about the implications for further research, as well as what extent your
questions or hypotheses of your research have been answered. Finally, the limitations of your
research should be highlighted.
References
You should supply a reference list in alphabetical order. All references in your
manuscript must be formatted using APA 7 th Edition. Please ensure that you check all your
citations for completeness.
Excerpt of the APA 7th Edition is presented below.
All sources cited within the document should be included in the list.
List the references in alphabetical order by the first author’s last name.
References are formatted with a hanging indent set at 0.5 inches.
Provide 1 space between each part or element of the citation (i.e., author, date, title,
source information).
Use the current standard for the DOI for all sources, which is the DOI URL that
begins with [Link]
Use of shortened URL is acceptable.
No period after a DOI or URL.
For online publishing, live hyperlinks are recommended.
Example for journal article:
Ancheta, R.F. & Ancheta, H.B. (2020). The new normal in education: A challenge to the
private basic education institutions in the Philippines? International Journal of
Educational Management and Development Studies, 1(1), 1-19.
[Link]
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