Format and Style Guide
(Tsing Hua Journal of Educational Research)
This journal adopts the format and style standard stated in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (APA).
The printing format of the manuscript shall be standard A4 size with a white background, and should be sent by E-MAIL. The font for English manuscripts should be “Times New Roman” and numbers and letters should be in halfwidth form.
1.	Principally, the manuscript should be written in Chinese or English and be no more than 20,000 words/characters.
2.	Sections and Headings
The levels of headings in the article should be numbered as (from higher to lower): “1.,” “1.1,” “1.1.1,” “(1),” and “a.” The headings for each section and sub-section should be numbered with the section heading placed in the center of the line, whilst sub-section headings should be aligned to the left.
3.	Article Structure
Each submitted manuscript should include a cover page, an abstract in both Chinese and English, a main body, references, appendices (if applicable), tables, and figures.
(1)	On the cover page, the Chinese title should be listed first followed by the English title (titles should be concise and clear, and the first letter of the words in the English title - except for particles and prepositions - should be capitalized). Please list the author’s name in both Chinese and English (in case of more than one author, please specify the first author, second author, and other authors), and institutional affiliation(s).
(2)	The abstract (in both Chinese and English) should have approximately 250 words/characters, followed by 3 to 7 key words in Chinese and English respectively. The abstract should include the research purpose, research methods, and conclusions. When describing research methods, the subjects should be specified. The conclusion should be specific and clear. The Chinese abstract of a Chinese manuscript should be placed before the main body whilst the English abstract should be placed after the main body. The placement of English abstracts should be opposite to the placement of Chinese abstracts. Footnotes should be added to the bottom of the page on which the information is discussed using the “insert footnote” function in Microsoft Word. Footnotes should be labeled consecutively according to the order in which the corresponding information appears in the manuscript, and the corresponding information in the manuscript should be labeled with Arabic numeral superscript.
(3)	The main body of the paper should contain an introduction (including information such as research motives and purpose), a literature review, methods, conclusions, and suggestions.
(4)	Acknowledgments (if applicable) should specify the names of the persons who assisted in the completion of the research, the names of their affiliations, and the nature of their assistance, or the name of the units that provided funding for the research.
(5)	Tables should be clear and concise. Each table should include three parts: table caption, table content, and data source/note. Table captions should be placed above a table, whilst the data source/note should be located below the table and aligned with the furthest left word in the table.
(6)	Legends should be brief and placed below figures. In case further remarks are required, the font of the symbols and texts should conform to the size of the figure, and should be clear, legible, and distinguishable. Figures should include a legend, figure content, and data source/note.
4.	Mathematical formulas: All formulas and equations are required to be typed or written with black ink, followed by a corresponding numeral sequence in brackets. Please place a blank line before and after each formula/equation.
5.	Images: If a manuscript contains images or photos, the fonts included in the images should conform to the text in the manuscript.