American Psychological Association Format Research Articles

Watching Screencasts Help Students Learn APA Format Better Than Reading the Manual

Improving students’ knowledge and application of American Psychological Association (APA) formatting rules typically involves spending class time reviewing or practicing these rules. Screencasts (narrated lectures with real-time screen capture) can reduce the time professors devote to teaching APA format. In addition to imparting rules, screencasts illustrate how to implement rules in a digital environment. Across two experiments, we examined whether screencasts effectively taught students how to generally set up a paper and a title page in APA format. Compared to students who accessed the APA Manual, students who viewed screencasts demonstrated significantly greater gains in knowledge and corrected more errors in a digital environment. When technological demands were higher, students found the screencasts more informative, interesting, and useful than the APA Manual.

Design and Validation of a Rubric to Assess the Use of American Psychological Association Style in scientific articles

In this study, the researchers will explore the process of designing and validating a rubric to evaluate the adaptation of scientific articles in the format of the American Psychological Association (APA). The rubric will evaluate certain aspects of the APA format that allow authors, editors, and evaluators to decide if the scientific article is coherent with these rules. Overall, the rubric will concentrate on General Aspects of the article and on the Citation System. To do this, 10 articles that were published within 2012–2016 and included in the Journal Citation Report will be analyzed using technical expertise. After doing 5 pilot studies, the results showed the validity and the reliability of the instrument. Furthermore, the process showed the evidence of the possibilities of the rubric to contribute to uniform criteria that can be used as a didactic tool in different scenarios.

Graduate ethics education: A content analysis of syllabi.

Ethical practice of psychology is emphasized by American Psychological Association (APA) accreditation requirements. The current study is a content analysis of 53 ethics course syllabi from all APA accredited programs listed in the American Psychologist 2011 annual report. This article is a companion to Domenech Rodriguez et al. (2014, pp. 241–247) and contributes knowledge on the current state of graduate ethics education. Of the parent project respondents (n 364), 14% returned syllabi for the present study. General information (e.g., objectives, honor code, academic honesty, common policy, and classroom expectations), assignments, APA format, and teaching sources were coded. Coding of objectives were developed from McKeachie and Svinicki’s (2011) definition and de las Fuentes, Willmuth, and Yarrow’s (2005) conceptualization of specific objectives (awareness, skill, and knowledge). A little more than half (56.6%) of syllabi stated clear objectives, only 52.8% covered academic honesty, and 16 (30.2%) did not include a section to address accommodations for students with disabilities. Most syllabi used APA format to cite sources, however most sources used were 5 years or older. Overall, syllabi were quite varied in the information they included. Greater consistency in syllabus content would make future evaluations on the state of graduate ethics education more accurate. Recommendations for observational and self-report alternatives are also presented.

A Writing Intensive Introductory Course for RN to BSN Students

This article describes learning strategies used with RN to BSN students in their 1st nursing course to successfully learn how to write formal papers using the American Psychological Association (APA) format. This 1st nursing course, a writing intensive, requires 4 short papers with self, peer, and teacher critiques and opportunities to rewrite. Students learn the style of professional nursing discourse, mastery of APA format, and development of additional skills in following directions and in critiquing their own work. An additional benefit is to enhance learning about professional nursing topics. By mastering writing skills in this initial course, students are able to successfully complete writing assignments in future courses and, in some cases, move on to publication.

Mastering the APA Style of Referencing with Ease

The American Psychological Association's (APA) style of citation and referencing is very highly sought after, being very popular. Students and lecturers in tertiary institutions whose areas of specialization are in Education and the Social and Behavioural Sciences are required to apply the APA style whenever they submit their projects and papers. However, due to the fact that the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is very hard to access in Nigeria and other African countries, many students, lecturers and other writers besiege their colleagues with questions on the correct way to use the APA format. Those faced with requests for help often do not have ready and satisfactorily answers for their enquirers. It is in an effort to alleviate this problem to some extent that the author of this article has documented a panoptic, albeit common sense, way to help the reader master the major rules of APA referencing style. Keywords : American Psychological Association (APA); citing references in text; guidelines for referencing; journal articles; mastering APA style; The Nigerian Journal Of Guidance And Counselling Vol. 12 (1) 2007 pp. 27-38

