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Instructional Design Plan: APA Formatting

Jeni Dulek

Trevecca Nazarene University

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Instructional Design Plan: APA Formatting

Utilizing the nine-step instructional design process outlined by Morrison, Ross, Kalman,

and Kemp (2013), an instructional design plan for an APA workshop for college students was

developed. This workshop addresses the instructional problem and learner characteristics

identified in the needs assessment, and follows a thorough task analysis detailing the knowledge

and procedures relevant to the instruction. The instructional objectives were identified and

sequenced, and instructional strategies developed to help learners benefit from the instruction.

The result is an organized and well-defined instructional design plan.

The workshop will address all eight instructional objectives originally identified, and will

include all instructional strategies listed in previous assignments. The instructional design plan

detailed here addresses two of the workshop’s eight objectives. These are:

Objective Domain Level Content Structure Performance

6. The learner will identify Cognitive Application Rules/Principles Application
the need to cite a source via
an in-text citation when
quoting the source.
7. The learner will compose Psychomotor Precision Procedures Application
an in-text citation for
information that has been
quoted.

In order to meet these objectives the following instructional design plan for a 90-minute

lesson will be used. It is based on Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction (Morrison, Ross, Kalman,

& Kemp, 2013).

Design Description Objective(s) Time Instructional Strategy Media

Sequence (Technology,
Worksheets,
etc.)
Gain Pre- 6 7 Present two situations where a Computer,
Attention instructional mins. student or practitioner used a Projector,
Strategy quote from a source: PowerPoint
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a. Excerpt from a paper slides,

where student was handout
found to have (outline of
plagiarized (quoted presentation)
material with no
citation)
b. Excerpt from a peer-
reviewed journal with
a quote and proper
citation
Discuss possible
consequences of failure to cite
quotes properly.
Inform Pre- 6&7 3 Present objectives verbally Computer,
Learners of instructional mins. and visually, while describing Projector,
Objectives Strategy how each applies to the PowerPoint
situations just presented. (For slides,
example: “You will learn to handout
recognize the need to cite a (outline of
source when quoting material presentation)
from that source, just as the
writer of the article did. This
will help you avoid being
accused of plagiarism and
dealing with the negative
consequences we’ve just
discussed.”)
Stimulate Pre- 6 5 Ask questions about previous Computer,
Recall of instructional mins. experience with citing and Projector,
Prior Strategy using APA: PowerPoint
Learning a. When do you typically slides,
quote source material? handout
b. How do you know you (outline of
need to include a presentation)
citation when quoting
a source?
Present Initial 6&7 15 Present the definition of Computer,
Stimulus Presentation mins. quoting a source: Projector,
Material • Information is PowerPoint
identical to the original slides,
source handout
• Copied directly (outline of
• Short word-for-word presentation)
portions
List rules associated with
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quoting:
• Must use quotation
marks
• Must directly credit
the author for the
quote using a citation
Provide example of quoted
material and in-text citation.
Demonstrate how to identify
author and generate the author
portion of the citation:
• Author(s) listed on
front of book or at
beginning of article
• Maintain order of
authors listed on
source
• In-text citations
require only last names
• 2 authors: Separate
with “&”
• 3-5 authors: List all
the first time, last 2
separated by “&,” then
after that, list only first
author and use “et al.”
• 6+ authors: List only
first author and use “et
al.” (APA, 2010)
Demonstrate and describe
how to locate the year of
publication for sources such
as journal articles, books, and
websites.
Explain that the page number
is required for citing quoted
material (APA, 2010).
Return to the example and
demonstrate the process for
creating it in a step-by-step
manner, describing the
process as each step is
completed.

Provide Initial 6&7 10 Display a book’s title page, Computer,

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Learner Presentation mins. photo of a page of text from Projector,

Guidance the book, and several PowerPoint
examples of a student’s use of slides,
that text in a paper. Ask handout
students to identify for each (outline of
example if the student needs presentation)
to cite the source or not.
For each example that
requires a citation, ask
students to verbally share
what information belongs in
each part of the citation using
the book’s title page and
photo of the text.
Repeat this procedure with an
article as the source material.

Elicit Generative 6&7 5 Display another book as a Computer,

Performance Strategy mins. source and ask students to Projector,
write down the correct in-text PowerPoint
citation. slides,
Repeat the procedure with a Student-
source article. provided
paper and
pens

Provide Generative 6&7 10 Have students trade papers Student-

Feedback Strategy mins. and correct each other’s. provided
Discuss questions and overall paper and
performance as a class. pens

Assess Post- 6&7 10 Provide a 4 question quiz Quiz

Performance Instructional
mins. assessing student learning.
Two questions assess
Objective #6 (the need to cite)
and two questions assess
Objective #7 (the mechanics
of in-text citations).

Enhance Post- 6&7 25 Assign small groups of Student-

Retention Instructional mins. students to each create a guide provided
and Transfer for citing sources when computers
quoting source material. The
guide should be 1 page and
should include instructions,
graphics, and examples.
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References

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American

Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological

Association.

Morrison, G. R., Ross, S. M., Kalman, H. K., & Kemp, J. E. (2013). Designing effective

instruction. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.