General guidelines for preparing your manuscript:
- Is the manuscript of interest to the readership of the journal?
- Is the content of the manuscript original?
- Have APA referencing guidelines been adhered to?
- Are the references up to date?
- Is the manuscript written in clear academic English?
Title guidelines:
- Is the title of the manuscript descriptive?
- Is the title of the manuscript as short as possible? (Strive to keep it within 12 words although this is not a hard and fast guideline)?
- Does the title of the manuscript clearly capture the essence of the research? Are the right keywords used in the title?
Abstract guidelines:
- Is the abstract written concisely and precisely?
- Is the abstract not more than 200 words?
- Does the abstract clearly state:
- the problem and/or the purpose of the study?
- the research methodology?
- the findings?
- implications of the study?
Manuscript guidelines:
- Does the introduction clearly and concisely argue the problem and/or the aims of the study?
- Does the introduction clearly present the focus of the study?
- Does the review of the literature help the reader make a good sense of the findings of the study?
- Does the literature review have a clear focus that is aligned with the aims of the study stated in the abstract and the introduction?
- Does the literature review help the reader deeply understand the need for the study?
- Do the findings section of the manuscript merely present the findings with no interpretations?
- Is the discussion of the findings linked to the literature review and the focus of the study (as stated in the introduction and abstract)?
- Does the manuscript present practical links of the findings to classroom or institutional implications for better teaching and learning?