Week 4 Assignment 2 – TA
You’re the Editor
The APA Publication Manual is an essential reference guide for all students and practitioners in the social and behavioral sciences. The purpose of this Discussion is to assist you in becoming familiar with and applying key parts of the manual. For this Discussion, you will play the role of an editor who must provide feedback to the writer, identifying and correcting flaws in the writer’s use of citations, quotes, and references. How would you make the writer’s work reflect the language of the profession?
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
To prepare for this Assignment:
- Review the “Assignment Sheet: Social Change†document (located in this week’s Learning Resources area) that includes quotes, paraphrased information, and reference information without format. Use this document to complete your Assignment.
Assignment:
Complete the following steps to edit the “Social Change†excerpts:
Step 1: Use the “Assignment Sheet: Social Change†document to edit each excerpt. This document is found in the Learning Resources. Please use your best effort to make your edits within the document.
Step 2: Referring to Chapter 8 and 9 of the APA Publication Manual, revise the paragraph in correct APA format, rewriting the citations, quotations, and references as necessary. Use the references listed for your paragraph number as your citation sources.
Step 3: For this Assignment, include the references for each paragraph are listed in the Social Change document. These references are not in correct APA format. Using the information from Chapter 10 of the APA Publication Manual, put the references for your paragraph in correct APA format.
Step 4: In addition and based on the information provided about social change as well as the topics you have explored in this course, explain how social change relates to the field of psychology. Provide examples.
By Day 7
Submit your Assignment.
submission information
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Rubric
PSYC_6002_Week4_Assignment2_Rubric
PSYC_6002_Week4_Assignment2_Rubric
CriteriaRatingsPts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent
20 to >16.0 ptsEXCELLENT – above expectationsPaper demonstrates an excellent understanding of all of the concepts and key points presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper provides significant detail, including multiple relevant examples, evidence from the readings and other sources, and discerning ideas.
16 to >12.0 ptsGOOD – met expectationsPaper demonstrates a good understanding of most of the concepts and key points presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper includes moderate detail, evidence from the readings, and discerning ideas.
12 to >8.0 ptsFAIR – below expectationsPaper demonstrates a fair understanding of the concepts and key points as presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper may be lacking in detail and specificity and/or may not include sufficient pertinent examples or provide sufficient evidence from the readings.
8 to >0 ptsPOOR – significantly below expectations or missingPaper demonstrates poor understanding of the concepts and key points of the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper is missing detail and specificity and/or does not include any pertinent examples or provide sufficient evidence from the readings.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting
5 to >4.0 ptsEXCELLENT – above expectationsPaper is well organized, uses scholarly tone, follows APA style, uses original writing and proper paraphrasing, contains very few or no writing and/or spelling errors, and is fully consistent with graduate-level writing style. Paper contains multiple, appropriate, and exemplary sources expected/required for the assignment.
4 to >3.0 ptsGOOD – met expectationsPaper is mostly consistent with graduate-level writing style. Paper may have some small or infrequent organization, scholarly tone, or APA style issues, and/or may contain a few writing and spelling errors, and/or somewhat less than the expected number of or type of sources.
3 to >2.0 ptsFAIR – below expectationsPaper is somewhat below graduate-level writing style, with multiple smaller or a few major problems. Paper may be lacking in organization, scholarly tone, APA style, and/or contain many writing and/or spelling errors, or shows moderate reliance on quoting vs. original writing and paraphrasing. Paper may contain inferior resources (number or quality).
2 to >0 ptsPOOR – significantly below expectations or missingPaper is well below graduate-level writing style expectations for organization, scholarly tone, APA style, and writing, or relies excessively on quoting. Paper may contain few or no quality resources.
5 pts
Total Points: 25
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