Running head: RESEARCH SKILLS ASSIGNMENT
Research Skills Assignment
Dayle Lauren
Stenberg College
Study Skills
NURS 101-3 (B)
Marita Malloy
March 28, 2012
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Abstract
In preparation of further mastery of the American Psychological Associations’ APA formatting,
this Research Skills Assignment is comprised of the development of a title page, abstract and
references of five articles related to learning. This paper was formulated with the help of
PERRLA, a software based APA formatting tool. APA is the preferred formatting of research
papers for the Psychology field, and the PERRLA software offers constant updates to the APA
format that makes the use of this software an asset to the RPN student. References for this
assignment were gleaned from the EBSCOhost and Medscape databases.
Keywords: APA, PERRLA, formatting, assignment
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References
Banfield, V., Fagan, B., & Janes, C. (2012). 2009-2010 Spacelabs Innovation Project Award:
Charting a new course in knowledge: Creating life-long critical care thinkers.
Dynamics, 23(1), 24-28.
Friedlander, M. et al. (2011, April). What can medical education learn from the neurobiology of
learning? Academic Medicine, 86(4), 415-420.
Kowalcyzk, N. (2011, November). Review of teaching methods and critical thinking skills.
Radiologic Technology, 83(2), 120-130.
Mann, J. (2012, January). Critical thinking and clinical judgment skills development in
baccalaureate nursing students. The Kansas Nurse, 87(1), 26-31.
Stokowski, L. (2011, January). Overhauling nursing education. Medscape Nurses. Retrieved
March 26, 2012 from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/736236.
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Grade
18.00 / 20.00
Graded on Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 5:26 PM
Graded by
Marita Molloy
Nice work Dayle!
There's an extra space under the title of Abstract. Only double space the entire
content of your abstract page.
Your first four references are incomplete as they neither contain the doi nor url.
When citing references you are to provide the doi if available. For instance:(this
example should have a hanging indent).
Boulton-Lewis, G. M. (2010). Education and learning for the elderly: why, how,
what. Educational Gerontology, 36, 213-228. doi:10.1080/03601270903182877
Feedback
comments
When there is no DOI for a chosen article, click on the EBSCOhost 'Permalink' to
provide the URL:
Johnson, Malcolm L. (1995) Lessons from the Open University: Third-age learning.
Educational Gerontology, 21(5). Retrieved from
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct
=true&db=pbh&AN=9508090092&site=ehost-live
The reader requires the direct URL to take them to the article. f you are not using
EBSCOhost, copy and paste the url from your browser and state 'Retrieved from' as
in the example above.
When a citation includes a digital object identifier (DOI), no further retrieval
information is needed. When a DOI is not available, and a URL is included, do not
include retrieval dates unless the source material may change over time (e.g., wikis).
(and just so you're aware, only the Title Of Your Paper, Your Name and Stenberg
College is now required on the title page as per the updated Stenberg College APA
brochure).
I hope this feedback is helpful. Good work.
Bravo Dayle!