ALM Journal

  

Call for Papers and Author Instructions
    
Adults Learning Mathematics - An International Journal is an international refereed journal that provides a forum for the online publication of high quality research on the teaching and learning, knowledge and uses of numeracy/mathematics to adults at all levels in a variety of educational sectors. Submitted papers should normally be of interest to an international readership. We invite contributions in the following areas:
- Research and theoretical perspectives in the area of adults learning mathematics/numeracy
- Debate on special issues in the area of adults learning mathematics/numeracy
- Practice: critical analysis of course materials and tasks, policy developments in curriculum and assessment, or data from large-scale tests, nationally and internationally.
Both full-length articles and shorter reports may be submitted. No preference is given to any particular research methodology.
  
Manuscripts should conform to the style guidelines specified in Chapters 1-3 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fourth edition (1994). (See template) . For refences to websites, please visit http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html . The submitted paper should be in the form ready for printing (e.g., tables and figures inserted in text, italics used, and no underlining). Please send pictures and graphics not in Word also separately from the text in their original format, e.g. as jpg, tif,  gif or Excel tables. Indicate approximately where they should be placed in the text. The first page should include the title and an abstract of up to 200 words. The manuscript should be emailed to the journal Editor with a cover letter stating that the paper has not been submitted elsewhere and giving full details of the author/s, affiliation/s, and email address/es. Send one attached file marked: NAME.rtf [using the name of the first author]. The review process is double blind, so all direct and indirect references to the authors should be eliminated and replaced by “Author” in a parallel file labelled: NAME-BLIND.rtf.
  
The manuscript is reviewed blind by one of the Editorial Board members and two other external referees. Working from the referees’ reports, the Editorial Team of three ALM members will decide on publication. They may:
(a) accept the article as is,
(b) ask for specific minor corrections,
(c) give suggestions for major revisions for articles which might then make them publishable after a second full review, or
(d) reject the article as being unsuitable in terms of the goals of the journal or its academic standing.
   
The editors’ decision, with referees’ reports, will be sent to the author(s) within two months of the article’s submission.
Books for review, or completed book reviews, should be sent to the Chief Editor.   
     

The following guidelines are intended to help you prepare a manuscript suitable for publication in the Adults Learning Mathematics: An International Research Journal.
1. The paper should make a significant contribution to the furtherance of knowledge. For example, the ideas in the manuscript should not be readily available elsewhere.
2. Manuscripts should not have appeared in other journals and should not be similar to ones which have appeared recently in the Adults Learning Mathematics: An International Journal.
3.  Articles must be relevant to adult mathematics/numeracy education in that they deal with:
Research and theoretical perspectives in the area of adults learning mathematics/numeracy;
Debate on special issues in the area of adults learning mathematics/numeracy
Practice: critical analysis of course materials and tasks, policy developments in curriculum and assessment, or data from large-scale tests, nationally and internationally.
4. The Journal is willing to publish papers relating to all aspects of adult mathematics/numeracy education and following any research paradigm. However, the author(s) must make a case for the significance of the topic and the appropriateness of the methodology used.
5. Papers may be of any length, up to about 9 000 words. However, long papers should not be long-winded and short papers should deal with a particularly important question.
6. The paper should read well, with a beginning, a middle and an end, a good “flow” and a clear and logical organisation. Arguments should be clearly and cogently expressed.
7. The paper should be clearly written, with a good paragraph structure and free of colloquialisms and unwieldy sentences. The difference between the author’s opinions or experiences and assertions or inferences based on the literature should be particularly clear, and the paper should not contain any mathematical or other technical errors.
8. The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Fourth Edition) is the general guide to style.  (See template)