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Learning ASA Style Citations
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Keywords

references
bibliography
in-text citations
writing in Sociology

How to Cite

Walters, Kyla. 2023. “Learning ASA Style Citations”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, June. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/learning-asa-style-citations.

Abstract

Students often take Sociology courses with knowledge of other disciplinary styles of citing source materials. This lesson highlights key differences between the American Sociological Association (ASA) style of in-text and bibliographic citations and the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA) styles. Materials...

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Details

Subject Area(s):
Capstone Courses, Other, Research Methods, Theory
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any

Usage Notes

USAGE NOTES


Advanced undergraduate courses for Sociology majors may require students to use the American Sociological Association (ASA) style to reference source material. Students often come into Sociology lacking prior experience with ASA style. Yet they usually have experience with APA and MLA styles. This lesson teaches ASA style through...

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Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

  1. Identify the basic components of ASA in-text and bibliographic citations of books and scholarly journal articles.
  2. Recognize style formatting differences between ASA, APA, and MLA in-text and bibliographic citations of books and scholarly journal articles.
  3. Apply ASA style when formatting in-text and bibliographic citations of books and scholarly journal articles.

Goal Assessment(s):

  1. 1) On the provided worksheet, students identify ASA in-text and bibliographic citations of books and scholarly journal articles.
  2. 2) In the papers students write later in the semester, they correctly apply ASA style to in-text and bibliographic citations of books and scholarly journal articles.
  3. 3) On quizzes, they notice the content and exact punctuation of ASA in-text and bibliographic citations of books and scholarly journal articles.

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