APA Style format was established by the American Psychological Association in 1929. It is for the purpose of having a standard in writing research papers. There are several elements or parts of a manuscript in accordance to the APA Publication Manual. The following are their brief descriptions of each:

The title page contains the title, followed by the author’s name and institutional affiliation, then the author’s note, and must be double-spaced. The page starts with the header or running head accompanied with the page number which is located at the upper left and repeated in every page of the manuscript; it is left-justified and typed in all capital letters.

An abstract is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the article (APA, 2010). It briefly describe the rationale, hypothesis, method, important results, and implications of the research. Starting with the word “Abstract” centered on the first line continued with a single paragraph without indentions, and limited to 120 words.

The introduction starts by introducing the specific problem and its importance, then followed by the author’s discussion of reviews and critiques relevant to the problem. The reviews doesn’t necessarily have to be chronologically arranged, but should start in a general view then move to a more specific or advanced findings. Followed by the culmination of a statement of the hypothesis and how it addresses the problem of the research.

With no breaks at the end of the introduction, method follows. This section talks about how the research was done, containing all the details of the participants, materials, and the procedures. It starts with “Method” typed at the center of the first line. “Participants” then follows on the second line left-justified and italicized; typed in the participants are the details like number, special characteristics, method of participant