Discussion Post A: You're the Editor
The APA Publication Manual is an essential reference guide for all students and practitioners in the social and behavioral sciences. The purpose of this Discussion is to assist you in becoming familiar with and applying key parts of the manual. For this Discussion, you will play the role of an editor who must provide feedback to the writer, identifying and correcting flaws in the writer's use of citations, quotes, and references. How would you make the writer's work reflect the language of the profession?
To prepare for this Discussion:
o View the video APA Citations Part I: The Methods to the Madness, and read the Study Notes from the Learning Resources.
o Become familiar with the APA Publication Manual; review Chapter 6, "Crediting Sources," and Chapter 7, "Reference Examples," and note their contents and the variety of topics covered.
o Review the "Assignment Sheet: Social Change" document (located in this Learning Resources area) for an excerpt that includes quotes, paraphrased information, and reference information without format.
o Review the Course Announcement from your Instructor about the peer-review process, and note the colleagues that you have been paired with.
With these thoughts in mind:
Complete the following steps:
Step i: Select one paragraph from the Social Change excerpt to edit. This document is found in the Learning Resources.
Step ii: Referring to Chapter 6 of the APA Publication Manual, revise the paragraph in correct APA format, rewriting the citations, quotations, and references as necessary. Use the references listed for your paragraph number as your citation sources.
Step iii: For this Discussion, the references for each paragraph are listed in the Social Change excerpt.
Discussion Post B: Peer-Review Process Feedback
In general, when one researches what helps students learn APA format, the sources usually suggest a lot of practice. You will be expected to put your main Discussion responses and Assignments in APA format in all of your graduate courses, so you will, indeed, get this practice. Peer reviews are also noted as one way to effectively receive feedback.
To prepare for this Discussion:
o Review the feedback that you provided and received for this Discussion Post A exercise.
o Reflect on the process of receiving, as well as providing, constructive feedback.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post an explanation of the process that you followed in order to provide feedback to your partner. What did you learn about APA format or the Publication Manual as a result of this exercise? Do you feel the references that were cited were scholarly sources of information for the paper? Why or why not? What did you learn from the feedback that you received that will improve your APA-format writing style?
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.