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Instructions for Authors

When submitting a manuscript, use the following guidelines:

1. Submit an original and two copies. Please include an abstract (approximately 150 words) with your manuscript.

2. Use double spacing with one inch margins.

3. List author name[s] and title[s] on the cover page only.

4. For references, tables, and figures, follow the style described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition. Place tables and figures on separate pages.

5. In all quantitative studies, effect sizes must be reported and interpreted for significant and for insignificant results.

6. Manuscript length: normally 3,000 to 8,000 words. Somewhat longer manuscripts may be accepted under special conditions.

Submit manuscripts and correspondence to:

The ProfessionalEducator
College of Education
3084 Haley Center
Auburn University, Alabama 36849-5218

Last Updated: Feb 25, 2011