Research Skills for Developing Writers: Lesson 9 Pre-Reading Activity
An introductory guide to help multilingual undergraduate writers at the U develop their research skills.
Pre-Reading Opinion Poll
What do you think is the most difficult thing about creating citations?
Using correct formatting.: 56 votes (28.28%)
Using correct punctuation.: 12 votes (6.06%)
Knowing which information to include (e.g. names, titles, year, editions, etc.): 33 votes (16.67%)
Knowing in which order to put the information.: 26 votes (13.13%)
In-text citations.: 17 votes (8.59%)
Knowing how to to do APA style.: 24 votes (12.12%)
Finding information to help me cite correctly.: 30 votes (15.15%)
Total Votes: 198
Pre-Reading Video: Background Information
(Source: OWLPurdue. (2012, September 10). Purdue OWL: APA formatting: Reference list basics [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=HpAOi8-WUY4&list=UUgVqKEU_v6WXOSlgP440MPA&index=4 )
Next: How to be a Citation Genius
Subject Guide
Darby Fanning
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