...Pagination and Page Header: See APA p. 288. Use the “header and footer feature” in Microsoft Word. See Appendix A for directions. APA Writing Style 1 APA requires a Running Head for publication. See APA, p. 296, section 5.15. The title is in upper and lowercase letters, centered between the left and right margins and positioned in the upper half of the page (See APA, p. 296) An example is available on p. 306 (please note the example has different requirements, this is only to be used for illustration of where to begin the title) APA Writing Style and Mechanics Student Name University of Phoenix Include Course Number and Title for the course in which you are enrolled. GEN/300: Skills for Professional Development Faculty Name and Title February 18, 2004 UOP REQUIRED TITLE PAGE Centered on the page (as shown above), include in this order: • Title of Paper (Mixed upper and lower case letters; centered, see APA p. 296) • Your Name (first and last, do not include academic or license information, i.e., BSN, RN) • University of Phoenix • Course Number and Course Title • Facilitator’s Name and Title (first and last, with academic title, i.e., MSN, MBA, PhD) • Date Submitted **All lines are double-spaced (no single or triple-spacing) throughout the entire document. The standards outlined in this sample paper are within APA guidelines; however, your instructor may have additional requirements. APA Writing Style APA does not permit use of the word “Introduction”...
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...lose weight on this diet? - Is it a practical diet? Why or why not? - What are the potential problems associated with this diet? - Any interesting facts/thoughts you would like to mention Please find a minimum of 2 reliable (where applicable) sources from medical sources or sites that have credentialed authors. Wikipedia is not a reliable source but may be a good place to find key words and other sources to investigate. Some diets do NOT have professional/medically-backed sites. Do the best that you can- I know which ones they are! Sources should be cited by the APA format (see attached examples). Print a copy of your summary and source list to hand in to the instructor at the BEGINNING of class on the due date. Print another copy for you to reference as you tell the class about the diet you researched. Be prepared to answer questions. Your heading at the top of your paper should look like this... NAME DATE/ TIME Begin typing your fad diet information here.... Alexandria Lewis 8.29.15/ 11:00 Class Tapeworm Diet How It Works How would you like to ingest a tapeworm? By eating raw meat or, swallowing a pill? Neither way sounds very exciting, but some people actually do this to lose a little bit of weight! It is said that tapeworms reduce the calories that you absorb without taking any of the calories that you consume, but if you hear that it’s an alternative for not having to exercise, or not having to eat healthy, it’s a myth. Requirements...
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...Full Title of Paper Your Name Harding University Abstract The Abstract is a summary of the paper, not an intro. The reader should be able to read the Abstract and get a good idea of what the paper is about and the conclusion you drew. It is written in block form without the first line indented and should be 150 or less in length. The entire paper should be in Times New Roman 12 font, double spaced with no extra spaces between sections, headers and text, paragraphs, etc. Go to the Home tab of Word and click on Paragraph. Under Paragraph, choose 0 under the Spacing section. Choose Double Space under Line Spacing and First Line under Special. Again, the first line of the Abstract should not be indented, but the rest of the paragraphs in the paper should be. Full Title of the Paper For this section you will need to decide on a thesis statement for the paper. This is a general statement about your topic that shows your approach and point of view. It is an introduction and shows how the entire paper fits together. The length will vary, but should be at least a few paragraphs with new ideas in each paragraph Level 1 Heading Here is where you start the body of your paper. Tie it in with the previous section to make sure the paper flows well. Break your ideas into paragraphs, one idea per paragraph. Long paragraphs are difficult to follow, especially if they contain multiple ideas. The first sentence of each paragraph should...
