2017 TESU LIB-495 Choices

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I highly recommend that if someone doesn't know what scholarly writing is, review the APA examples on the Purdue OWL website. It gives great examples. Nothing should be in the first person. Everything should be cited properly -whether it is a quote, paraphrase or idea. I think Nina Haydel (the creator of the course) has written a good explanation on this. Your paper, aside from the intro and conclusion should include paragraphs where a quote or paraphrase is used in every single paragraph. No more than 10% of the paper should be quotes. Follow the module directions very carefully. They give you all the headings you need to use so make sure you structure your paper exactly as it says.

My personal opinion is that what you are being graded on is:
1. The proper use of APA style
2. The ability to adequately research a topic

The mentors seem to knock off more points for not following APA style than for anything else. Most students in my course indicated that when they had problems, it was always because they messed up on the APA format - either they didn't cite properly or they messed up their references. This especially was problematic in Module 2. So make sure you pay extra attention, especially on that module to your APA writing style.