APA Design Document 1
American Psychological Association Instruction
By
Russell Gremillion
Submitted to the Department of Graduate Education
College of Professional
The University of West Florida
In partial fulfillment of the requirement of the course of EDG6414
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Design Document
I.
Audience Analysis
Learners:
Most of the freshmen entering into college have little or no knowledge of
the American Psychological Association (APA) and its importance to
documentation of information sources when writing research papers. This
publication provides documentation for in-text citations at the point in the
paper where the information is presented and a works-cited pages t the
end of the paper listing all of the sources used in the papers. An APA
(American Psychological Association) referenced research paper, in short,
presents to your reader the results of your research, investigations, and
findings on your topic.
The scope of the learners is a culturally diverse group ranging from ages
19 to approximately 50 who are entering college with no prior knowledge
of the APA manual. The learners will have prerequisite skills such as
basic email, spreadsheet, and word processing software skills.
Environment:
This instruction can be done completely online. Computer requirements
include: word processing software and email program. The instruction
does not require the student to download any plug-ins.
Because of the limited resources regarding APA guidelines, students are
required to have access to a readily available APA manual know as “The
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5 th ed.”
Most college libraries have multiple copies of this manual for students use.
The instruction will provide examples of quotations but not exact
guidelines from APA manual.
The instruction will be is designed for a 6th grade reading level. The
students will be required to have access to a computer with internet
connection. It will probably take about 45 minutes to an hour to complete
the lesson. The assignment will then be graded and returned to the
student with feedback.
Instructional Needs
The desired outcome of this instruction is for the learner to gain an
understanding of the APA guidelines and how to properly document
citations.
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Through this planning and designing process, we will demonstrate to
students how to properly site publications using “The Publication Manual
of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed”. In part this will be
accomplished by sharing common tips and techniques as well as
commonly make mistakes.
As a result of this instruction, learner will be able properly identify and site
the different sources using the guidelines of the APA manual.
This instruction is designed for college students with little or no knowledge
APA documentation of information sources when writing research papers.
These students of this instruction will be guided through the basic
Instructions for citing print, media and electronic materials using APA
Format.
II.
Design Metaphor
This instruction will be presented in a professional interface. The student will be
able to either proceed through the course in a linear manner or follow their own
path by using the navigation buttons. The navigation bar is located in the left side
of the screen. All of these options mimic real world knowledge; therefore the
student should not need too much instruction on how to navigate through the
course. The student will be driven to complete the course by the scenario at the
beginning of the course used to grab and hold their attention. Upon completion of
the course they will be able to test their knowledge taking the final assessment.
The basic design of this instruction will center on the format of APA functions.
The instruction will be broken down into the different sections of citations as
shown in the following objective section. The lesson will consist of a pretest
before the instruction begins which gives immediate feedback and a self
assessment at the end of the 3rd lesson. After completing the self assessment
the user then moves on to the final assessment.
The instruction will include resources in which the student can use as a reference
when taking the self-assessment. The final assessment will be at the end of the
third section. The assessment will allow the student to identify the quotes within
the research paper, and then properly cite them according to the American
Psychological Association, 5th ed.
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III.
Outline and Objectives
Title: APA Introductory Guidelines Course
Section One
1.0
Citing Books
1.2
Citing Periodicals
1.3
Citing Electronic Sources
1.4
Citing Dissertations, Theses, and Practicum
Section Two
2.1 Citing Government Reports
2.2 Citing ERIC ED Documents
2.3 Citing Proceedings
2.4 Citing Legal Materials
Section Three
3.1
Other resources (interviews, films etc…)
3.2
Quiz
Overall Objective: Given a research paper the student will correctly apply
the various APA style guidelines
1.0
Lesson
Citing Books
1.2
Citing Periodicals
1.3
Citing Electronic Sources
1.4
Citing Dissertations, Theses,
And Practicum
Objective
Given a quotation
or from a scholarly
work, the student
will cite the quote
correctly using
APA 5th edition
style guidelines.
Given a quotation
from a scholarly
work, the student
will cite the quote
correctly using
APA 5th edition
style guidelines.
Given a quotation
from a scholarly
work, the student
will cite the quote
correctly using
APA 5th edition
style guidelines.
