Fifth week
Agenda:
1.Greetings
2. APA standards
3. Practice
APA standards
Order of Pages
All papers, including student papers, generally include a title page, text, and references. They may include additional elements such as tables and figures depending on the assignment. Student papers generally do not include an abstract unless requested.
Arrange the pages of an APA Style paper in the following order:
- Cover page
- abstract
- text
- references
- footnotes
- tables
- figures
- appendices
Margins
Use 1-in. margins on every side of the page for an APA Style paper.
Line Spacing
In general, double-space all parts of an APA Style paper, including the abstract; text; block quotations; table and figure numbers, titles, and notes; and reference list
Paragraph Indentation
Indent the first line of each paragraph of text 0.5 in. from the left margin. Use the tab key or the automatic paragraph-formatting function of your word-processing program to achieve the indentation (the default setting is likely already 0.5 in.). Do not use the space bar to create indentation.
Section labels
Section labels (e.g., "Abstract," "References") should be centered (and bold)
Title Page Format
- 12-point Times New Roman
- • placement: first page of the paper
- Content:
- • title, author name(s)
- School course name and number
- instructor name
- assignment due date
- positioned in the upper-middle of the page (3 or 4 lines below the top of the page) ° centered ° double-spaced ° not bold or italic, except for the paper title
- each element placed on a separate line ° no extra lines added between elements
- header: page number (starting at 1) in the top right corner inserted using the automatic page numbering function of your word-processing program
- °
no running head
