I am a stickler for APA format in references. Watch every capital, period, comma, underline, parentheses, etc. Particularly, students often make mistakes when referencing an edited book chapter follow the format VERY closely. APA requires a cover page that has certain characteristics. When you find a citation of a study within another paper that you are writing, it s your responsibility to cite from the original study.
Students often have a tough time judging the research what kinds of opinions to state.
Most of the time, you ll want to talk about the strengths of the research, or collection of research, and what it is pointing to. But use tentative language because science is always a fluid process theories rarely become hard facts, they are either supported or unsupported by studies. Point out limitations too. Common limitations include things like, a small sample, a sample that can t be generalized to the general population or certain types of populations, problems with methodology, use of a lab so generalizability to the field is questionable, use of the field so control of spurious factors is questionable, only one or a few studies investigating the topic When writing papers that apply a theory and create an intervention, students often lose sight of the theory within the intervention. For example, if you re writing about and creating a behavioral intervention for children, don t suddenly add an insight-oriented exercise.