Articles submitted to the Journal of Integrated Elementary Education are original research results in the field of elementary education.
The manuscript of the submitted article must be in Microsoft Word format (not in pdf format) and the layout must follow the journal template. The journal template can be downloaded via the following image link.
The content of the article can be written in Indonesian or English. Language and writing style will be one of the criteria for evaluating accepted articles. Authors are advised to check the manuscript carefully and if necessary can use the services of a proofreader.
The article title should be approximately 18 words, providing a concise, direct, and informative overview of the conducted research. It should be in Times New Roman 12 font with a line spacing of 1.15.
The author's name should be written in full, without titles, and typed below the article title. If there are multiple authors, additional lines should be added.
The affiliation should be written with the full name of the institution (without abbreviations). For example: Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang. The active email address of the corresponding author should also be included.
The abstract should be written in two languages, Indonesian and English. It should contain a brief description of the problem (optional), research objectives, methods used, research results, and conclusions. The emphasis should be on the research results. The abstract should be typed with single spacing, with narrower margins on the right and left sides compared to the main text, and should be approximately 200 words.
Keywords should consist of 3-5 words.
The systematic structure of the research article includes the introduction, method, results, discussion, conclusion, and bibliography.
The introduction section should be written without subtitles. It should include the urgency of the research, an analysis of problems related to the research topic, a review of previous research to support the statement about the novelty of the research, and the research objectives.
The method section should be written in paragraph form and consist of the research design, data sources, data collection techniques, and data analysis techniques.
The results section should present the collected field data (test results, questionnaires, interviews, documents, etc.). The research results can be supplemented with tables, figures, or graphs to clarify the findings. All tables, figures, and graphs should be centered and sequentially numbered. For qualitative research, the results section should include detailed sub-topics directly related to the research focus.
The discussion section should present the interpretation of the research results in relation to theories and other research findings, explanations of the benefits and implications of the research results for theories or other research findings, and limitations of the research.
The conclusion section should be presented briefly, narratively, and conceptually, describing the research findings and their effects. Avoid using numbering and symbols (bullet points and numbering) in the conclusion section.
The reference section should only include reliable references. Citations and the reference list should be formatted using a reference management application (such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero) in the latest APA (American Psychological Association) style. The minimum number of references should be 15, with 80% of them coming from journals published in the last five years.