For some persons, the APA documentation style can be challenging for many writers. The APA format requires a running header and page number at the top of each page. The title page contains the words “RUNNING HEADER” and the topic while the other pages carry the title of the paper. In addition, the APA documentation requires an abstract which sets it apart from other documentation style. The abstract gives an overview of the topic and the keywords. It is different from the introduction that follows. Unlike the abstract page, there is no subheading to offset the start of the introduction. But, Jeffrey Kahn points out that it is clearly understood as the content of the introduction is based on the explanation of the paper (Kahn, 2015). The introduction ends with the purpose of the paper and hypotheses. The in-text citations include the author’s surname and the year of publication and if there are direct quotes used, the page number is added. The reference list contains alphabetized listings of the sources used in the paper. Most importantly, the APA page does not carry foot notes or end notes.
Persons have different work ethics when it comes to completing assignments. Procrastination and lack of prewriting methods often have disastrous effects for a number of students. I often procrastinate when writing a paper as I work better when the deadline is almost at an end. This does not leave much time for doing additional drafting and in many cases I can only do one draft of the paper before the deadline expires. There is not much difference for the longer papers as I often reread the paragraphs as soon as I develop them and the draft only requires a minimum amount of additional material. Gardiner and Kearns suggest that persons who write before they feel they are ready are just as likely to produce creative ideas and “more productive attitudes and behaviors” Gardiner & Kearns, p. 250). The truth is that persons who put off their writing for long and short papers are procrastinating. Based on the Cognitive Behavioral Coaching method, persons can create an effective new outlook on writing when they pre-write as such methods leads to intrinsic motivations.
Reference
Gardiner, M. & Kearns, H., (2012) Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Coaching Psychology:
The ABCDE of Writing: Coaching high-quality high-quantity writing, International Coaching Psychology Review, Vol. 7 No. 2, The British Psychology Society, ISSN: 1750 – 2764, Retrieved from file:///C:Users/users/Downloads/ABCDE%20of20%writing.pdf
Kahn, Jeffrey (2015) Sample APA Paper for Students Interested in Learning APA Style 6th
Edition, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Retrieved from http://my.ilstu.edu/~jhkahn/APAsample.pdf
