This semester is actually the first time in my life that I have ever written a research paper. My first research paper was for my psychology class; in APA format. I was thinking, what on earth is APA and MLA. To follow through with this paper, I had to do a little research on my own about how to write a research paper. However, the online websites only gave me some of the basic details on how to write a research paper. When our psychology teacher provided us with a link on how to do intext citaions and and referencing, it seems pretty easy. I learned that you have to cite the page number and the authors and the end of the sentence in parenthesis and we have to give the full information the end of the page. The same goes for MLA, although the way you cite it is quite different; and that learn right her e in my English class. I have to say that even though I am not an expert on how to write a research paper, I would say that I have come completely far with this. I got the whole concept of in text citations, however, I get confused when it comes to citing website in between the sentences. The rest, with is the reference page is still confusing as well because you have to write the authors name, date, publication, title all in a different place. So yes I think I still need to work on that. I hope I become an expert on this by next semester because I know I will need this in the future. I thank my professors this semester for preparing me and giving me a jump start on how to write a good research paper.
-Thanks Proffesors. =]
Action research is often referred to as practitioner-based research as it involves practitioners, and is also known as self-reflective practice as it involves individuals or practitioners reflecting on their own work.
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