Academic Writing

Read the citations and determine which one correctly uses APA formatting.

• Shanihan & Lonigan support the use of Response to Intervention (RTI) for struggling learners (2013).

• Shanihan & Lonigan (2013) support the use of Response to Intervention (RTI) for struggling learners.

• Shanihan & Lonigan: 2013 support the use of Response to Intervention (RTI) for struggling learners.

• Shanihan & Lonigan support the use of Response to Intervention (RTI) for struggling learners.

Read the following text and determine whether or not APA formatting was used correctly: According to Elliot & Grigorenko (2014), "Individuals with dyslexia cannot be identified purely on the basis of their having an identifiable phonological or some other cognitive deficit."

• Correct

• Incorrect

The following text incorrectly uses APA formatting. Determine what is incorrect:

Learners with anxiety may exhibhit learned helplessness more often than learners without anxiety (Byrnes & Wasik).

• The citation goes at the beginning of the sentence.

• The citation is missing a page number.

• The citation should use "and" instead of the "&" symbol.

• The citation is missing the date.

Given the information below, determine which choice accurately uses APA formatting.

Authors cited for the SECOND time: Kate Cain, Donald L. Compton, Rauno K. Parilla

Date: 2017 Page #: 57

Direct Quote: Semantic information is most typically talked about in beginning readers as related morphological information contained in words.

• Parilla et al. (2017) maintain that "Semantic information is most typically talked about in beginning readers as related morphological information contained in words" (p. 57).

• Cain et al. (2017) maintain that "Semantic information is most typically talked about in beginning raeders as related morphological information contained in words (p. 57)."

• "Semantic informatoin is most typically talked about in beginning readers as related morphological information contained in words" (Cain, Compton, & Parilla).

• Cain et al. (2017) maintain that "Semantic information is typically talked about in beginning readers as related morphological information contained in words."

True or False?

You do not need to include the page number when directly quoting an author or authors.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Blogs are acceptable references to use in academic compositions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE?

Reading before writing is part of the planning stage of writing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE?

Copying and pasting another author's work is acceptable as long as you include their work in the reference list.

• TRUE

• FALSE