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Author Guidelines

The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education accepts the following submissions:

  • Abstract only for Conference Days 1 and 2: one page limit per abstract, as in the Template.
  • Refereed Papers for Conference Days 1 and 2: submissions of an abstract (no more than 200 words) and full article (length of 5-6 pages).
  • Abstracts for Discipline Day Workshop.

If you are submitting an Abstract only for Conference Days 1 and 2, you will submit your abstract (maximum one page) via the conference submission portal, by the Abstract submission deadline. Please use the format specified in the Proceedings of ACSME Template and author guidelines for your abstract. All submissions are peer-reviewed and you may be requested to make changes before acceptance.

If you are submitting a Refereed Paper for Conference Days 1 and 2, you will submit the full manuscript (including abstract) and any supporting materials via the conference submission portal, by the Refereed Papers submission deadline. Please use the format specified in the IJISME (International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education) author guidelines for your paper.

If you are submitting an Abstract for a Discipline Day Workshop, you will submit your abstract (maximum one page) via the conference submission portal, by the Abstract submission deadline. Please use the format specified in the Proceedings of ACSME Template and author guidelines for your abstract. Please also specify the expected length of the workshop (1, 2, or 3 hours) as a Comment for the Editor in Step 1 of the submission process. You may wish to include other logistical information, such as maximum number of attendees or room/equipment requirements. For accepted Discipline Day workshops, presenters will be required to liaise with the Program Committee if they wish to use a hybrid format, and may be required to provide their own Zoom or other platform link.

The abstract you submit for Conference Days 1 and 2 may be accepted as poster or oral presentation. Presentations in parallel sessions will be allocated according to subthemes. The Program Committee will endeavour to allocate subthemes based on author recommendations. This will depend on the number of submissions received and the topic of your submission. If your abstract is accepted as poster, you will be required to present a one-minute “elevator pitch” of your poster. Posters and pitches will be presented in-person. Please contact the Program Committee if you can only present a poster online.

Accepted abstracts and refereed papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

Style Guidelines

 

Logistics

  • All abstracts submitted must adhere to this format.
  • Abstracts should be submitted in MS Word or Rich Text format. Do not submit as a pdf file.
  • Do not use EndNote for referencing as we may not be able to format your abstract for the proceedings if EndNote is used. If using EndNote or other bibliographic software, remove edit codes prior to submission.
  • Please include the following at the bottom of your abstract in Arial, 8pt, left justified:

Proceedings of the Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, The University of Canberra, 18 – 19 September 2024, page X, ISSN Number TBA.

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Page setup

Page Size: Your page size should be set to A4 and all margins set at 2.54 cm.

Please use page breaks between all pages, rather than a series of enter keys.

Page Numbers: Do not include page numbers in your submission.

Headers and Footers: The Template has Headers and Footers already set to 1.27cm, establishing top and bottom margins. Do not put anything in these headers or footers.

Spacing: All text styles (Headings, Normal and Bullet text, etc.) should be set at single line spacing with zero spacing before and after. There should be a single line break between paragraphs.

Bullets: Bulleted lists should be left justified and should use small filled squares for bullets.

Title: The title for your paper or abstract should be in Arial, 20pt and bold, left justified and in capital letters. Place one blank line (12pt not bold) after the title. There should be no separate title page.

Author Information: After the title, give the name of each author followed with a superscript letter which corresponds to their further information. Each author’s name should be in Arial 10pt left justified. Presenting author’s name and email should be included in Arial 8pt left justified. Below this, further information about the author includes Department or Centre, Institution, State Postcode Country.

Example of this layout can be seen as follows:

Author 1a, Author 2b

Presenting Author: Presenting Author’s name (presenting author’s email)

aDepartment or Centre, Institution, City State Postcode, Country Department or Centre, Institution, City State Postcode, Country

 

Keywords: The word “Keywords” should be Arial 12pt bold and capital followed by a colon. The keywords for the paper should follow in Arial 10pt. List at least 3 keywords.

An example is shown below:

KEYWORDS: collaborative learning, generic attributes, quantitative analysis, online learning

 

Sub-theme: Specify the recommended sub-theme most applicable to your abstract from the following options. Sub-themes will be used to help arrange the program, and will not appear in the published abstract.

  • Belonging: submissions under this sub-theme explore what it means to belong. This can include students’ sense of belonging to a university, discipline or class group; academics feeling welcome or valued if their work is research-focused or education-focused; initiatives to build a sense of community etc.
  • Assessment: submissions under this sub-theme should share best-practice, lessons learned and/or new approaches to assessing student learning.
  • Modes of learning: submissions under this sub-theme should explore different mechanisms for enabling learning experiences within programs and courses. This sub-theme may include papers on the use of labs, practicals and field trips; authentic and work-integrated learning; online and hybrid teaching modes etc.
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: submissions under this sub-theme should provide insight into different challenges, approaches and solutions to creating equity, diversity and inclusion in the tertiary classroom and/or on campus. This could include, for example, modifications to traditional teaching structures to facilitate accessible learning for neurodiverse cohorts, and those with chronic conditions and specific needs.
  • Empowering educators: submissions under this sub-theme should address building the capability and impact in teaching teams. This might include, for example, insights and evaluation of initiatives in professional learning, peer-mentoring, sessional staff training, and communities of practice.
  • Indigenous ways of knowing and learning: submissions under this sub-theme should focus on embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander perspectives, content and pedagogies into tertiary STEM curricula.
  • Other: if your submission does not fit under one of the listed sub-themes, or you cannot decide between sub-themes, choose this category. The sub-themes are for use by the program committee to help arrange the program, and will not appear in the published abstract.

