Several students
have recently asked about how to best use their personal experience when
addressing areas in their projects or comprehensive exams.
1) Here are some
resources to explain citation vs personal experience in APA writing:
Chelsea Lee. (2011,
April 28). Can you cite personal life experience? [web log post]. Retrieved from
http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/04/can-you-cite-personal-life-experience.html
See Locating
Appropriate Source Material (Marek, n.d., pp. 3-4):
Marek, P. (n.d.).
The basics of scientific writing in APA style. Orange, VA: Worth
Publishers. Retrieved from http://www.worthpublishers.com/Catalog/uploadedFiles/Content/Worth/Custom_Solutions/Psychology_ForeWords/Marek_Ch04_APAstyle_Color.pdf
I use "personal
experience" and knowledge to establish the general framework of what I'm
writing. I then use that framework to define my literature review (research for
citable sources), which I use to confirm my statements (i.e., assertions and
declarations). Sometimes, I find what I believed to be correct, was not and need
to change my statement and line of thinking. Such a situation is exactly why
personal experience alone is insufficient, it must be corroborated or supported
by others. Despite what we've experienced we are not always correct or the best
authority on a subject.
2) The following
resources also provide significant APA formatting and writing
information:
Purdue Online
Writing Lab (OWL; this is a VERY good resource):
Angeli, E., Wagner, J.,
Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderlund, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May
5). General format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
APA Style Blog:
American Psychological Association. (n.d.). APA Style Blog. Retrieved from
http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/
APA Style
Homepage
American Psychological Association. (2013). APA Style Homepage.
Retrieved from http://www.apastyle.org/
-Brent
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