Deciding to go back to college after 20 years will be challenging, but achievable. However, having the opportunity to take an assessment test at the beginning will enable us time to work on our strengths, as well as our weaknesses. This type of test allows me to reanalyze the skills I have acquired through the years. Although I have gained strengths, my weaknesses have remained relatively the same.
After assessing each skill, critical thinking and reasoning, ability to focus on one thing at a time, writing, goal setting and retaining written info were ranked lowest. These findings can be critical to my success in this program and beyond. (Bethel University, 2014) The common theme I found in my weaknesses was the lack of reading.
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Writing will enable me to increase my speaking ability with my coworkers, as well as, others in my community, home, church and other organizations I may join.
APA or American Psychological Association, originated in 1929, established style rules to make writing more consistent. (Bethel University, 2014) It covers the uniform use of punctuation and abbreviations, the presentation of numbers and statistics, the construction of tables and figures and the use of in-text citations and references.
As a student at Bethel University, there are several challenges of utilizing APA consistently. APA gives acknowledgment to the source of the original information.(Bethel University, 2014) Also, it's a guideline for grading students' work submitted. Bethel University doesn't allow any type of dishonesty, for example, plagiarism. (Undergraduate Student Quick-Reference Guide, 2013-2014, p, 40) Earning an "F" on your assigned work, failing the course, or being expelled from the institution is a bit costly. Learning to cite and reference sources will be a great help throughout our journey while attending Bethel University Online
I agree with you, MLA was once upon a time the only style the I knew. I will be just like you always going to revisit the APA section in our library. I still hit some roadblocks but I would have to say our professor would be the best way to clear up all questions, or better yet lead you in the best direction to solve the issue.
Last year I was able to make strides in my writing ability, more so then I have in all of my previous years. I want to continue with that growth and show my ability to write proficiently. I understand the importance of writing is unimaginable. As a future engineer it's essential in order to persuade coworkers with my ideas and beliefs. Writing effectively also gives me the ability to discuss and argue my viewpoints in life. My main belief is in order to get better you need to practice more so I intend to write more stories and read more to strengthen my vocabulary. English is needed throughout all aspects of my life. It goes beyond just having a good mark in English
My English Comp 2 instructor Mrs. Begnaud (2018) stated, “Finally, we’ll begin discussing APA format…”.
In my own personal experience, this is the first class I have taken that requires APA formatting. I have taken several years of classes that require MLA layout, but none that required APA. I have to say that I find this very surprising seeing as I am and have been registered as a nursing student. As a nursing student, I would have expected to have seen APA type of structuring in most of my
The APA writing style is most commonly used to cite sources for psychology, education, and social sciences and is also the official writing style of the American Psychological Association. The General APA Organizational Guidelines are basic guidelines that explain how to write a research paper in the APA format. These guidelines ensure clear and consistent presentation of written material that differentiates from other writing styles because it concerns elements such as: Citations, punctuation, presentation of numbers, etc
It is good to know the difference between these two types of citing styles especially in college. There are not huge differences but you still need to know them. I have taken many different types of classes ranging from biology, sociology, psychology, english, and a variety of other humanities classes. In each class I have written two or more papers where I have had to use both APA and MLA formatting. You need to know both styles because depending on the teacher or professor you may have to use either one. This project
The LP1 Seminar Assessment emphasizes the importance of writing a proper APA style paper. One of the most important criteria for writing a good APA paper consist of organized ideas with proper research strategy, this is done by collecting data from other people or author to support main ideas. By utilizing proper references and sources, a writer would be able to support their main ideas or arguments, and are more convincing and reliable to those who are reading it.
If you don’t own the APA Style Manual, you should at least be very familiar with APA writing style requirements. A good resource is the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ TCU also has a writing lab (http://www.wrt.tcu.edu/default.asp?cat=staff&staff=11) that can be very helpful if you choose to access it as a resource. I expect writing to be well-edited and to align with APA style requirements. Editing well is akin to putting on a business suit for an interview. Poor editing is akin to showing up for an interview in cutoffs and a t-shirt with mustard stains—not impressive!
The citation style of the American Psychological Association, or APA, was developed by psychologists and business leaders in 1929 in order to establish consistent guidelines for documenting scientific writing (Bethel University, n.d.). The use of this style of documentation for Bethel students has many uses.
American Psychological Association (APA) format is one of the official styles and frequently used in citing the sources, which was developed to normalise scientific writing by behavioural scientists. There are few other writing styles as well along with an APA style. APA style has few sets of rules, which an editor has to notice while presenting the content.
Throughout this interview that was conducted with my brother I learned a lot of things about myself that I never knew before, which will certainly help me in the future when I will be applying for work or volunteer positions. According to my brother I have many strengths, skills, qualities, talents and things that I need to work on. During the interview with my brother he said that my strengths were hard working, considerate, easy-going, generous, responsible, patient, passionate, loyal, dependable and determined. I never knew I obtained half of the strengths he mentioned but when he did I was stunned that he thought all of this about me. I also notice that all of these strengths is important when applying to careers or volunteer work because a manager will want to hire someone that is hard working and
3- Bethel certainly brought us an enlightening exercise this time. I found that in the areas of “Critical thinking and reasoning” and “Creative problem solving” I graded out as a five, both from myself and Wanda: (Bethel University, 2014, p. 17). I always like to give the good news first. On the other hand, in the areas of “Reading” and “Time management”, I need a little work. Actually, I need more than a little work, I need an extensive remodel. Yes, this was unanimous with Wanda as well. However,I do not see this as a bad thing because the purpose of taking this test was to figure out my weaknesses as well as strengths. Now that I know what both are, I can get to work on the weaknesses. The first thing I am going to do is to practice
I think your way of ahead of game in our field if APA format comes naturally to you as writer you have already faced a giant in our field of writing. I think personally this one of my biggest issues ensuring my paper is formatted correctly using APA due to me having many years of practice using MLA format. I also believe I relate better to MLA format because it isn’t has strict and your able your owns works and personal experiences which is often how I get my point across to
American Psychological Association (APA) writing style exists for a reason and this reason is because writers' must give “credibility where credibility is due”(Walden Writing Center, 2015) . During my BSW program I learned this and also, the importance of integrity in college level writing. In my opinion, two aspects of APA that I think will not challenge me are direct quotations and listing references. I have to admit I prefer to quote intellecutual matter directly rather than, use paraphazing. I believe this is approriate to do if the quote you utilize is short and all of your agrguments regarding, the content of the quote, are your own ideas. Another thing that will come easily to me is listing my references. This comes easily to me because during my undergraduate education, I excelled in this area. The reason for this is because everytime I wrote a reference page I always refered to my courses APA manual.
APA stands for the American Psychological Association. It originated in 1929 when a group of scholarly men got to together and decided to come up with a set of rules to guide people and make it easier to understand scientific writing. Rules and guidelines for APA style are found in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. People who generally use this type of writing style include students and educators in social and behavioral sciences.