 

 An example is shown below:

SUB-THEME: Belonging

Headings: Use no more than 3 levels of heading and ensure they are applied consistently. The first level heading should be left justified, Arial 12pt bold and capitals as in the Template. The second level heading should be left justified, Arial 10pt bold and capital. The third level heading should be left justified, Arial 10pt bold italic.

Body: The main text should be Arial 10pt with left alignment. Each paragraph should be followed by one blank line.

Bulleted List: Left alignment, no indent and hanging paragraph set to 0.5 cm.

Diagrams, Tables and Figures: All diagrams, tables and figures included in the abstract should be clearly labelled and centred between the margins. Please leave one blank line (10pt not bold) before the diagram, table or figure. Insert the label below figures in Arial 10pt bold and left aligned. Insert the label above tables in Arial 10pt bold and left aligned. Leave one blank line (10pt not bold) after the label. If the figure has no label, insert one blank line (12pt not bold) after the figure.

All diagrams and figures created in programs other than Microsoft Word should be gif, tiff or jpeg images.

Quotation marks: Use the Australian Government Publishing Service or APA Style, i.e. single smart quotes, with the exception of a quotation within a quotation when double quotes are used.

Software: All reference to software should be given in italics. For example, WebCT.

Abbreviations: Avoid abbreviations such as labs, exams, tutes. e.g., i.e., etc. et al. (no italics)

In-text references

Use the author-date system, i.e., Australian Government Publishing Service or APA Style and avoid the use of footnotes. Insert the sequence (Name, year) into the main text for a citation to a literature reference. Name refers to the family name of the author and year refers to the year of publication.

All in-text citations must be written in full, regardless of the number of authors, the first time it is cited within the paper. et al. can be used for the following citations of three or more authors. The year is written in long form (i.e., 1999) and use running lower case letters if you refer to more than one article of an author of the same year (e.g., Jones 1999a, 1999b). Where more than one reference is used, separate each reference with a semicolon (e.g., Jones 1999a; White & Beckett 1997). Where a quote from the source document is included in the text, please refer to the page number, as in Jones (1999a; p.125). For quotations over two lines start a separate line (no space, no quotation marks) and indent the quotation 0.5 cm from the margin.

Examples

…this special form (Black & Lines, 1998b) is very … … as described by Black and Lines (1998a) … … and this argument (Keystone et al., 2000c) is used … … across time and space (Jones 1999a; White & Beckett 1997).

Literature references

Start the literature references with the heading “References” using the same formatting for a first level heading. The text should be in Arial 8pt with left alignment. The second and subsequent lines for each reference should be indented by 0.5 cm. All references should be in APA Version 5. This means alphabetical order of the first author. Please use the referencing styles exactly as shown at the end of these guidelines to ensure consistency throughout the proceedings. The following provides examples of referencing for different sources:

Books: Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991) APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Chapters in Books: McKenzie, H., Boughton, M., Hayes, L., & Forsyth, S. (2008). Explaining the complexities and value of nursing practice and knowledge. In I. Morley & M. Crouch (Eds.), Knowledge as value: Illumination through critical prisms (pp. 209-224). New Jersey: Rodopi.

Articles published in conference proceedings: Edge, M. (1996). Lifetime prediction: Fact or fancy? In M. S. Koch, T. Padfield, J. S. Johnsen, & U. B. Kejser (Eds.), Proceedings of the Conference on Research Techniques in Photographic Conservation (pp. 97-100). Copenhagen, Denmark: Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

Journal Articles: Always write the journal name in full. Ampersand: Use the word “and” between the authors’ names within the text and use the ampersand in the parentheses. Use ampersand in reference list

Breen, R., Lindsay, R., Jenkins, A., & Smith, P. (2001). The role of information and communication technologies in a university learning environment. Studies in Higher Education, 26(1), 95-114.

Webpage with an author: Welch, N. (2000, February 21). Toward an understanding of the determinants of rural health. Retrieved January 9, 2002, from http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/welch.htm

Webpage with no author: ANCI national competency standards for the Registered Nurse and the Enrolled Nurse (2000). Retrieved January 28, 2002, from http://www.anci.org.au/competencystandards.htm

Internet article based on a print source: Swanson, H.L. (1999). What develops in working memory? A life span perspective [Electronic version]. Developmental Psychology, 35, 986-1000.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published in another journal, edited volume or conference, nor is it under appropriate review (in uncertain cases an explanation can be provided to ACSME Organising Committee).
  • Corresponding author has obtained permission for any reproduction from other sources, and if needed will upload as Supplementary Material.
  • All authors named on the submission have read the Copyright Notice and will follow due process.
  • All researchers whose names are listed as authors in the submission have contributed to the scientific work and vice versa. Honorary authorships' are prohibited, as is the omission of contributing authors. Please provide full author details including affiliation.
  • All authors named on the submission consent to its publication.
  • Authors agree that ethical processes have been applied and adhered to in the work submitted to ACSME Proceedings, according to institutional/national guidelines.
  • All authors' details are accurate and complete when entered at the time of submission, including names, emails addresses and affiliations as well as order.
  • The submission text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines section of the "Submissions" page.

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