International Journal of Technology and Engineering Education

International Journal of Technology and Engineering Education

Editor		David W.S. Tai College of Technology, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan
Associate Editor		Yoau-Chau Jeng National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan Chih-Feng Chuang National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
Assistant Editors		Dianne Yen-Ling Yeh National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
Publication Committee		Joseph C. Chen Iowa State University, Iowa, U.S.A. Colin U. Chisholm Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK Lance N. Green The University of New South Wales, Australia Norbert Grünwald Hochschule Wismar University of Technology, Business and Design, Germany Fei-Bin Hsiao National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan His-Chi Hsiao National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan Yoau-Chau Jeng National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan Tze-Li Kang National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan Ming H. Land Appalachian State University, North Carolina, U.S.A. Feng-Ming Li Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan Derek O. Northwood University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada Sam Stern the new School of Education, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A. David W.S. Tai National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan Kuo-Hung Tseng Mei-Ho Institute of Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan Clyde A. Warden National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan

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ISSN 1234-5678

Submission Guidelines

International Journal of Technology and Engineering Education is a semi-annual journal published in every June and December. Papers to be considered for inclusion in the IJTEE should be submitted directly to the College of Technology of NCUE. Original papers, not previously published, will be considered for publication on the basis of referee reports from at least two independent international referees. Authors of papers accepted will be required to transfer copyrights to the publisher. All contributions must be in English and adhere to the guidelines published in Publication Guidelines of the American Psychological Association (5^th Edition). Papers will be fully edited and English corrected to ensure standard English form and expression. The publisher reserves the right not to return original manuscripts submitted for publication. Contributions in the form of a paper should comprise a PDF file and an MS Word file on a 3.5" diskette suitable for an IBM PC. In preparing papers, authors are kindly asked to strictly adhere to the instructions for authors.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

The NCUE aims to produce a volume of the International Journal of Technology and Engineering Education with as uniform an appearance as possible, and it is therefore requested that you conform to these instructions when preparing your article.

1. A PDF file and a MS WORD file must both reach NCUE.

1. E-mail your files to tvcenter@cc.ncue.edu.tw,

2. Or send your files on a 3.5" diskette suitable for an IBM PC to the following address:

Alanis J.C. Su

College of Technology

National Changhua University of Education

No.2 Shi-Da Rd., Changhua, 50042, Taiwan

2. PAPER SIZE

The length for papers is about eight to ten (8-10) pages, arranged on white paper, A4 size (210x297mm).

3. TYPEFACE AND LINESPACING

Those with laser printers should select a Times Roman font of 10-pt size on 12-pt line spacing (6 lines per inch). Papers must be justified, with the text in single-line spacing, and one-line spacing between paragraphs. Do not indent paragraphs. In preparing your paper you may use the Word style file on the attached disk, designed for an IBM or compatible computer. When keying in your paper use the page-layout view option to get a better view of the page layout. When transferring the file of your paper to the supplied style file on the disk, the computer may change the page layout settings. The correct page layout settings are as follows:

Margins

Top: 3 cm

Bottom: 2 cm

Left: 2 cm

Right: 2 cm

From Edge

Header: 1.5 cm

Footer: 1.5 cm

Format

2 Columns

4. TITLE, AUTHOR AND ABSTRACT

The title should be in the style as indicated in the sample (only capitalize the first letter of proper names). Author(s), affiliation(s), city and country should use first capital letter and lower case. Do not abbreviate the affiliation.

5. ABSTRACT

Please provide a concise abstract of the paper in not more than 10 lines. Type the abstract on the first page just below the broken line (as indicated in the sample paper). Text of the abstract must run over both columns. After the abstract, there must be two lines open between the abstract and the actual text.

6. THE TEXT

Arrange the text of the paper in two columns. The text (or first heading) of the paper must start two lines beneath the abstract. The second and consecutive pages must start from the top of the new page. Do not leave space at the top of the new page. Make sure that left-hand and right-hand columns of text are balanced, top and bottom. Please ensure that the columns on the last page of the paper are evenly balanced.

Dianne Yen-Ling Yeh