APA Citation

Goals: You will be able to
  • recognize common mistakes in in-text citation and fix them
  • learn different formatting rules for different cases of in-text citation
Day 1: APA In-text Citation

Warm-up (10 min)
Why and How to Cite

Task 1 (Optional): Which style is APA?
Task 2 (10 min): APA Citation General Guidelines (Fill in the blanks)
Student A; Student B

Day 2: APA Reference List
 
Task 1: Peer Review of APA Reference List

**General Rules for Creating APA Reference List**
  • Double-spaced with “References” in the center
  • Follows an alphabetical order (A~Z)
  • Hanging indented
  • Has a period after each piece of info
  • Last name, First name initial
  • Title of the article – only the first word starts with a capital letter (no “ “ around)
  • Title of the journal /book / website in italic - only the first word starts with a capital (no “ “ around)
  • Journal title,Volume number(issue number)
Correct APA Reference List


Task 2: APA Citation Practice 
OneNote Group Work Doc
Directory to APA in-text citation models
Directory of APA Reference List Models

Homework: Check Daily Schedule