Appendix M: How to Submit How to Submit an Article to Maine’s Middle School Journal of Scientific Research- Teacher Instructions My students have completed their articles! What do I do next? Step 1: In class student review Have students review their own work using the Stars and Stairs rubrics. Note: In order to make sure students meet the requirements for submission, it is recommended that students see these forms at the start of their project. Step 2: Teacher review Use the teacher rubric to score each article (note that the teacher rubric matches the Stars and Stairs forms). If a student scores a 15 or higher, it may be recommended for submission. To recommend an article for submission, you will have the student add the code TRR (teacher reviewed and recommended) at the end of the title when posting to the Vital Signs project bank. Step 3: Peer review Peer review is a required part of submitting to the student journal. First, students will post their own work to the Vital Signs project bank. ALL students who wrote articles may post them, not just teacher recommendations. All articles posted should be labelled with “JOURNAL” at the beginning of the title and teacher recommended articles need to include the code TRR after the title. See the student handout for step-by-step instructions for posting. Once articles are posted, the editorial board will contact you with a list of articles from a different class that need peer review. Divide these articles among your students. Give students the Peer review feedback form and have them use the Stars and Stairs rubric to determine whether the article may be recommended for submission. Students will post their decision (recommended or not) along with comments from the feedback form in the comments section of the post. Please plan to complete peer review within two weeks of receiving your list of articles. Step 4: Editorial board review Any article that has been recommended by a teacher (indicated by TRR) in the title AND recommended by a student (indicated in the comment section beneath the posting) will go to the editorial board for review. The editorial board will use the same rubric used by the teacher to score the articles. Top scoring pieces will be included in Volume 1 of Maine’s first Student Journal of scientific research. Teachers will be notified by the editorial board in the early spring. Timeline for Volume 1: Submit articles for peer review: September through March 2017 Conduct peer review: within two weeks of receiving articles Announcement of accepted articles: March/April 2018 Publication of volume 1: May/June 2018
Appendix M: How to Submit How to Submit an Article to Maine’s Middle School Journal of Scientific Research- Teacher Instructions My students have completed their articles! What do I do next? Step 1: In class student review Have students review their own work using the Stars and Stairs rubrics. Note: In order to make sure students meet the requirements for submission, it is recommended that students see these forms at the start of their project. Step 2: Teacher review Use the teacher rubric to score each article (note that the teacher rubric matches the Stars and Stairs forms). If a student scores a 15 or higher, it may be recommended for submission. To recommend an article for submission, you will have the student add the code TRR (teacher reviewed and recommended) at the end of the title when posting to the Vital Signs project bank. Step 3: Peer review Peer review is a required part of submitting to the student journal. First, students will post their own work to the Vital Signs project bank. ALL students who wrote articles may post them, not just teacher recommendations. All articles posted should be labelled with “JOURNAL” at the beginning of the title and teacher recommended articles need to include the code TRR after the title. See the student handout for step-by-step instructions for posting. Once articles are posted, the editorial board will contact you with a list of articles from a different class that need peer review. Divide these articles among your students. Give students the Peer review feedback form and have them use the Stars and Stairs rubric to determine whether the article may be recommended for submission. Students will post their decision (recommended or not) along with comments from the feedback form in the comments section of the post. Please plan to complete peer review within two weeks of receiving your list of articles. Step 4: Editorial board review Any article that has been recommended by a teacher (indicated by TRR) in the title AND recommended by a student (indicated in the comment section beneath the posting) will go to the editorial board for review. The editorial board will use the same rubric used by the teacher to score the articles. Top scoring pieces will be included in Volume 1 of Maine’s first Student Journal of scientific research. Teachers will be notified by the editorial board in the early spring. Timeline for Volume 1: Submit articles for peer review: September through March 2017 Conduct peer review: within two weeks of receiving articles Announcement of accepted articles: March/April 2018 Publication of volume 1: May/June 2018
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