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Author Guidelines

Manuscripts must be prepared with the SCALE Article Template, which follows the conventions of Scopus-indexed mathematics education journals. Read these guidelines together with the SCALE Research Ethics Guide (international edition · edisi Indonesia).

Documents for authors
1. SCALE Article Template (.docx): layout, section guidance, and Submission Checklist.
2. SCALE Research Ethics Guide (.docx, international edition) · edisi Indonesia: ethics pathways, Ethics Compliance Statement form, sample consent form, and sample ethics statements.

General requirements

  • Manuscripts must be original, not previously published, and not under review elsewhere.
  • Manuscripts are written in English (American or British, used consistently). Accepted article types are original research and systematic literature reviews.
  • Length is 5,000–8,000 words, including references.
  • Submit online through this website in .docx format, with all author identities removed for double-blind review. The similarity index must not exceed 20%.

Writing the article

  • Title: concise, maximum 15 words, and states the main finding rather than only the topic.
  • Abstract: one paragraph in English, maximum 200 words, clear and concise. It covers the problem and research gap, the purpose, the method, the main findings with key numbers, and the implication for mathematics teaching.
  • Keywords: three to five terms that name the core concepts of the article and support searching.
  • Introduction: must contain (1) the problem, (2) a synthesis of the state of the art, (3) an explicit gap analysis that justifies the novelty of the study, and (4) the research objective or research questions.
  • Method: research design, participants and setting, instruments with evidence of validity and reliability, procedure, data analysis, and research ethics (Section 2.6).
  • Results: findings in the order of the research questions, each with its numbers (e.g., test statistic, p-value, and effect size). Every table and figure is cited in the text and adds information the text cannot carry.
  • Discussion: begins with a short summary of the main findings, then discusses each finding in three steps: what (how it answers the objective), why (why it occurred), and what else (comparison with at least two previous studies, cited by name, stating where results agree and differ and why). A discussion that does not compare its findings with other studies is incomplete.
  • Implications for Teaching Practice: required, 100–200 words of concrete recommendations for teachers, teacher educators, or curriculum developers.
  • Conclusion: answers each research objective in order and states the implications of the findings, without repeating the results.

Research ethics

Every study involving people (students, teachers, pre-service teachers, or parents) must report, in Section 2.6 and in the Declarations, one of the following:

  1. the name of the ethics committee and the number and date of its ethical clearance; or
  2. an ethics compliance statement covering permission, informed consent (from parents or guardians for participants under 18), the right to withdraw, and confidentiality. Authors who use this pathway upload the signed Ethics Compliance Statement form as a supplementary file.

Studies without human participants state that ethical approval was not required. When the researcher is also the participants' lecturer, teacher, or mentor, the article states that participation did not affect their grades. Templates and sample statements are in the SCALE Research Ethics Guide; see also the Research Ethics page.

Declarations

Every article ends with: Author Contribution (CRediT roles), Funding Statement, Conflict of Interest, Ethics Approval, Use of Generative AI (tool, version, and purpose, or "None"; see the GenAI Policy for Authors), Data Availability, and Additional Information.

References

  • Use APA 7th edition, arranged alphabetically, generated with a reference manager (Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote) so that in-text citations and the reference list match exactly.
  • Include at least 25 references. More than 80% must be primary sources (research articles in journals or proceedings), and more than 80% must be published in the last 10 years.
  • Every reference must be cited in the text, and vice versa. Include DOIs where available. Unpublished data, personal communications, and material that has not been peer reviewed are not listed as references.

Page setup and typography

  • A4 paper, 2.54 cm margins on all sides, single column.
  • Title: Times New Roman 16 pt, bold, sentence case, left-aligned. Authors: 12 pt bold, full names without academic titles; affiliations: 10 pt.
  • Article Info box: article history and keywords on the left; abstract on the right (9 pt); corresponding author and How to Cite below.
  • Body text: Times New Roman 12 pt, justified, 1.15 line spacing, first-line indent 1 cm.
  • Headings: Level 1: 13 pt bold UPPERCASE, numbered (1., 2.); Level 2: 12 pt bold, numbered (1.1., 2.1.); Level 3: 12 pt bold italic, unnumbered.

Manuscript structure

Title; Authors and affiliations; Article Info and Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Method (2.1 Research Design, 2.2 Participants and Setting, 2.3 Instruments, 2.4 Procedure, 2.5 Data Analysis, 2.6 Research Ethics); 3. Results and Discussion (3.1 Results, 3.2 Discussion); 4. Implications for Teaching Practice; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Declarations; References.

Tables, figures, and equations

  • Tables: numbered and cited in the text; title above, 11 pt, centered; horizontal lines only; abbreviations defined in a note below.
  • Figures: "In Line with Text", centered, up to 16 cm wide, at least 300 dpi (600 dpi for line art), readable in grayscale; caption below, 11 pt; panels labelled (a), (b); "Source:" for adapted material. Never show the same data in a table and a figure.
  • Photos of students or student work require consent; blur faces, names, and school identities.
  • Equations: written with the equation editor and numbered (1), (2) at the right margin.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items. Submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines will be returned to authors.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration by another journal.
  2. The manuscript is written in English and prepared with the SCALE Article Template, keeping its styles and section order.
  3. The manuscript file is in Microsoft Word (.docx) format, with all author names and affiliations removed to ensure double-blind review.
  4. The title states the main finding (maximum 15 words), and the abstract (maximum 200 words) covers the gap, purpose, method, key findings with numbers, and implication.
  5. The introduction contains a state-of-the-art synthesis, an explicit gap analysis that justifies the novelty, and the research objective.
  6. The discussion interprets each finding and compares it with at least two previous studies; the manuscript includes an Implications for Teaching Practice section, and the conclusion answers every objective.
  7. An Ethics Document is uploaded at the Upload Files step (file type: “Ethics Document”): the ethical clearance letter, or the signed Ethics Compliance Statement (with the school’s data-use permission letter if data were collected without written consent), or, for studies without human participants, a short signed statement saying so. See the SCALE Research Ethics Guide (international edition · edisi Indonesia).
  8. The Declarations are complete: Author Contribution, Funding Statement, Conflict of Interest, Ethics Approval, Use of Generative AI, Data Availability, and Additional Information.
  9. There are at least 25 references in APA 7th edition, generated with a reference manager; more than 80% are primary sources and more than 80% were published in the last 10 years.
  10. Tables and figures follow the Author Guidelines, and the similarity index is no more than 20%.

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  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) that allows others to share and adapt the work with acknowledgment of its authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors may enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (for example, posting it to an institutional repository or publishing it in a book), with acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (for example, in institutional repositories or on their websites) before and during the submission process, as this can lead to productive exchanges and earlier and greater citation of published work.

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