Research Papers
Research Papers are primarily quantitative research, qualitative research, mixed methods research, descriptive studies, pilot studies, or action research studies.
Word range: 5000 to 7500 (including footnotes and appendices, but excluding references).
Sections Needed:
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Literature Review
- Method
- Participants
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion/implications/limitations/further research (as appropriate)
- References
Example of a Research Paper Pearson, C. M. (2015). Too much stress and not enough food for thought (or learning). In Gonsior, M. W. & Losey, K., Expanding our perspectives – from the classroom to the community: Selected proceedings of the 2014 Michigan Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference, October 17-18, 2014, 1-28. Grand Rapids, MI: Grand Valley State University. http://commons.emich.edu/mitesol/7
Research ethics approval requirement:
All studies involving human participants must be evaluated by a research ethics committee prior to undertaking the research. An ethics statement that makes clear the name and location of the review board and any details regarding informed consent should be included in the methods section of all relevant submissions (e.g., “This study was approved by the XXXX IRB, approval # ZZZZ, on Month, DD, YYYY. Written informed consent for inclusion in the research was obtained from the participants prior to the interviews.”). Authors should not submit completed consent forms along with manuscript submissions for confidentiality.