MERJ

Mathematics Education Research Journal (MERJ)

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About MERJ

MERJ, an official journal of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Inc. (MERGA), is an international refereed journal that provides a forum for the publication of research on the teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels. Submissions of high quality papers should normally be of general interest to an international readership, but papers exploring specifically Australasian issues, are welcome.

ISSN 1033-217

Submitting manuscripts

Full-length articles (not more than 9000 words, excluding references), shorter reports (short communications – up to 3000 words), and book reviews (up to 1500 words) may be submitted. Articles in which findings from empirical studies are reported, as well as non-empirical, theoretical papers are encouraged. No preference is given to any particular research methodology. 

It should be noted that only articles that differ from previously published work should be submitted.

• The submitted article should be in Times New Roman, 12pt, double-spaced throughout. Use the default margin settings, and the ‘normal’ template in Microsoft-WORD (or similar word-processing package) and its three levels of heading.
• References should conform to the style guidelines specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association [APA], Fifth edition (2001) – including electronic citations (see also http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html) – with minor modifications for Australasian usage – see Appendix: "Modifications of APA Style for MERGA Usage" 
• Tables and figures should also conform to APA (5th ed.) styles and should be located in the text. If required, high quality graphics should be used and, if possible, inserted in the text. 
• The first page of the article should include the title; authors’ names, affiliations and email addresses; an abstract of up to 200 words; and five key words that relate to the foci of the paper. 

Two versions of the manuscript are needed: a full version, and a blinded version. For the blinded version, all direct and indirect references to the authors should be eliminated and replaced by 'Author'. Both versions should be emailed to the MERJ Editor with a covering letter saying that:

• the paper has not been submitted elsewhere;
• acknowledging if an earlier version of the paper has been presented as a conference paper; and
• giving full details of all authors – affiliations, postal addresses, and email addresses – as well as identifying the author with whom the editor should correspond.

Alternatively, two hard copies of the full version and four copies of the blinded version can be mailed to the Editor. Hard copies should be laser printed and a covering letter, as described above, included.

The review process

MERJ uses a double-blind (blind author, blind reviewer) review process. Each manuscript is reviewed by one member of the Editorial Board and two others. Based on the referees' reports, the Editors decides on the publication outcome whether to publish the manuscript. Specific corrections may be requested Authors of accepted papers may be required to make specific revisions. Suggestions may be provided for a rejected paper which if followed, might make it publishable elsewhere. Authors whose papers are rejected may be provided with suggestions that might assist in making their articles publishable elsewhere. Copies of the referees' reports are sent to the corresponding author.

Books for review, or completed book reviews, should be sent to the MERJ Editor who will forward them to the Book Review Editor.

Publication agreement

A publication agreement must by completed and submitted when your manuscript has been accepted for publication.

Editors

The current team of editors is:

Robyn Zevenbergen

Peter Grootenboer

Raymond Brown

Contact person:

Peter Grootenboer
Griffith University
Gold Coast Campus
Queensland 4222
Phone: 61 7 5552 8916
Fax: 61 2 6933 2888
Email: merj@merga.net.au

Book and resource reviews: MERJ

Ms Jill Brown
School of Education
Australian Catholic University
Patricks Campus, Melbourne
Email: j.brown@patrick.acu.edu.au

Previous Editors and Associate Editors

Editors of special editions

Editorial Board

Jill Adler, University of Witwatersand
Ann Anderson, University of British Columbia
Rolf Biehler, University of Kassel
Janette Bobis, University of Sydney
Tony Brown, Manchester Metropolitan University
Jinfa Cai, University of Delaware
Rosemary Callingham, University of New England
Phil Clarkson, Australian Catholic University
Ken Clements, Illinois State University
Gary Davis, University of Massachusetts
Helen Doerr, Syracuse University
Nerida Ellerton, Illinois State University
Ruhama Even, Weizmann Institute of Science
Kathleen Heid, Pennsylvania University
Merrilyn Goos, University of Queensland
Gilah Leder, Monash University
Kyunghwa Lee, Korea National University of Education
Tamsin Meaney, University of Otago
Joanne Mulligan, Macquarie University
Ole Skovsmose, University of Aalborg
Len Sparrow, Curtin University of Technology
Michael Thomas, University of Auckland
Anne Watson, Oxford University

Previous Members of the Editorial Board