APA Meeting

What are reasonable expectations to have of students who use APA to

complete an academic text?

Make a list of key aspects of APA (no more than 10) that should be a priority in any class where an

academic essay is required.

AgendaReach a consensus of key elements of APA (6th edition) to be applied to all academic writing essays regardless of the course in the BA.

Discuss departmental plagiarism policy.

Suggest ways of equalizing expectations with regards to assessing APA and plagiarism.

IMCHATS - APAIndentations

Margins

Citations and references

Headings

Active voice preferred

Text

Serial (Oxford) comma

Indentations

0.5 inch indentations for all paragraphs except for an abstract

Step 1: Change unit of measure from centimeters to inches.

Step 2: Make ruler visible.

Step 3: Select entire text.

Step 4: Use the ruler to move top slider bar over 0.5 inches.

Margins

One-inch margins: top, bottom, left, & right. Left gutter might be required depending on printed version.

Citations and References

Book

Book chapter

Article

Website (use sparingly and check for validity, reliability, and unbiased opinion)

Most common

Citations

1. Blah, blah, blah (Bruner, 1999). 2. Bruner (1999) suggests that blah, blah, blah. 3. "Blah, blah, blah (Bruner, 1999, p. 2). 4. Bruner (1999) suggests that "blah, blah,

blah" (p. 2).

#1 option

Use sparingly

Page numbers are technically only required for direct quotations, but may be

included when paraphrasing as well.

<15% when

quoting

Book

Bruner, J. (1999). The process of education: A landmark in

Use reverse paragraph indentations for all references.

educational theory. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Notice what is italicized.

Book Chapter

Use reverse paragraph indentations for all references.

Grant, J., Nelson, G., & Mitchell, T. (2008). Negotiatingthe challenges of participatory action research: Relationships, power, participation, change, and credibility. In P. Reason & H. Bradbury (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of action research: Participative inquiry and practice (pp. 589-601). Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

Notice what is italicized.

Articles

Use reverse paragraph indentations for all references.

Yi, Y. (2013). Questions arising from the assessment of EFLnarrative writing. ELT Journal, 67(1), 70-79.

Zúniga, A. & Cooper, T. (2016). Project-based learning:7 ways to make it work. Educational Leadership, 73, 72-76. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/jun16/vol73/num09/Project-Based_Learning@_7_Ways_to_Make_It_Work.aspx

Notice what is italicized.

WebsiteMoore, S. (2016). Guided groups. Retrieved

from https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/guided-groups-formative-assessment https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/guided-groups-formative-assessment

Use reverse paragraph indentations for all references.

TED. (2007, January 6). 2016). Do schools kill creativity? | SirKen Robinson | TED Talks [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/iG9CE55wbtY

Robinson, K. (2016, July 13). Re: Now playing on Netflix:Finding your element [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://sirkenrobinson.com/now-playing-on-netflix-finding-your-element/

Notice what is

italicized.

Valid, reliable, & unbiased

Headings

Only level I headings are needed for shorter texts.

Titles

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It has been found that teachers...Teachers...

Text

Times New Roman, font size 12, no bold (except headings),

left- justified, double spaced

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_text#/media/File%3AFast_text.png

Serial (Oxford) commaI like apples, oranges, and bananas.

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Formatting Word- Word Formatting, Citations, and References

- Moving Wiki Text to a Word Document According to APA Formatting Style

- Thesis Seminar: APA Formatting

- Formatting an Essay in Word According to APA Style

Tutorials

Plagiarism Policy- Clone: Submitting another's work, word-for-word as

one's own. - CTRL-C: Contains significant portions of text from a

single source without alterations. - REMIX: Paraphrases from multiple sources, made to fit

together. - RECYCLE: Borrows generously from the writer's previous

work without citation. - 404 ERROR: Includes citations to non-existent or

inaccurate information about sources. - AGGREGATOR: Includes proper citation to sources but

the paper contains almost no original work.

http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/what-is-plagiarism

Partial List

How do we assure consistent expectations of APA and plagiarism

throughout the BA program?

Student e-portfolios

Wiz (example)

Google Sites

Wikispaces

Etc.

Public, private, all-rights reserved, Creative

Commons, public domain?

Ongoing

https://bismarckstate.edu/uploads/resources/389/PortfolioDevelopment.pdf

Policy example

Not more work, but different work!