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...Collaborative Discussion Holly Kline GEN 201 May 19th, 2014 Teresa Sanders Collaborative Discussion Collaboration is when a group of people work as a team or group on a task to achieve the same goal. Some ways collaboration can add value in a learning environment are by giving students a different perspective on the topic they are working on. Collaboration can help students learn to cooperate effectively in a group setting and can teach them the social skills they will need to be successful in everyday life. There are many factors that take part in collaboration, such as personal responsibility, difference in attitudes and difference learning styles. Personal responsibility can influence the work and success of a group if a group member does not take accountability for his or her work. If one or more group members are not taking accountability they will not put in the same amount of effort as someone who does have personal responsibility. This can cause a lot of frustration and tension among the group which will negatively affect the outcome of the project. When working with a group there are going to be different attitudes and learning styles among the team mates. A few communication strategies that can be used when collaborating are; making sure everyone is heard, voicing the importance of achieving goals on time and using a variety of ways to complete the project so that everyone has an equal learning opportunity. Some strategies that can be used to enhance team performance...
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...Department of Psychology, Liberty University. Beth A. Buser is now at the Department of Psychology, Liberty University. This research was supported by a Pell Grant given by the United States government. Correspondences concerning this article should be addressed to Beth A. Buser, Department of Psychology, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA 24515. E-mail: bbuser1@liberty.edu Questions and Answers If an individual wants to know where to find the official criteria for proper APA style, the best source to refer to would be the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition. This manual provides in depth information on the proper ways to construct documents in writing which includes the structure, the style, and citing all sources properly in text or via a reference page. The manual also provides numerous examples for each form of documentation as well as detailed examples of structure for publication. There are five levels of headings used in the APA manuscript format. A level one heading is presented by centering the heading in bold face type while using upper and lowercase letters. A level two heading is presented by aligning the heading flush to the left margin and typing the letters in bold face type while using upper and lowercase letters. A level three heading is presented by indenting the heading and typing the letters in bold face type while using a lowercase paragraph format and ending the heading with a period. A level four...
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...Guidelines to APA Style Paper Writing The American Psychological Association publication manual started out as an article in 1929. Since then it has been sculpted to advance scholarship through setting standards for scientific communication. The creators managed to establish a style of writing that would uniform the many components of scientific writing to increase reading comprehension. Since then the APA style has grown from a simple set of style rules to an authoritative source on all aspects of scholarly writing. The rules are drawn from a vast amount of psychological literature. The sixth edition was the most recently published APA manual, it is a condensed manual of over 30 years of editing and adding rules to continue the advancement of scholarship. This paper will discuss the information found between two YouTube videos explaining the setup of APA style. Page Settings Before beginning a paper in APA style, it is best to insure all page settings are correct. Selecting you margins always a good place to start, according to the manual the margins must be 1-inch margins. This is the normal setting in the margins section of Microsoft Word (Taylor, 2009). Now you want to make sure your font is setup properly; the font should be Times New...
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...Following APA 6th Edition Formatting Style Johanna P. Bishop Wilmington University The Basics of Formatting a Paper in APA 6th ed. Style Introduction In order for a paper to be perfectly formatted in accordance to APA style requirements, the paper must follow certain conventions. The basic conventions include making sure that specific rules are followed regarding margins, spacing, in-text citations and formatting the cover and reference pages. Understanding what these conventions are and how to follow them will help students to properly format their papers in APA style. This paper has been formatted in APA style so that it serves as an example of what properly formatted APA style papers look like. Basic APA Conventions The most basic convention in following APA formatting is to use a one inch margin all around for the paper. Students should pay attention to what version of Microsoft office they use as the older version has set the left and right default margins to 1.25 inches while the top and bottom margins are set to one inch. That means students will have to manually adjust the margins to one inch all around. Newer versions of Microsoft Word have set the default margins to one inch all around. Preferred Font Another basic element of APA style papers is the font used. The preferred font style is Times Roman 12 point font. Since the default font for MS Word 2007 is Calibri, students will need to reset the default font on MS Word 2007. Students using older versions...
