Author Guidelines

Submission Overview

The PAC posts activities at all stages of development, from Activity Ideas to Approved Activities.

  • Activity Ideas  are ideas, intial drafts, rough activities. Authors are seeking collaborators to work on these ideas to develop activities.

  • Activities for Review are complete activities. Authors are seeking formative feedback to improve the quality of the activity. 

  • Activities for Testing are complete learning cycle or application activities that are ready for widespread classroom testing. Authors are seeking classroom testing feedback to optimize the activity.  

  • Approved Activity are recognized by The POGIL Project for their high quality. Approved activities will be assigned a Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to make them permanently citable products.

Indicate your estimate of the stage of development of your activity in the Activity Submission Form.

Kinds of Feedback

The PAC supports authors to get several different kinds of feedback.

  • Traditional Review: Activities are sent to anonymous referees and receive feedback based on the POGIL rubrics

  • Collaborative Activity Feedback: Small teams of authors meet in a facilitated virtual session to provide feedback on each other's activities.

  • Classroom Testing Feedback: Activities are sent to classroom testers who provide feedback based on their observations of students using the activity.

Select the Section that matches the kind of feedback you would like.

Abstract Details

The abstract should contain both an overview of the activity in paragraph form describing the context, rationale, and learning objectives (no more than 150 words) and the following keyword classification summary:

Level: (K-8, Middle, High School, Undergraduate, Graduate)
Setting: Classroom or Laboratory
Activity Type:  (i.e. Learning Cycle, Application, Science Writing Heuristic Lab, POGIL Lab)
Discipline: (e.g. Economics, Chemistry, Writing)
Course: (e.g. Physical Chemistry, General Biology)
Keywords: (topics covered)

Description: (no more than 150 words)

The abstract will be submitted as plain text (not a pdf document) in the Metadata submission step.

Table of Contents Image

Authors should attach a small image that illustrates the content of the activity. The image should be in the png format and roughly square. 

Submission Process

There are five steps required to complete the submission process. Below is a description of what to expect in each section.

    1. Start
      • Select one of the four submission categories (Approved Activity, Activity for Testing, Activity for Review, Activity Idea)
      • Acknowledge that your submission adheres to each of the 5 items described in the Submission Preparation Checklist
      • Acknowledge the copyright & privacy statements

    1. Upload Submission

      • Upload all files required for submission category

    1. Enter Metadata
      • Title
      • Abstract & Keyword summary (see above)
      • List of Contributors

    2. Confirmation
      • When you are ready, click "Finish Submission".

    3. Next Steps
      • You should receive an email confirmation notifying your submission is complete!