SERJ: Statistics Education Research Journal
    Co-editors:
        Iddo Gal, University of Haifa, Israel       
            (iddo@research.haifa.ac.il)
      and
        Flavia Jolliffe, University of Kent, UK
            (F.Jolliffe@kent.ac.uk)
        
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                         About SERJ
    • SERJ is the journal of the International 
       Association for Statistical Association (IASE).
    • A peer-reviewed electronic journal.
    • The first to focus on advancing research-based 
       knowledge that can help to improve the 
       teaching, learning, and understanding of 
       statistics or probability at all educational levels 
       and in both formal and informal contexts.
    • Access is free at www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/serj
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                 Some history of SERJ
    • SERJ grew out of the Statistics Education 
      Research Newsletter (SERN)
    • Initial discussions re changing SERN to SERJ in 
      Summer 2001
    • First issue published May 2002. Fairly similar to 
      SERN as contained material planned for 
      publication in SERN. 
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                  History continued
    • December 2002
       –Became a joint publication of ISI and IASE.
       –Second issue published,  included four 
         refereed papers.
    • May 2003
       –First paper in Spanish published.
    • November 2003
       –Sections more appropriate to a newsletter 
         dropped
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                      Key paper types 
     • Reports of original research
          - Quantitative / qualitative 
                 (up to 8000-10,000 words)
          - Brief papers (2500 words)
     • Conceptual papers, e.g.,
          - Integrative & critical reviews of research
           literature 
          - Research-oriented theoretical models or 
             epistemological analyses
          - Methodological issues in research &
            assessment
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