Project Description
An Interactive Approach to Writing Essays and Research Reports in Psychology, 5th Edition
Burton
E-Text: 9780730389453 Textbook: 9780730389439
An Interactive Approach to Writing Essays and Research Reports in Psychology, 5th Edition is a writing guide that provides students an engaging, accessible introduction to the conventions of writing in the APA style. Its straightforward, user-friendly style provides a thorough overview and is suited for undergraduate students of any discipline who write reports and essays in the APA style.
Authored by the leading Psychology author and Teaching and Learning expert Lorelle Burton, it is a perfect companion to the author’s market leading best-seller Psychology, 6th Australian and New Zealand Edition.
Highly Commended at the 2021 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) for best
Tertiary Wholly Australian Teaching and Learning title (print).
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Logical sequencing
This text walks students through every step of the research process – how to prepare for the essay, how to research, how to write, how to follow the style guide and how to submit the assignment once complete.
Addresses the essentials
Sets students up for success by exposing them to the variety of essay and report styles they will be expected to write throughout their university career.
Skills-focussed
Helps students build the skills to do web research properly, and includes examples of good and bad essays and both quantitative and qualitative reports, with versions that have the errors marked up for comparison.
An Interactive Approach to Writing Essays and Research Reports in Psychology, 5th edition includes these key features:
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- Updated to match the October 2019 APA writing style in the Publication Manual of the American Psychology Association
- Updated examples of essays and reports
- New example of qualitative reports
| Table of contents | |
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| Chapter 1. Where to begin | Chapter 8. Reference list |
| Chapter 2. Writing in APA style | Chapter 9. How to end |
| Chapter 3. Critical thinking | Appendix 1 |
| Chapter 4. Essays | Appendix 2 |
| Chapter 5. Quantitative research reports | Appendix 3 |
| Chapter 6. Qualitative research reports | Appendix 4 |
| Chapter 7. In-text citations | |
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TextbookAvailable as a full colour, spiral bound and tabbed for simple navigation print textbook, this title is perfect for today’s students who appreciate a practical tool to have open whilst writing their assignments. |
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E-TextAlso available as an e-text for those students who prefer the flexibility of using the tool on their PC, laptop, iPad, Android tablet or phone. |