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...Course Number: Course Name Term Month and Year Title of your Paper in Upper and Lower Case (Centered, not Bold) Type your introduction. Although the first paragraph after the paper title is the introduction, no heading labeled Introduction is used. Refer to your assignment guidelines for the headings to be used for the body of the paper. See the APA file in Doc Sharing for additional resources. Level 1 Paper Heading (Bold and centered) Begin to type the body of your paper here. Use as many paragraphs as needed to cover the content appropriately. Level 2 Heading (if required) (Bold and starts at left margin) Type additional content here. Next Level 2 Heading Continue to add support for your purpose. Next Level 1 Heading Use as many headings as necessary to organize your paper. Short papers may only have first-level headings. Longer papers may require more organizational detail. See your APA manual for instructions on formatting multiple levels of headings. Conclusion Papers should end with a conclusion or summary. The assignment directions will specify which is required. It should be concise and contain little or no detail. No matter how much space is left on the page, the references always start on a separate page (insert a page break). References (centered, not bold) Type your references in alphabetical order here using hanging indents. See your APA Manual and the resources in your APA folder in Doc Sharing for reference...
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...APA Format and Style Checklist Page 1 of 3 APA Format and Style Checklist General Guidelines Font Style must be Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier New. Font size is 12-point. Page Headers Identify each page with the page number placed in the header at the right margin. Use a running head at the left margin of the header if your instructor requires it or if you are a doctoral student. Use the header feature in Microsoft® Word to set the page number and to add the running head if one is included. If the running head is not used, a shortened version of the title should be included in the header. Title Page The title is in uppercase and lowercase letters, centered between the left and right margins, and positioned on the upper half of the page. Center the following elements on the page in this order: Title of paper in mixed uppercase and lowercase letters Your first and last name without including academic or license information, such as BSN or RN Course abbreviation and number Due date, including the month, day, and year Instructor’s name Main Body of the Text Margins All margins must be 1 inch, per University of Phoenix Writing and Style Guidelines. Page Numbers Page numbers must be 1 inch from the right edge, between top edge and first line of text on all pages. Abstract http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/gen200/week_2/gen200_2.01_attachment_apa_format_checklist.htm 5/4/2010 APA Format and Style Checklist ...
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...PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE: LEGALITY AND MORALITY Wednesday - May 8th, 2002 By Martin Levin, 107 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-497-6828 mlevin@levinlaw.com On Sunday, June 21, 1992, Jennifer Cowart, age thirty-two, and her brother George Kowalski, age twenty-eight, traveled to Pensacola Beach, Florida, for a day of relaxation. At the end of the day, Jennifer and George were heading back to their vehicle when Jennifer noticed a go-kart track. The two entered the track, bought tickets, and began riding. Within one minute, Jennifer’s go-kart bumped into one of the side guardrails, flipped on its side, and burst into flames. Jennifer was seat-belted in the go-kart and could not get out. George tried to run into the fire to save his sister, but the flames were too intense. Bystanders attempted to use a fire extinguisher, but it did little to lessen the inferno. Jennifer was trapped in the burning go-kart for two minutes when her seat-belt finally burned through and she fell to the ground. George grabbed his sister and pulled her away from the fire. Jennifer was alive. She was lying on the asphalt alert, oriented, and coherent. She had suffered 3rd and 4th degree burns covering ninety-five percent of her body. She was suffering the worst pain imaginable. At the scene, Jennifer begged the rescue personnel to “let me die.” Instead, Jennifer was flown to a burn center in Mobile, Alabama, where she remained for one year until she was overcome by an infection...
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...Citing Sources using APA ITT Tech American Psychological Association (APA) is used at many institutions for essay writing. Although essays are less formal, using APA style to cite research in an essay will not only give your essay credibility, but will allow readers to look up the original sources if they are interested in more information. APA style is not difficult to master, but it takes practice and patience to learn some of the intricacies. The most important reason for citing sources is to prevent plagiarism. Plagiarism which is the uncredited use (both intentional and unintentional) of somebody else's words or ideas (Purdue, 2014). A charge of plagiarism can have severe consequences, including expulsion from a university or loss of a job, not to mention a writer's loss of credibility and professional standing. When citing Use the author-date method of citation when referring to research in the text. For a single author of an article or book, cite the year in parentheses if you name the author in the text. For example: According to Grucza (2010), those with a family history of alcoholism are more at risk for obesity(Cort D, 2014). In addition, if you are summarizing research you should cite both the author name and the date in parentheses. For instance, Recent research suggests that those with a family history of alcoholism are more at risk for obesity (Grucza, 2010). Moreover, everyone must cite both authors' names in your essay every time you refer to their...
