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Journal of Computing in Higher Education

, Volume 26, Issue 1, pp 22–38 | Cite as

Suggestions for structuring a research article

  • James D. Klein
  • Robert A. Reiser
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Abstract

Researchers often experience difficulty as they attempt to prepare journal articles that describe their work. The purpose of this article is to provide researchers in the field of education with a series of suggestions as to how to clearly structure each section of a research manuscript that they intend to submit for publication in a scholarly journal. Suggestions related to the each of the four major sections of a research article—the introduction, method, results and discussion sections—are offered. Examples of how those suggestions have been applied in published research articles are presented.

Keywords

Structuring research manuscripts Quantitative research 
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Notes

Acknowledgments

We wish to acknowledge our friend and mentor Howard Sullivan. His handout titled “Notes on the Content and Organization of Research Reports” was used with his permission as a foundation for this article.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Educational Psychology and Learning SystemsFlorida State UniversityTallahasseeUSA
  2. 2.College of EducationFlorida State UniversityTallahasseeUSA

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