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There are three options for placing citations in APA format: idea-focused, researcher-focused, and chronology-focused. | There are three options for placing citations in APA format: idea-focused, researcher-focused, and chronology-focused. | ||
Idea-focused: | |||
Place the author(s) and date(s) in parentheses at an appropriate place in or at the end of a sentence. | |||
Example: | |||
Researchers have studied how children represent mathematical problems (Alibali, Phillips, & | |||
Fischer, 2009; Siegler, 1976). | |||
Researcher-focused: | |||
Place only the date in parentheses. | |||
Alibali, Phillips, and Fischer (2009) asked, “Did the participants adopt the taught strategies?” | |||
(p. 96). | |||
Chronology-focused: | |||
Integrate both the author and date into your sentence. | |||
Example: | |||
In 2009 Alibali, Phillips, and Fischer reported that third- and fourth-grade students improved their problem representation when they were taught the equalize strategy but did not improve their problem representation when they were taught the add-subtract strategy. | |||
Citing Sources: | |||
Within a paragraph, omit the year in citations after the first one if no confusion with other studies will result. | |||
Example: | |||
Fisher (1999) administered a questionnaire . . . Fisher's results indicated . . . | |||
[new paragraph] The questionnaire administered by Fisher (1999) was used by . . . | |||
Sources with 1 or 2 authors: | |||
Cite name(s) in first and all subsequent citations | |||
Example: | |||
(Carter & Dunbar-Odom, 2009) | |||
Carter and Dunbar-Odom (2009) | |||
=== Endnotes === | === Endnotes === | ||