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ASU College of Education standard

professional standard need to know when you

publish need for continued graduate

work

started in 1928 anthropological and

psychological journal editors met

purpose: to standardize publication formats

first guidelines 7 pages long

latest 6th edition printed 2009 summer

Margins: 1 inch around (Page Layout → Margins)

Font: Times New Roman – 12 pt. (Home → Font)

Line spacing: double spaced throughout (Home → spacing)

Correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure are essential components of scholarly writing.

Grammar Subject and verb agreement Noun and pronoun agreementPunctuationOnly one space or two are used after periods.

One space after commas, colons, and semicolons.

Capital izationUsed to designate proper nouns or trade name.

For example: National League for Nursing (NLN), University of Sharjah.

Numbers in textSpell numbers one through nine in the body of

the text. Use Arabic numerals to express numbers 10 and above.

First time you are using the abbreviation, spell it out.

University of Sharjah (UoS)------ First use UoS------ second use.

Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center

2009

Running head: SHORT TITLE ALL CAPS IN HEADER 1

Full Title of Paper: Sentence Case, Centered Left to Right

Name of Author

Author’s Affiliation

Author Note

Author note with more information about affiliation, research grants, conflict

of interest and how to contact.

No more than 50 characters

Full title is centered and positioned in upper half of the page

Go to the TOOL BAR

Select justification symbol Flush left style Leave a ragged right margin

Benefits Prevents plagiarism Gives credit to author Incorporates two types:

Direct quotationParaphrasing

Mirror exactly the original source Cite original source Vary with placement of quoted material in

sentence Consider the following when inserting a citation in

text: i . Author’s surname i i . Year of publication i i i . Page number in the original work.

Quotations of less than 40 words are enclosed in double quotation marks.

“__________________”

Form 1

According to Evans (2005), "between 70 and 90% of people with advanced cancer experience pain. Inadequate education of health professional in pain management is only one reason why clients suffer" (p. 1).

Form 2 Evans noted that "between 70 and 90% of people with

advanced cancer experience pain. Inadequate education of health professional in pain management is only one reason why clients suffer” (2005, p. 1).

Do not change anything in the wording of the quote

Do not forget to use quotation marks for a statement of less than 40 words

Do not forget to cite right after direct quotation Do not forget to include a page in the citation Do not use too many direct quotations in the

document

Are set in a block format without quotation marks. The block quote is started on a new line, indented five spaces.

Taylor (2008) noted important principles about academic writing:

Vigorous writ ing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary l ines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make

al l his sentences short , or that he or she should avoid all detail and

treat his subjects only in outl ine, but that every word tel l . (p. 120)

Allows the writer to use ideas and opinions of others.

Each time an author is paraphrased, the source must be cited in the text.

Page or paragraph numbers are not required. Such as: (Evans, 2005)

More than half of patients with cancer suffer from pain. The inadequate preparation of health professionals regarding how to assess and manage pain has had a major impact on patients’ suffering (Evans, 2005).

Choose the source as you write Write using your own words but not any of your

ideas Use a correct citation immediately after the

paraphrase or summary Use a correct reference at the end of the paper

References are listed on separate page Only citations that appear in the text should appear on

the reference page Everything cited in the text should appear on the

reference page. References are double-spaced, flush left with

subsequent lines indented 5 spaces

The Reference List

The purpose of a reference l ist is to help readers f ind the sources you used. Therefore, the reference l ist should be as accurate as possible.

Put references in order by the author’s surname, or f irst author’s surname if there is more than one author.

Components of a Reference 1. Is alphabetized by author’s name,2. Publication date in parenthesis,3. Title of the work, 4. Publication data

Authors’ names Publication year

Decker, S., Sportsman, S., Puetz, L., & Bil l ings, L. ( 2008). The evolution of simulation and its contribution to competency. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 39(2), 74-80.

Tit le of work Publication data

One author (articles & books) Two authors (articles & books) More than two authors (articles & books) Web site references Chapter of a book

Adams, B.L. (1999). Nursing education for critical thinking: An integrative review. Journal of Nursing Education, 38(3), 111-119.

Bevis, O. (1989). Curriculum building in nursing (3rd ed.). Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett.

Ferguson, L., & Day, R.A. (2005). Evidence-based nursing education: Myth or reality? Journal of Nursing Education, 44(3), 107-116. 

Huba, M.E., & Freed, J.E. (2000). Learner-centered assessment on college campuses: Shifting the focus from teaching to learning. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Black, P., Harrison, C., Clare, L., Marshall, B., & Wiliam, D. (2004). Working inside the black box: Assessment for learning in the classroom. Phi Delta Kappan, 86(1), 9-21.

National League for Nursing. (2003). Innovation in nursing education: A call to reform (Position Statement). Retrieved from www.nln.org/aboutnln/PositionStatements/innovation.htm

Blaxter, M. (1976). Social class and health inequalities. In C. Carter & J. Peel (Eds.), Equalities and inequalities in health (pp. 120-135). London: Academic Press.

Plagiarism: act of using someone else’s ideas, words, figures, unique approach, or specific reasoning without giving appropriate credit.

It’s a bad thing!

Academic Violations (UoS Catalog 2012) 3. Plagiarism: “Plagiarism is the act of stealing someone else’s

property and claiming it as one’s own. This property might be a paper, a book, an idea, a computer program, an experiment, an exam paper, an answer, etc. …a person caught plagiarizing or stealing will be subjected to the University’s code of conduct and will be punished accordingly”

http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm for a tutorial about APA Style

http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/whatsnew/index.htm for a tutorial about the changes

Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center

2009

American Psychological Association (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

APA Website: www.apastyle.org

Updated APA guideline notes on ELCSE website under Student Resources (http://www.aug.edu/elcse/ELCSE_APA_Guidelines.pdf)