Publication Practices of English Language Occupational Therapy Journals

The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics and publication practices of English language occupational therapy journals. An adapted version of the Survey of Editors Regarding Publishing Practices was posted to the editors of English language occupational therapy journals (n = 14) in September 2001. The response rate was 92.9% (n = 13). Journals were published on average 4.77 times per year and comprised 89% text and 10% advertising. The preferred average length of manuscripts was 20 pages using American Psychological Association format. The average acceptance rate of unsolicited manuscripts was 46.6%. All the journals were peer-reviewed publications and 80% were research oriented. The most frequently cited reasons for rejection of manuscripts were methodology problems, poorly developed idea, poorly written and data interpretation problems. The professional focus of published manuscripts was on research and the clinical foci were on paediatrics, gerontology and physical medicine. The study concludes that there are a variety of publishing opportunities available to occupational therapists. It is essential that prospective authors consult the journal guidelines for authors, including the types of manuscript accepted.

The Leadership Quarterly Special Issue on Leadership, Self, and Identity

The Leadership Quarterly will publish a special issue on Leadership, Self, and Identity. The intent of this special issue is to examine the role of self and identity in leadership effectiveness. Topics that might be relevant to this special issue include follower self-conception and identity as a mediator of the effects of leadership, follower self-conception and identity as a moderator of the impact of leader behavior, and the influence of leadership on follower self-concept as an outcome in itself. Variables that could be relevant in this context include, but are not limited to, self-construal, self-categorization, identification, social identity salience, prototypicality, self-efficacy, collective efficacy, self-esteem, self-determination, self-regulation, and self-consistency. Both empirical and theoretical analyses will be considered for publication in the special issue, although the preference will be given to empirical research. Empirical contributions may concern studies in organizational, political, or other field settings, as well as laboratory experiments. It is anticipated that this special issue will be published in April 2005 with an additional issue being published if a sufficient number of high quality manuscripts are obtained. Both regular manuscripts (between 30 and 45 text pages plus references, tables and figures in length) and research reports (17 text pages plus references, tables and figures maximum) will be considered for publication. All manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the American Psychological Association format. Due date: Submissions should be received by the 1st of August 2004. Special Issue Editors: The editors for the special issue on Leadership, Self, and Identity are Dr. Barbara van Knippenberg (Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands), Dr. David de Cremer (Maastricht University, The Netherlands), Dr. Daan van Knippenberg (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands), and Dr. Michael A. Hogg (University of Queensland, Australia). Submissions should preferably be sent electronically, either in Word for Windows format or PDF, to BM.van.Knippenberg@psy.vu.nl. Alternatively, submissions should be sent in quadruplicate (4) along with a diskette copy of the manuscript (in Word for Windows format or PDF) to Dr. Barbara van Knippenberg, Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, van der Boechorstlaan 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Questions about this special issue, expectations, requirements, and the

Characteristics of occupational therapy journals of WFOT member countries: a descriptive survey

AbstractThere are many occupational therapy journals being published internationally, but little information is available about their characteristics. The purpose of this study was to gather relevant information about these journals. Examined are the journals' characteristics, the audiences they serve, the review process they use, the staff they employ, and the types of articles they publish. The study design was a descriptive survey format using an adapted version of the Survey of Editors Regarding Publishing Practices. Questionnaires were mailed to all the national occupational therapy associations that were members of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (n=44) in September 1992. The response rate was 86.4% (n=38).The survey results indicated that a typical occupational therapy journal was published six times a year, with 84% of it being text and 15% of it being advertising. In terms of submission of manuscripts, the preferred average length was 14 pages using American Psychological Association format specifications. Respondents indicated that, on average, occupational therapy journals received 33 manuscripts a year for review, 20 of those being accepted for publication with minor revision, five needing major revision and eight being rejected. Most occupational therapy journals indicated that they were peer‐reviewed/refereed publications. The most frequently cited reasons for rejecting manuscripts submitted for consideration for publication were: (1) content inaccurate; (2) content not important/significant; (3) poorly developed ideas; (4) methodology problems; (5) data interpretation problems; or (6) a poorly written manuscript. Most manuscripts published in occupational therapy journals have a clinical focus in the area of physical medicine or mental health. Results of the survey study are discussed and recommendations for future research are made. Copyright © 1997 Whurr Publishers Ltd.

American Psychological Association Format and Style Used by Journal of Christian Education from Volume 40

American Psychological Association Format and Style Used by Journal of Christian Education from Volume 40

American Psychological Association Format and Style Used by Journal of Christian Education from Volume 40

American Psychological Association Format and Style Used by Journal of Christian Education from Volume 40