I am currently teaching APA Publication Style as a one credit stand-alone course. I am using Szuchman's _Writing With Style: APA Style Made Easy_ as well as the APA Publication Manual. The class meets for one hour a week. We have been meeting in the library where the students do the exercises in the Szuchman book. This week we will be in the classroom practicing doing references. In the second class meeting I demonstrated how to do a computer search of the literature (PsychInfo) and they had a week to turn in a minimum of 10 abstracts in an area of interest which will be used in a lit review due 10/31. They will then learn more about how to write research reports and write a complete report based on an observational study performed in the research methods class. So far, I think the class is going better than when it was part of the research class. The separation into a separate class seems to help keep on task.
Hank Cetola Department of Psychology Adrian College -----Original Message----- From: Claudia Stanny [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: September 30, 2002 12:39 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mastering APA Style I am interested in learning about the experiences of other instructors who have used or are currently using Mastering APA Style (Gelfand, Walker, & the APA, (2002). I am using this in a self-directed mastery instruction format in my experimental psychology laboratory (students work on their own and must score 85% or better on a unit exam to achieve mastery). I am discovering that my students are having more difficulty and are taking longer to achieve the mastery criterion than I anticipated. Some students have said that they wish this material were addressed in a stand-alone course. Has any one tried offering such a course? Thanks, Claudia Stanny ________________________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology Phone: (850) 474 - 3163 University of West Florida FAX: (850) 857 - 6060 Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Web: http://www.uwf.edu/psych/stanny.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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