I do see a purpose in requiring the APA manual at the undergraduate level. In fact, we require it (as dept policy) in the first research methods course they take. They take 3 additional lab-based research methods courses (and 3 psych seminars with research papers) so it is important for us that they have the manual available. Yes they can find APA style info elsewhere and yes they can find the manual in the library but it is just so much easier to answer most APA style questions with "look it up in the manual that I know you have". I also assign the chapter on writing (which is pretty good) to students in my research methods in cross-cultural psychology class. The manual costs $20 so it is not a huge expense relative to their other books and it is a book that (in our major) they will need to consult in at least 7 of their classes. I figure that they should know one referencing style and since they are psych majors it ought to be APA style. Marie
Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor l Department of Psychology Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html -----Original Message----- From: Rick Froman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 9:40 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] APA Style Guide to Electronic References, Sixth Edition I'm no fan of APA (and I guess neither are many others given the recent drop-off in membership) but they did eventually provide replacements for the mistake-ridden 6th edition. I know because I received one. I do agree that there is no need to require the Publication Manual for an undergrad class. There are plenty of good online guides and, if a student eventually finds they need it (in grad school), they can buy it then (which might, by then, be the next edition). Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3519 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [email protected] (479) 524-7295 http://bit.ly/DrFroman ------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm still angry about the 6th. It was the first time that they had given me a desk copy -- in spite of the fact that I've sold literally tens of thousands of those manuals for them (by requiring them of my students for over 20 years) -- and it had hundreds of errors. Of course, they refused to replace it with the corrected version. >From now on I'm having the library buy it and making it optional for my >students. If they wish to buy it, they may; otherwise, they can use the >library copy or one of several on-line guides. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=18779 or send a blank email to leave-18779-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18782 or send a blank email to leave-18782-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
