Submissions

Author Guidelines

Journal of Madako Elementary School accepts articles, in the form of research manuscripts on the field of education in elementary schools or its equivalent to be published in the form of scientific journal articles and related issues that have never been published in other media.

As a form of consideration for the journal editors and reviewers manuscripts to be published must be typed in the MS Word document format or based on the journal template provided and can be downloaded on the main page display of this journal website or click on this manuscript template of the Journal of Madako Elementary School.

Manuscripts that have been submitted by the authors will be reviewed by reviewers, while the editor plays a role in editing the layout of the article manuscripts that have been reviewed by the reviewers according to the consistency of the format of the guidelines for writing this journal article without changing the substance of the author's writing.

In general, manuscripts that have been submitted by the author must contain the use of no less than 6000 words and include abstracts, references, words in tables, and pictures. The submitted article/manuscript outline must include: (a) Title; (b) Author's name; affiliation and correspondence email address (c) Abstract; (d) Keywords; (e) Introduction; (f) Method; (g) Tables and Figures (if any); (h) Results and Discussion; (i) Conclusion; (j) Acknowledgments by mentioning the parties/institutions/institutions/sponsors (if any); and (k) references. Or for more details, please download the manuscript template that has been provided.

As a marker of the discussion of each word written framework; Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgments, and References. Everything is written using the Heading Level 1 format with Cambria font writing size 14 pt, written in capital letters and written in bold (bold). Except for the sub-discussions in the Results and Discussion sections such as section A. Results and section B. Discussion, each is written using a level 2 heading format with Cambria font writing format size 12 pt written in bold (bold), and the first letter is written in capital letters.

Further explanation regarding the manuscript guidance framework that will be submitted for publication in this journal, namely for the title of the manuscript consisting of a maximum of 15 words with Cambria font writing format size 16 pt and written in bold (bold). All names of the authors involved are written using full names without titles in size 10 pt Cambria font writing format including for affiliations and author/correspondence emails also written in size 10 pt Cambria font writing format.

Writing should be informative and provide a clear statement of the problem, proposed approach or solution, and show the main findings and conclusions. Abstracts are written with a word count of 150 to 200 words in Cambria font writing format size 10 pt. Writing an abstract must be written in the past form and using English and Indonesian based on its placement in the abstract table provided in the writing guide template.

Writing keywords can not be separated from the title of the manuscript written. The number of keywords consists of 3 to 5 keywords written in Cambria font writing format size 10 pt. The use of these keywords is intended to make it easy for interested parties to find your article after it has been published in this scientific journal.

INTRODUCTION

The writing substance in the Introduction section must clearly explain the problem to be discussed, discuss previous research on the topic which reflects a gap or novelty value of writing, and explain exactly what will be discussed. This is so that the editor/reviewer/reader understands that you are good at your research field. For references to be cited, references must be sourced from the latest and relevant literature (references for the last 10 years from the year this manuscript was submitted). Preferred references are references quoted from accredited national scientific journal articles or reputable international scientific journals. Each citation is adapted to the 7th edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) format and it is recommended to use Mendeley software when quoting.

METHOD

In the Methods section, you should clearly explain how you conducted your research study, such as what approach you used, where, when, and what instruments you used, how the data was collected, clarification of where the data sources were obtained, and the method of data analysis used. like what. However, it should be noted that for the substance of the content in the explanation of this method, there is no need to cite any theory to explain the method being written.

Table and figure formats are optional, that is, they may or may not exist, but it is highly recommended to present tables and figures if needed according to the reviewer's advice (if the reviewer wishes). All tables included must be following the table title and the table description is placed above the table with the center writing position (Center). Table titles are written in bold with Cambria font size 12 pt (bold format). Give a number marker for each table that is created, to distinguish it from other included tables. Table data sources are written at the bottom of the table in Cambria font size 12 pt (bold format). The table is created with 1 space without any vertical lines.

As for the format of the images included, they should meet the requirements, such as the title of the image being numbered so that it can distinguish other images, such as Figure 1, Figure 2, and so on in bold format unless the description is written without bold. Captions for images written in more than one line use 1 space and captions for images are placed below the image in size 12 pt with Cambria font format. Images must be inserted separately in jpg, jpeg, or png file format.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The explanation is disclosed in section A. Results are in the form of disclosing the final results without the data analysis process and the results of hypothesis testing. Written results can be presented in tables or graphs, to clarify the results presented narratively. Quoting theories quoted from various literature in the explanation of this results section should be avoided.

Another case with part B. Discussion. This discussion section is the most important part of the entire content of the scientific article. The discussion section aims to answer research problems, interpret findings, integrate findings from research into existing knowledge or develop new theories and modify existing theories. Quotations of theory in this section of the discussion should be sourced from accredited national scientific journals, and even better if they are quoted from reputable international journal articles to strengthen the quality of the arguments for the scientific findings you explain in this discussion.

CONCLUSION

In the Conclusion section, you must describe the main answers to the problems discussed and written in essay form, not in the form of a point-by-point summary presentation with numbers marked at the beginning of the sentence. After presenting the research conclusions, it can be ended by giving progressive suggestions that lead to whom and for what the suggestions are intended, which relate to practical actions on the research findings.

Authors can include acknowledgments in the submitted manuscript, but this is only optional. If the author includes it, the author should mention the parties/institutions/institutions/sponsors who have participated in helping the author in completing the research report (manuscript) that will be submitted to this journal.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This section can be written if there are certain parties that need to be known, such as research sponsors / funding supporters. Include individuals who have helped you in your studies such as: advisors, financial supporters, or perhaps other advocates, e.g. proofreaders, typists, data collectors, and other suppliers who may have provided material that supports your research. Don't mention any of the authors' names. Acknowledgments should be written briefly and clearly. Also, avoid hyperbole recognition.

REFERENCES

Bibliography references are written in the 7th edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) format. The bibliography is sorted by the first letter of the author's name (A-Z) using a single space. All references cited in the text must be listed in the reference list. For writing this reference, it is highly recommended to use the help of Mendeley software every time you make a reference.

The preferred references are articles taken from 80% of accredited national scientific journals or reputable international journals according to the latest publications (published in the last 10 years). Bibliography references over the last 10 years, can be used with the condition of 20% of the total number of references cited. The total number of bibliography references is at least 20 references. References sourced from printed or electronic books can be used for the last 10 years with a limit on the number of books not more than 20% of the total references used and the typing technique is also highly recommended using Mendeley reference management software.

References from Scientific Journals:

Katti, Baso & Hamna (2024). Etnosains dalam pembelajaran sains di sekolah dasar. Madako Elementary School, 3(1), 86-94. https://doi.org/10.56630/mes.v2i1.60

Reference from Scientific Proceedings:

Rodd, M. G., Maskin, A., & Tomlinson, J. (2002). Knowledge management in a multimedia environment: some key research issues. In Student Conference on Research and Development (pp. 1-7). https://doi.org/10.1109/SCORED.2002.1033040

Reference from Books:

Laws, S., Harper, C., Jones, C., & Marcus, R. (2013). Research for development: A practical guide. SAGE Publishing.  https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/research-for-development/book238818

Reference from Bookchapter:

Groundwater-Smith, S. (2007). As rain is to fields, so good teachers are to students. In S. Knipe (Ed.), Middle years schooling:  Reframing adolescence (pp. 151-170). Frenchs Forest, N.S.W: Pearson Education Australia.  https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34614596?selectedversion=NBD41331657