Tech and Tips Tuesday
Helping Students with APA Style
Give credit where credit is due.
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| http://www.apastyle.org/manual/index.aspx |
Proper attribution of sources is an important and essential
element to any research paper and academic work. As collegiate instructors, we
have the responsibility to train students in this skill every time a research
assignment is submitted. Often learners become confused with this system due to
varying past experiences and requirements. Maybe they used MLA in their last
course, or maybe plagiarism has never been clearly explained in a way they
could understand.
As part of my Course Set-Up file, I include a sample APA
paper in the course materials of each class, as well as a PowerPoint outlining
the steps to proper paper creation. I’m sure you have tools that you use, as
well, and would love to hear about them in the comments below.
Today, for our purposes, I will provide you with three
online resources that may help you and your students. You can provide these as
links, use them for quiz assignments, review them during class time, or embed
portions within your course site.
Basics of APA Style Slide Presentation, http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/
The Citation Machine, http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-book
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/
Each of these tools provides a comprehensive guide to
creating citations for proper source attribution in APA style.
If you need a refresher for yourself, the APA website
provides a quick online course for teachers. Or, if you use a style other than
APA, like MLA for instance, the Purdue OWL website and the Citation Machine
both cover the requirements for those, as well.
Living by best practices for yourself and modeling them for
your students is one of the best ways to teach.
Please let us know if you have other favorite online
resources, lend your voice to our survey, and join me tomorrow for Historic
Hump-Day.
See you then,
Melynda
#TCBHigherEd
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