Around the World in APA is a game designed to engage students visually and kinetically in the classroom while reviewing and strengthening their APA skills.
By Berrin Erdogan and Talya N. Bauer, Portland State University, Koç University. This module provides an introduction to industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology. I/O psychology is an area of psychology that specializes in the scientific study of behavior in organizational settings and the application of psychology to understand work behavior. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that I/O psychology, as a field, will grow 26% by the year 2018. I/O psychologists typically have advanced degrees such as a Ph.D. or master’s degree and may work in academic, consulting, government, military, or private for-profit and not-for-profit organizational settings. Depending on the state in which they work, I/O psychologists may be licensed...
This assignment asks students to take bibliographic data and generate a properly formatted APA citation. After completing questions #1-8, they are then asked to create 3 properly formatted in-text citations in APA style. Finally, they are asked to take the first 8 citations and turn them into a properly formatted reference sheet, attached to the end of the worksheet. Depending on skill level, the instructor may choose to allow them to use an aid (like Purdue Owl) to construct the citations or do them from memory. This assignment is best used to assess students’ understanding of APA and provide them with low-stakes practice of these formatting skills.