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...References Timothy A Judge, Chad A Higgins, Carl J Thoresen, Murray,R.Barrick. (1999). The big five personality traits, general mental ability, and career success across the life span. Personnel Psychology, 52(3), 621-652. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/220148920?accountid=12085 TOK, S., & MORALI, S. L. (2009). TRAIT EMOTIONAL INTELLIENGENCE, THE BI FIVE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER CANDIDATES. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 37(7), 921-931. Datu, J. A. D. (2012). PERSONALITY TRAITS AND PATERNAL PARENTING STYLE AS PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF CAREER CHOICE.Academic Research International, 3(1), 118-124. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1266030485?accountid=12085 There are five basic categories of personality; psychologists have referred to it as the “Big 5” personality traits. These five traits consist of agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, and neuroticism. Judge and Higgins (1999) conducted a study researching the similarities of the big five personality traits and the general mental abilities and success in careers. It seems that when talking about career success the three most talked about traits out of the big five are extraversion, neuroticism, and conscientiousness. They found that when extraversion is brought up it consists of having an abundant social ability, however as Watson and Clark (1997) commented defining them as being “more...
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...and the remaining words are lowercase. Example: Experiment 1: An Interview Validation Study External Validation Method. Participants. Sleep-deprived group. Selecting headings (use in the order delineated): If only one level heading is required, then use LEVEL 1. If two levels are required, then use LEVEL 1 and LEVEL 2 headings. If three levels are required, then use LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2 and LEVEL 3. If four levels are required, then use LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3 and LEVEL 4. For a five level extended paper, use LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3 and LEVEL 4, LEVEL 5. Regardless of the number of levels of subheading within a section, the heading structure for ALL sections follows the same top-down progression. Each section starts with the highest level of heading, even if one section may have fewer levels of subheading than another section. For example, the Method and Results sections of a paper may each have...
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...Summary of Service Quality and Patient-Centered Care SO and SO Such and Such University Nurs2263-04 Summary of Service Quality and Patient-Centered Care Quality patient centered care is vital to a hospital or clinic’s ability to treat whole patients. Dabney and Tzeng (2013) address the necessity to implement patient-centered care into clinic and hospital settings. The article clarifies what patient-centered care and service quality is by consolidating many works and sighting benefits medical professionals can observe in their practice. Dabney and Tzang (2013) highlight the importance, sighting the Department of Heath and Human Services heads (2011), urging health care providers to improve their overall quality of health care by making it more patient centered. Patient-centered care, or person-centered care, refers to the therapeutic relationship between health care providers and recipients of health care services, with emphasis on meeting the needs of individual patients (Dabney and Tzang 2013). This process allows the patient to become a more active part of the healing process. By implementing a patient-centered approach a health care provider will increase quality of services offered and also better educate patients in disease prevention (Dabney and Tzang 2013). Moreover, a patient will be more willing to communicate with the clinical staff if they feel they are being cared for in a personalized way. Communication between provider...
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...1. Provide an APA style reference for the article. Righarts, S., O'Neill, S., & Zajac, R. (2013). Addressing the negative effect of cross-examination questioning on children's accuracy: Can we intervene? Law and Human Behavior, 37 (5), 354-365. doi:10.1037/lhb0000042 2. What was the purpose or goal of the study presented in the article? The purpose of this study was to figure out if preinterview interventions could improve children’s accuracy when being crossed examined. 3. What did the researcher(s) hypothesize or expect to find in their study? The researchers expected to find that the older children’s cross-examination performance would be better than the younger children’s performance. They also expected to find that children who...
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