About the Journal
Welcome to the Journal of Educational Research and Development. The Journal of
Educational Research and Development (JERD) is a broad based scholarly, referred, a biyearly journal published by the Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
Nigeria. The scope of the journal includes the research development, and practice in all
areas of education.
Hard Copy and Online: Hard copies of the journal are available at a price fixed by the
publisher. The online version can be accessed in all instances through the internet, free of
charge.
Editorial board will first subject articles received for publication to a plagiarism test, only
articles with 80% and above originality shall be processed for peer review exercise.
Peer Review: Articles published in the journal had been subjected to blind peer-review by at
least two experts in the field.
Current Issue
Articles
Instructions to Contributors
1. General Guidelines
i. Types of Manuscripts: Journal of Educational Research and Development articles that
meet its aims and scope must be original; therefore, authors are to guarantee that their
article is original and not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.
Additionally, the authors also guarantee that coauthors, where applicable, have
approved the manuscript and have consented to submit it to the Journal of Educational
Research and Development. If figures, tables or texts passages included in a submission
have been published previously, the authors are required to obtain written consent (to
be submitted to the Journal of Educational Research and Development) for reprint from
the original author(s) and other copyright holders, where applicable, prior to the
publication of such material in Journal of Educational Research and Development.
Therefore, any material received without such copyright permission will be considered
as original work of the authors.
ii. Language: The JERD is published in English Language.
iii. Length: Usually full-length article, survey or report should be between 5 000 – 10 000,
while book review should be between 500 – 1 000 words.
iv. Abstract and keywords: Each article should be summarized in about 150 – 200 words,
serving as a brief description of the content of the article. In addition, following the
abstract, supply 4 – 5 keywords that characterize the content of the paper and which
can be used for indexing purposes.
v. Manuscript: Manuscripts, including the abstract and references, should be typed
doubled line spaced on A4 paper set-up using Times New Roman 12 Font.
vi. Review: Each submission will be peer-reviewed. Before the publication of accepted
article, corresponding authors will receive a PDF version of their manuscript for final
proof reading. It should, however be emphasized that changes in content (new or
additional results, corrected values, changes in article title, etc.) are not permitted
without the approval of the Editor-in Chief.
2. Copyright
No article can be published unless accompanied by a signed publication agreement that serves
as a transfer of copyright from author to the Journal. Only original papers will be accepted, and
copyright in published papers will be vested in the publisher.
In addition, no compensation will be given in respect of published papers. However, authors
reserve the right to use their own materials for purely educational and research purposes.
3. Format of Submitted Manuscripts
All manuscripts, written in good English, should be submitted electronically as an e-mail
attachment (in Microsoft Word) to the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor
(seunakorede@gmail.com), or the Journal’s e-mail (abueducationjournal@gmail.com) and can
be uploaded on the Open Access Journal System
(http://journals.abu.edu.ng/index.php/jerd/about/submissions). No paper versions are needed. All manuscripts are subjected to a peer review process and copy-editing. The beginning of the
manuscript must bear the title of the paper and the full names of authors and their affiliations
for correspondence (including e-mail and telephone number). Where there are two or more
authors include the addresses for correspondence (e-mail and postal addresses) for the contact
author. The phrasing: All correspondence should be directed to (name and contact information)
should be used. Financial support may be acknowledged within the manuscript to avoid
footnotes.
4. Style
In general, the style should follow the format given in the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (7th edition), (referred to here as the APA Manual).
5. Organization
The background and purpose of the manuscript should be given first, followed by details of
methods, materials, procedures and equipment used (where applicable).
Findings, discussion and conclusions should follow in that order. Appendices are not
encouraged, but may be countenanced if considered necessary for the manuscript content to be
understood. Specifically, author(s) are advised to consult the current APA Manual for the
details they may need.
6. Figures and Tables
Figures should be kept to a minimum, and used only when not avoidable. They should be
prepared separately, numbered consecutively and submitted in one of JPEG File Interchange
(jpg), CompuServe GIF (gif), Windows Bitmaps (bmp), Tagged Image File (tif), and PC
Paintbrush (pcx). Images should not exceed width of 450 pixels.
7. References
The author should ensure that the references given are complete. References to personal letters,
papers presented at meetings and other unpublished material may be included. Where such
materials may help in the evaluation of the paper, copies should be made available to the Editorin-Chief or the Managing Editor. Papers and explanatory materials may be appended to the
manuscript to avoid footnotes. Citation of an author’s work in the text should follow the authordate method citation; the surname of the author(s) and year of publication should appear in
text. Generally, the format for citations in the Manuscript for references is the Manuscript for
references is that of the APA Manual as previously described under “Style”.
Prof Aliyu A. Dada
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Educational Research and Development,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Zaria, Nigeria.