Adapted from the following sources: ASU College of Education Graduate Resources Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 1

 Margins: 1 inch around on all sides  Font: Serif fonts only – e.g. Times, Times New Roman, Courier; 12 pt  Line spacing: double spaced throughout  Word spacing: see § , pp  1 space after commas, colons, & semi-colons  1 space after period in name (A. B. Smith)  1 space after period separating parts of reference citation  1 space after periods in sentences in text OR 2 spaces when submitting for review / feedback 2

 Numbers expressing approximate lengths of time are written as words (see § )  Use zero before a decimal fraction (p. 113)  New ways to cite statistics and present tables (ch. 5) 3

 Different First Page Header Running head: SHORT TITLE ALL CAPS IN HEADER 1 Full Title of Paper: Sentence Case, Centered Left to Right Name of Author Author’s Affiliation Author Note Author note with more information about affiliation, research grants, conflict of interest and how to contact. No more than 50 characters Full title is centered and positioned in upper half of the page 4

Running head: CONDENSED TITLE  No more than 50 character title  Title is in all caps, Regular font, not bold  Left justified Page # right corner Title is centered  In upper half of pg  12 words or less  Double spaced  Upside down pyramid format for two lines Author’s name  On next line University Affiliation  On next line Running head: SHORT TITLE ALL CAPS IN HEADER 1 Full Title of Paper: Sentence Case, Centered Left to Right Name of Author Author’s Affiliation Author Note Author note with more information about affiliation, research grants, conflict of interest and how to contact. 5

Running head: “CONDENSED TITLE” left justified  Use Section 2 Header Format, to omit “Running head:” from the rest of the document. Page number is right hand corner in header, page number 2. Title “Thesis Abstract” or “Project Abstract”  Title case, centered, regular font, not bold  Differentiate between thesis and project Body of abstract begins on second line, left justified, not indented– see rubric for content  Double spaced  Limit one page – No more than 250 words Keywords – left justified, indented and the key words/phrases are in alphabetical order. “Keywords: action research, high school, peer coaching, writing workshop” 6

 Optional Section.  Follows Abstract Page.  Title, centered, regular font.  Text begins on 2 nd line.  Your choice of content, focus on acknowledging the people that provided you academic support. 7

Title: TABLE OF CONTENTS - Centered, in all caps Page # right corner Make 3 column table  Of 2-3 Rows  First Column includes:  Acknowledgements……  List of Tables………………  List of Figures…………….  2 nd Column = ………….  3 rd column = Page # Make 5 column table  1 st column = chapter titles, reference & appendices  2 nd column = subheadings  3 rd column = next level of headings  4 th column = …..  5 th column = page # SHORT TITLE ALL CAPS IN HEADER 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS …………………………………………………………………. Page ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………. 2 List of Tables……………………………………………………………………. 4 List of Figures ………………………………….……………………….………. 5 Chapter I: Introduction……………………..………………….…………. 6 Statement of the Problem …………………..……………………………… 7 Purpose of the Study……………………..……………………………… 8 Literature Review ……………………..……………………………… 9 Methodology ……………………..………………………………10 8

 Optional  This is a table of contents for your tables.  Item numbered, title, page number provided “Table 1: Title …………………………Page 15” 9

 Optional  This is a table of contents for your figures.  Item numbered, title, page number provided “Figure 1: Title …………………………Page 15” 10

 Use levels consecutively If your paper has three levels, use levels 1, 2, and 3  Use table to differentiate level heading formats Level of Heading Formatting of Heading 1Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading 2Flush Left, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading 3 Indented, boldface, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period. 4 Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period. 5 Indented, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period. 11

 Centered, regular font, title case  The Chapter Titles are not headings.  Do not use this as a level one heading.  The first heading of your chapter uses Level 1 Heading Format. 12

OUTLINE HOW IT WOULD LOOK IN YOUR PAPER I.Method a. First type i.Part One ii.Part Two b. Second Type i.Part One ii.Part Two II.Results Method In this paper I used two types of methods to figure out the results of my experiment. First Type: Sand Collecting The first type of method I used was the sand collecting method. Part one of the sand collecting method: collection. This part included collecting sand and putting it into giant buckets to be sorted by grain size. Part two of the sand collecting method: testing. This part included… Results 13

General format for long quotes (§6.03):  indented one-half inch(5 spaces)  do not use quotation marks  citation appears one space after last punctuation of quote Friedman (2006) draws connections between two seemingly disparate events: November 9 (dismantling of the Berlin Wall) and September 11 (attack on the World Trade Center). He believes these two dates represent the two competing forms of imagination at work in the world today: the creative imagination of 11/9 and the destructive imagination of 9/11. One brought down a wall and opened the windows of the world... [the other] putting up new invisible and concrete walls among people. (p. 543) 14

 Double Space.  Left justify the first line & indent the following.  Alphabetize all references. Periodical Example: Little, D. W. (200l). Leading change: Creating the future for education technology. Syllabus International, 15(5), Book Example: Anderson, A. B., Smith, S. D., & Jones, J. C. (1978). A distant mirror: The calamitous fourteenth century (3 rd ed.). New York, NY: Knopf. 15

 Optional  Headings: Label each appendix using letters. “Appendix A: Pagination”  Organize the appendices in the order referred to within the text of the paper. For example if you make reference to the Vocabulary Graphic Organizer and then a Survey, then Appendix A: Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Appendix B: Survey 16

American Psychological Association (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. APA Website:  Updated APA guideline notes on ELCSE website under Student Resources ( nes.pdfhttp:// nes.pdf  m m for a tutorial about APA Style  x.htm for a tutorial about the changes x.htm 17