Editor, Research in the Schools
Purpose
The purpose of Research in the Schools is to provide members a publication through which their research can be disseminated and an opportunity to serve on as reviewers of articles for possible inclusion in the publication.
Research in the Schools (ISSN 1085-5300) publishes original contributions in the following areas: (1) Research in Practice--empirical studies focusing on the results of applied educational research including cross-cultural studies, (2) Topical Articles--scholarly reviews of research, perspectives on the use of research findings, theoretical articles, and related articles, (3) Methods and Techniques--descriptions of technology applications in the classroom, descriptions of innovative teaching strategies in research/measurement/statistics, evaluations of teaching methods, and similar articles of interest to instructors of research-oriented courses, (4) Assessment--empirical studies of norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, and informal tests in the areas of cognitive ability, academic achievement, personality, vocational interests, neuropsychological functioning, and the like, and (5) Other topics of interest to educational researchers. Research in the Schools is devoted to research conducted in any educational setting from a conventional elementary school or high school to a training program conducted within an industry. Likewise, there are no age restrictions on the sample, since the educational settings may include preschools, continuing education classes for adults, or adaptive skills courses in nursing homes. Studies conducted in settings such as clinics, hospitals, or prisons are ordinarily inappropriate for Research in the Schools unless they involve an educational program within such a setting. One goal of Research in the Schools is to provide a training ground for graduate students to learn effective reviewing techniques. Consequently, the journal utilizes a Graduate Student Editorial Board composed mostly of students in educational psychology and educational research. Members of this Editorial Board, each sponsored by a professor, provide supplementary reviews for a selection of submitted articles, and receive both direct and indirect feedback of the quality of these reviews.
Selection
The editor of Research in the Schools is appointed each year by the President.
Responsibilities
Information for Authors
Preparing Manuscripts. Authors should prepare manuscripts in accordance with the stylistic rules and guidelines delineated in the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed., 2001), which is available from: Order Department, American Psychological Association, PO Box 2710, Hyattsville, MD 20784. Number the pages consecutively. All manuscripts will be subject to editing for sexist language. All reporting of statistical significance must include estimates of effect size.
Author Identification. Authors should put the complete title of the article on the first text page, but they should exclude their names. Subsequent pages should include only a running head. They should prepare a separate sheet with the complete title of the article and their names and affiliations; this procedure will ensure anonymity in the review process. Authors should supply addresses and phone numbers, and electronic mail addresses and fax numbers, for potential use by the editorial staff and, later, by the production staff. Unless otherwise stated, the first-named author will be sent correspondence, galley proofs, copyright forms, and so forth.
Submission of Manuscripts. Submit manuscripts in triplicate plus an electronic copy to Larry Daniel, Co-Editor, Research in the Schools, College of Education and Human Services, University of North Florida, 4567 St. Johns Bluff Road, South, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2676. Please direct questions to ldaniel@unf.edu. All copies should be clear and readable. Length of the manuscripts, including references and tables, should ordinarily range from about 10 to 40 typed, double-spaced, 8-1/2 X 11-inch pages, using 12-point type. Abstracts are limited to 125 words. The coversheet on one copy should provide all contact information. All other coversheets should not include any identifying information. Brief reports of research are not encouraged. Authors are encouraged to keep a hard copy of the manuscript to guard against loss. It is assumed that all manuscripts submitted for publication are original material and have not been simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere.
Copyright and Permissions. Authors are granted permission to reproduce their own articles for personal use. Others must request permission to reproduce tables, figures, or more than 500 words of text from the editors. Copyright © 2002 by the Mid-South Educational Research Association.