1. Per template, the following information should be included within the paper (see above template):
   • Your Full Name
   • E-mail address(es)
   • Institutional or company affiliation(s)
   • Paper title
   • Paper abstract
   • Paper keywords
2. The paper should be about 2 to 5 pages long, single-spaced, APA-style citations and references. [Paper should not exceed ten (10) pages, including all appendices. However, most papers are two (2) to five (5) pages, using the font and margin settings specified in the template.
3. All pages are to be U.S. letter-size (8.5" x 11"). Do not alter the given margins and font settings on the template.
4. Any tables or figures that exceed the given width of the columns should be included in an appendix.
5. Appendices may be formatted in any way you deem necessary, with the exception that all pages must adhere to the standard page margins on an 8.5" x 11" page template. Any rotated pages in landscape orientation in the appendices should be rotated ninety (90) degrees to the left (commonly referred to as "counter-clockwise" or "anti-clockwise" rotation).
6. References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper according to APA style Parentheses should be used within the body of the paper to offset citations. [Clarification: Parentheses should be used within the body of the paper to offset citations. Articles must cite a minimum of five scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources but 10 or 15 references are recommended. These must be cited in-text (parenthetical citation) and be accompanied by a full citation in the reference list. In general, we consider a source to be scholarly if it is published in an edited book, a peer reviewed publication, an academic journal, or by a university press. Citing multiple works by the same author(s) or web-links (URLs) only qualifies as meeting one of the required five.]
7. Paper should be submitted (uploaded) as one single file. The file must be in Microsoft Word .DOC, or Microsoft Word .DOCX. Limit figures to either JPG or GIF format for this purpose when embedding the image within the document's pages. Like text, all figures or table or graph should be original (i.e., created by you).

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Advise: Start with an Introduction—which is a very important section of any scholarly paper that tell the reader what is expected in the rest of the paper.

It is the “road map …

• establish the context, background and/or importance of the topic
• indicate an issue, problem, or controversy in the field of study
• define the topic or key terms
• brief overview of existing literature review
• state of the purpose of the study for this article
• research questions
• provide an overview of the coverage and/or structure of the writing