APA?. Table of Contents 5. What is the general format of the APA paper? 4. What types of papers are...

APA?

5. What is the general format of the APA paper?

4. What types of papers are written in APA

1. What is APA?

2. Why is APA such a big deal?

3. Which type of style of language is appropriate when using the APA format?

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Standard for Formatting Academic Work in Social Sciences

Tables & Graphs

Writing Mechanics Clear & Concise

Writing References

Source Credits

Oral Presentations

Essays/Reflections/Critiques

1. What is APA?

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Psychological Knowledge

Communication ApplicationCreation

Overall Purpose

Achieve Consistency and Uniformity

2. Why is APA such a big deal?

A Dictionary

Theft

Language in an APA Paper is to embrace:

Specificity

Clarity

Passive voice

Active voice

Language in an APA Paper is to embrace:

Third person

First person

References

Body

Abstract

Title page

Title page

Abstract

Body

Body

Reference page

6. Where are the APA sources I can go to?

http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/

the basics

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/

in-text citations