AERA submission tips: Summary
The American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting is coming to Vancouver in April 2012. As you know, deadline for submission is July 22nd, 2011.
If you are thinking of submitting and need a bit of help, here are some helpful resources.
1) AERA Graduate Student Council (AERA GSC) tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDeBZZwqMI0 –the most helpful 5 min.!
We also encourage you to “Friend” the AERA GSC on Facebook and/or check the AERA website (http://www.aera.net) and look under the Gradate Student Council Tab for additional information, to stay informed and/or volunteer opportunities for the upcoming meeting.
2) Five tips for submission from successful graduate students:
(Based on the AERA Preparation workshop, June 8th, 2011, hosted by EDCP)
1. Stick to the guidelines! Reviewers are looking for ways to reject your paper, so watch out for every detail.
2. Register as an AERA member, then join a Division and as many Special Interest Groups (SIGs) as you’d like, and submit through a division or SIG. Your chances of being accepted vary depending on the size of the division or SIG that you decide to apply to.
3. Remember AERA is a research organization. Give your proposal a strong research sense, including practical implications of your research.
4. Graduate students have better chances of being accepted if they apply for a poster, round table, or panel presentation. Not sure what’s the difference? Ask us!
5. Ask your supervisor, other professors, or successful former applicants to review your proposal before you submit it. You will find their prior experience helpful.
Have a productive (but restful) summer!
Thanks to the Grad Student Council of the Faculty of Education 2011-2012 for compiling these resources!
EDCP – Guopeng Fu
EDST – Jeannie Kerr
LLED – Dennis Murphy-Odo
Int’l Students – Renira Vellos
Coordinator – Christine Klerian
CCFI, ECPS, KIN – pending