APA Citation Style Workshop

The APA Citation Style workshop provides students with a working knowledge of APA style, including how to correctly cite and identify souces both in-text and on their references page.

Introduction

  • To begin, we'll talk a little about ourselves at the writing center:  what we do and how we can help you.

Writing

  • Here, we'll ask you to get in to groups and come up with a definition for plagiarism.
  • We'll talk about the different views on intellectual property as it relates to plagiarism.
  • Then, we'll go over some different real-world scenarios and ask you to decide if plagiarism was involved in them or not.

Information on plagiarism

  • Here, we'll talk about the university's stance on plagiarism, according to the ombudsman.
  • Next, we'll talk about academic honestly
    • Attempting to do things ethically
    • "Ownership" of ideas
    • Respect for intellectual property
      • Buidlding off of others' work
    • Significanly original work that is uniquely your own

 Citing to avoid plagiarsm:  APA Style

  • Now, we'll talk about why citing is so important.
    • To credit the work of others
    • To establish your own credibility
    • To organize sources
    • To give context to writing
    • To add to the conversation in a field or community of scholars
  • Next, we'll talk about when to cite.
    • When someone else needs credit
    • When something is not common knowledge
  • Then, we'll talk about unintentional and intentional plagiarism.
  • Finally, we'll show you the basics of APA style.
    • Parenthetical citation: Author in context
    • Parenthetical citation: Author in citation
    • Paraphrasing and summarizing
    • Title page
    • Initial page
    • Reference list

Collaborative work

  • Now, we'll give you worksheets with examples of incorrect citation/integration into the piece of writing.
  • We'll ask you to find what's wrong and explain how to correctly cite or integrate the material.

Follow up

  • Finally, we'll ask you to discuss the severity of different types of plagiarism, including intentional and unintentional plagiarims, why they are equally a problematic, and the changing way people think of intellectual property.