Leo (or others) Could you let us know what specific "glitches and inconsistencies" you have found in the new edition. Marie
**************************************************** Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm **************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Leo Standing [mailto:lstan...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:32 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: elan...@boisestate.edu Subject: [tips] Changes in the new APA Publication Manual, and one more Hi: One more point to add to Eric Landrum's useful list of changes in the new APA Publication Manual: the running head is now used to identify every page of the manuscript. No more 'short title' to accompany the page number! Note his warning that unfortunately there are some glitches and inconsistencies in the new edition. Leo Standing Leo Standing, PhD Tel: 819-822-9600, ext 2456 Psychology Dept (N.201), fax: 819-822-9661 Bishop's University, home: 819-346-1897 2600 College St, Sherbrooke QC, Home email: Canada J1M 1Z7 lstan...@netrevolution.com _____________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Society for Teaching of Psychology Discussion List [mailto:psychteac...@list.kennesaw.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Landrum Sent: July 15, 2009 12:10 PM To: psychteac...@list.kennesaw.edu Subject: [PSYTEACH] first look, new APA Publication Manual Dear Friends, I've had a chance to quickly read through the 6th (new) edition of the Publication Manual. Since I teach Research Methods, and since APA format is a big part of the writing instruction in this class, I thought it pertinent to look for new features and major changes from the 5th edition to the 6th edition. Below is just my 'first pass' through the PM. I encourage others to do the same. Please feel free to use and share as you like. Page Item of Interest p. 16 There is a new section included on self-plagiarism (see more in section 6.02). p. 20 There is a very helpful ethical compliance checklist provided. pp. 24-25 Author notes have changed significantly. Specific content in spelled out paragraph by paragraph on pp. 24-25. Author notes now appear on cover page (see p. 41 for an example). p. 30 In the Method section, greater emphasis on sampling procedures, sample size, and power. p. 34 Stronger preference for reporting exact p values with inferential statistical tests. p. 41 Keywords now appear with the Abstract, indented following the Abstract paragraph. p. 42 In the sample paper, the point is made that there is no capitalization in naming theories (see also section 4.16). p. 43 In a sentence where a colon separates two grammatically complete clauses, a capital letter follows the colon in the second clause. p. 43 The way section headings are presented has changed significantly. Headings are boldfaced (more about headings in section 3.03). p. 46 Example of reporting an F statistic with exact p value and effect size statistic. p. 50 Use of doi is more standard in Reference sections. p. 51 Articles with more than 7 authors use ellipsis in Reference section. p. 52 Tables can now be presented single-spaced (see section 5.08 for more information). p. 62 Levels of headings now use a combination of boldfacing, italicizing, and alignment (indenting, centering). pp. 70-77 There is a nice section on how to reduce bias in language use. p. 98 The Guide to Hyphenating Terms should be quite useful. pp. 138-139 There is an expanded discussion of the types of table notes that can be used. p. 171 When paraphrasing material, the use of page numbers in text is encouraged. p. 204 When providing the location of a published book, provide the state abbreviation, even for large cities (New York, NY). I already see problems for those of us to teach APA style to students. For example, some of the instructions in the manual conflict with the presentation of the sample paper. Also, even some of the examples are not similarly presented (i.e., tables). Like any change, we'll all figure this out eventually. Take care, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R. 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