Overview
PURPOSE: Learning to use APA is imperative as you begin to write professionally. The following citation assignment was designed to give you a way to demonstrate your understanding of citing and formatting references correctly.
Skills: This assignment allows you to practice the following skills that are essential to your success in this course and in the degree advancement program (DAP).
- SLO 1: Writing in the Profession Students will demonstrate the ability to write effectively in the profession. Elements would include the ability to organize an argument, support the argument with high-quality relevant evidence, deliver it with good sentence structure and grammar, and cite and reference appropriately.
Knowledge: This assignment will also help you to become familiar with the following important content knowledge in Respiratory Therapy:
- Information literacy (i.e. ethical use of citations and references; choice of paraphrasing, summary, or quoting & distinguishing between common knowledge and ideas requiring attribution- AACU, 2013)
- The use of appropriate and relevant literature to convey an understanding of a particular subject and provide reference to high-quality sources that have contributed to the student’s learning.
TASK:
Please read the assigned article: Childhood Cigarette Smoking and Risk of COPD in Older US Adults.pdf and do the following:
- select a sentence to directly quote and properly cite within the text
- select a sentence to paraphrase and properly cite within the text
- format a complete reference per APA guidelines (this does not have to start on a new page for this assignment)
Submission Instructions:
Criteria for Success:
- This should be in 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins on all sides.
- Reflects guidelines for citing and referencing per the APA Manual 7th edition.
- Submit the assignment by the published due date.