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Author Guidelines

Guidelines for authors

Anyone, except the Directors of the journal, and the members of the Editorial Board, can send manuscripts to be evaluated and considered for publication in Edma 0-6: Childhood Mathematics Education.

Manuscripts must be original and fit the scope of the journal. Only unpublished papers that are not being evaluated in another journal should be sent. Articles must conform to the format that can be downloaded from the following link: formato de artículos. Reviews will conform to the following format: formato de reseñas. Article submission will be made through the submission system hosted on the journal's platform, which can be consulted in the "Information for authors" section of the website. Manuscripts sent to Edma 0-6 for evaluation should be written with a word processor such as Word or Writer (from OpenOffice). They will be published in pdf format. Articles must be between 5,000 and 9,000 words.

The article must follow the standards of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 7th edition). Edma 0-6 journal preferably publishes articles in Spanish, but articles in English can also be considered for publication.

It is suggested that the manuscript sent to the journal Edma 0-6: Childhood Mathematics Education includes: 

  1. A short title (not exceeding 15 words), an abstract of 7 to 10 lines (100 to 150 words, approximately) and between 5 and 6 keywords. The title, the abstract and the keywords will also be sent in English (or, in the case of an article written in English, in Spanish).
  1. An introduction, with a statement and justification of the research problem or the topic addressed in the article, and an adequate theoretical framework.
  1. Research method, with a description of participants, instruments, etc., and / or a description of the didactic experience.
  1. Presentation and discussion of the results obtained.
  1. Conclusions and implications of the article for teaching and learning in the Early Childhood and / or Primary Education classroom.
  1. Bibliographic references following the APA format.
  1. Complete information about the authors: Name and surname, email, web address (if applicable), institutional affiliation and a brief bio note.

Two versions of the manuscript must be sent: the unblinded version and a blinded version in which authors are asked to follow the blinding guidelines: the manuscript should contain no references to authors or to his/her affiliation. When referring to an author’s publication the form of third person should be used. Any acknowledgements section should be removed. Data of the project in which the work is framed should be deleted.

In this version, replace the citations and own bibliographic references by “Author, year” or “Author et al., Year” and eliminate the rest of the information (title, pages, …) about those references.

Citations included in the article as well as the references at the end must be written following the norms of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 7th edition).

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This paper has not been previously published in any other journal and it has not been sent for evaluation to other scientific journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the editor).
  • The article is sent as a Microsoft Word document.
  • If the article contains images, illustrations, figures or tables, they are in their proper place within the text and not at the end. Moreover, authors must have the permission to reproduce all images included in the paper.
  • The submission includes a blinded version of the manuscript, without any data that might lead to identification of the authors, in order to guarantee an anonymous evaluation.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the guidelines for authors.
  • Whenever possible, DOI is provided.

Copyright Notice

The articles published at Edma 0-6: Childhood Mathematics Education will have a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

The journal allows the authors to retain publishing rights. Authors may reprint their articles in other media without having to request authorization, provided they indicate that the article was originally published in Título de la revista.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal (namely, those relating the processing of submitted manuscripts, evaluation process, or distribution of information concerning the published works) and will not be available for any other purpose or person. 

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