EDUC 401

APA STYLE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT



Prepared By:

Keshav Raj Ghimire




Assignment
Submitted to
Dhanapati Subedi
Course Facilitator ,EESD 401
School of Education
Kathmandu University



In the partial fulfillment of the course EESD 401, Study Skill and Academic Writing in Environment Education and Sustainable Development


Presented on 4th November,2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of contents i
APA STYLE in ASSIGNMENT 1
Introduction 1
Page setup 1
Page setup in APA style has following dimensions, which are separated in margins, paper size, paragraphs, general alignments, spacing and indentation 1
Margins 1
Paper size 1
Paragraphs 2
General alignments : 2
Spacing : 2
Indetation: 2
Heading for Assignment 2
Level Five: 2
Level One: 2
Level Two: 2
Sixth Edition of APA 2
Citation in TheText: 3
Citations in a Reference List: 3

APA STYLE IN ASSIGNMENT
Introduction
The full form of APA is American Psychological Association .This institution provides a lots of ideas and way to develop skill of students, researchers, planners, social workers etc, they should present their study, research, thesis, dissertation, assignments etc in a format. The APA Provides us a style of writing different proposals . American Psychological Association (APA) style is a widely accepted style of documentation, particularly in the social sciences. APA style specifies the names and order of headings, formatting, and organization of citations and references, and the arrangement of tables, figures, footnotes, and appendices, as well as other manuscript and documentation features. APA style uses the author-date style of parenthetical referencing, with such source citations keyed to a subsequent list of "References." Also known as the Harvard Style [1]. The APA Publication Manual provides basic guidelines for documenting both print and electronic resources. The section on electronic resources is updated and supplemented by the APA Style Guide to Electronic References (APA, 2007).
Here is a sample style of classroom assignment .
Page setup
Page setup in APA style has following dimensions, which are separated in margins, paper size, paragraphs, general alignments, spacing and indentation
Margins
(L=1”, R=1”, T=1”, other default) ,Orientation: Portrait,
Paper size
A4 size is appropriate size in APA style, this size has 21 cm times 29.5cm sized paper.
Paragraphs
Normal body text
General alignments :
font 12 pt, Times New Roman, Regular( No italic, no bold,no underline, Automatic colour).
Spacing :
before 0, After 0, Line spacing Double
Indetation:
first paragraph L=0, R=0, but other following paragraphs L=0.5, R=0 under the same heading heading.
Heading for Assignment
In an assignment more than three headings are not used. That mean three levels are sufficient for assignment .If three levels are sufficient level five, level one and level two are used. These levels have following measures;
Level Five:
CENTERED UPPERCASE HEADING, Before:0, After:36
Level One:
Centered Uppercase and Lowercase Heading , Before:0, After:12
Level Two:
Centered Italicized Bold Uppercase and Lowercase Heading, Before:12, After:6

Sixth Edition of APA
This handout is based on the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), but is not a comprehensive guide. For all rules and requirements of APA citations, please consult the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. APA requires that information be cited in 2 different ways—within the text and in a reference list at the end of the paper. The reference list should be on a new page, double spaced, and use the hanging indent method (all lines after the first one are indented).
Citation in TheText:
APA uses the author-date method of citation. The last name of the author and the date of publication are inserted in the text in the appropriate place. When referencing or summarizing a source, provide the author and year. When quoting or summarizing a particular passage, include the specific page or paragraph number, as well. When quoting in your paper, if a direct quote is less than 40 words, incorporate it into your text and use quotation marks. If a direct quote is more than 40 words, make the quotation a free-standing indented block of text and DO NOT use quotation marks.

Citations in a Reference List:

In general, references should contain the author name, publication date, title, and publication information. Include the issue number if the journal is paginated by issue.
For information obtained electronically or online include the DOI:
DOI - a unique alphanumeric string assigned to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location on the internet. The DOI is typically located on the first page of the electronic journal article near the copyright notice. When a DOI is used in your citation, no other retrieval information is needed. Use this format for the DOI in references. If no DOI has been assigned to the content, provide the home page URL of the journal or of the book or report publisher. Do not insert a hyphen if you need to break a URL across lines; do not add a period after a URL, to prevent the impression that the period is part of the URL. In general, it is not necessary to include database information. Do not include retrieval dates unless the source material has changed over time.