Research Template -- Ebie p. 1

Research Article Template

Preliminary Materials 1. Title Page—name, institution, running head, page 1. 2. 150-200 word Research Abstract 3. Table of contents 4. List of tables 5. List of figures Body of the Paper Section I. Introduction a. General statement of the problem under investigation—why is it important? Of what benefit to the

profession is your study? b. Statement of the hypotheses c. Definition of terms—any special words used commonly in your study Section II. Review of the Literature a. Organization of Section b. Review of previous research—who else has though about this? What did they learn? c. Pertinent opinion/philosophical/historical basis d. Summary of the state of the art Section III. Methodology a. Description of the subjects. How were they chosen? b. Socioeconomic/demographic data c. Description of measures employed (how were they developed? Why did you choose this or that

methodology/technique? d. Research design and procedures, tests, materials, locations, timeframe

(any future researcher should be able to duplicate your study exactly based on reading this section) Section IV. Results a. Analytic techniques—statistical measures or otherwise. b. Description of findings pertinent to each hypothesis—reject or accept your hypotheses from

Section I. c. Other findings as appropriate d. Summarize your findings. Section V. Discussion a. Summary of topic under consideration b. Summary of hypotheses, method, and findings c. Relate your findings to related literature from Section II (very important) d. Discussion of findings—what do they mean? e. Conclusions f. Implications for education Reference Materials 1. Appendices 2. Tables and figures 3. Bibliography