Given a quotation
from a scholarly
Assessment
Proper citation of
quote from a
research paper.
Proper citation of
quote from a
periodical.
Proper citation of
quote from an
electronic source.
Proper citation of
quote from a
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2.1
Citing Government Reports
2.2
Citing ERIC ED Documents
2.3
Citing Proceedings
2.4
Citing Legal Materials
3.1
Other resources (interviews,
films etc…)
work, the student
will cite the quote
correctly using
APA 5th edition
style guidelines.
Given a quotation
from a scholarly
work, the student
will cite the quote
correctly using
APA 5th edition
style guidelines.
Given a quotation
from a scholarly
work, the student
will cite the quote
correctly using
APA 5th edition
style guidelines.
Given a quotation
from a scholarly
work, the student
will cite the quote
correctly using
APA 5th edition
style guidelines.
Given a quotation
from a scholarly
work, the student
will cite the quote
correctly using
APA 5th edition
style guidelines.
Given a quotation
from a scholarly
work, the student
will cite the quote
correctly using
APA 5th edition
style guidelines.
dissertation etc...
Proper citation of
quote from a
government
report.
Proper citation of
quote from an
ERIC ED
document.
Proper citation of
quote from a
proceeding.
Proper citation of
quote from a legal
document.
Proper citation of
quote from
another source
other than ones
mentioned above.
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IV.
Instruction Analysis
Before the learners begin the instruction, it is expected they will be capable of
using the computer not only for the web instruction but also how to email and use
word processing and spreadsheet software. This web based instruction will guide
them through the process of identifying items in a research paper that need to
include a citation and properly citing them.
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quot at ions
taken from
Prop erly cit ing
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from an ERIC ED
documents
Prop erly cit ing
quot at ions t aken
from
p roceedings
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Prop erly cit ing
quot at ions
taken from a
Prop erly cit ing
quot at ions
taken from a
Begin
Prop erly cit ing
quot at ions t aken
from a government
rep ort
Prop erly cit ing
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from other
sources
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Prop erly cit ing
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dissert at ion
Finish
Design Strategy
Gagne’s Events of
Instruction
1. Gaining attention
Learning
Processes
Attention
2. Informing the learner
of the objective
Expectancy
Potential Strategies for
Constructing a Basic Website
To gain attention, the learners will
read the guidelines for basic APA
in the introduction.
The objectives in this course will
be given to the learner at the
beginning of each class meeting
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3. Stimulating recall of
prior learning
Retrieval to working
memory
4. Presenting the
stimulus
Pattern recognition;
selective perception
5. Providing Learner
Guidance
Assistant; encoding
6. Eliciting Performance
Retrieval,
responding
7. Providing Feedback
Reinforcement,
error correction
8. Assessing
Performance
Responding,
retention
9. Enhancing Retention
and Transfer
Retention, retrieval,
generalization
VI.
via face-to-face instruction or email
communication.
The instruction will stimulate recall
of prior learning by reviewing the
basics of APA style of writing for
publication
The stimulus will be presented in
the interface using publication
manual from American
Psychological Association which is
currently being used in writing for
publication.
The instructor will assist the
learner by guiding the learner
through the process of preparing to
write for publication using APA
style. The instructor will create a
display of a sample APA
publication to be viewed by the
learner.
The learner will be given the
opportunity to submit specific
questions regarding the content
and the self assessment.
Feedback will be given to the
learner via upon completion of the
final assessment.
As stated in above feedback will
be given to the learner via
feedback upon completion of the
final assessment.
The learner will have the
opportunity to use what is taught
throughout their career.
Evaluation Items
The instruction contains a pretest at the beginning of the course which gives the
user immediate feedback. At the end of lesson 3, the user is given the
opportunity to take a self quiz. After the self quiz then user then moves on to the
final assessment. The final assessment will consist of all the information the
student has covered throughout the course. The final assessment is multiple
choice questions relating to the material within the lessons. Once complete, the
user submits the answers to the instructor using the submit button at the bottom
of the page.
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Sample Questions:
1. Which is the correct way to cite an author in APA?
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a) Dan Seligson
b) Seligson, Dan
c) Seligson, D.
2. How do you write the date of publication?
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a) month, date, year
b) date, month, year
c) year, month, date