Analysis of APA Citation: Skills, Understanding, and Common Errors

This report analyzes the common errors in APA citation, focusing on the skills and understanding required for accurate referencing. It highlights the lack of knowledge and inattentiveness towards the details of APA citation rules, leading to frequent mistakes. The report discusses factors affecting understanding, such as intellectual misunderstandings and inefficient citation rules, and explores the impact of erroneous writing methods on citation accuracy. It also emphasizes the importance of proper referencing techniques and effective training processes to overcome these errors and improve the quality of academic writing. The study references Van Note Chism & Weerakoon (2012) to support its claims and provide a comprehensive understanding of the challenges students face in mastering APA citation.

Running head: APA CITATION
APA Citation
Name of Student
Name of University
Author Note

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Lack of Skills
Coping from any supplementary sources rather than original manuscripts causes
discrepancies (Van Note Chism, Weerakoon, 2012). The articles hence provide a detailed
explanation regarding the inappropriate knowledge and lack of understanding towards the
nuances of referencing. In this regard, it can also be mentioned that the lack of knowledge
regarding the proper method of referencing is also a result of inattentiveness towards the
details and the inefficiency of the teaching procedure. The first rationale points out towards
the failure of the students in acquiring sufficient knowledge regarding different methods of
referencing and citations. In addition to this, it can be said that the article also points out
towards the insufficient style of referencing that are often adopted by the students. Moreover,
the reading points out that the lack of willingness towards the careless behaviour of the
students towards following the rules and intricacies of the APA citation rules (Van Note
Chism, Weerakoon, 2012). Hence, it can be understood that the errors that occur in the
process of APA citations are due to the lack of understanding and eye for detail amongst the
students. The study hence focus on the primary problems of the APA citation process. The
study then shifts its focus to find the causes behind the lack of skills and understanding
regarding the misunderstanding of the citation rules.
Factors Affecting Understanding
Due to the intellectual misunderstanding, inefficiency in understanding the complex
citation rules, poor psychological imaging are some of the problems that are causing errors in
the citation process. The section hence focuses on the results that have been obtained from
the studies. It has been noticed that in most of the cases the students lack the understanding of
citation rules as a result of the problems that have been mentioned (Van Note Chism,
Weerakoon, 2012). It is also to be mentioned that the importance of understanding gaining

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the skills of APA citation process has been pointed out by the article. It can also be
understood that the errors occurring in the APA citation process is not only the results of lack
of understanding or skills of the students but also the mistakes that occur while writing.
Erroneous Writing Method
Mistakes in the writing process also occur due the erroneous methods of writing. It
has also been pointed out that the repossession verbal, grammatical rectifications and
capitalization of the headings play important roles in the process of citations. It has been
noticed that due to the wrong techniques that are taken up by the students, the chances of
mistakes in APA citations increase to a great extent (Van Note Chism, Weerakoon, 2012).
Many a times it has been noticed that the erroneous techniques that have often been adopted
by the students increase the chances of wrong and inappropriate referencing. In addition to
this, it has been noticed that if the sources that have been used while composing the paper
have not been referenced properly, the chances of erroneous in-text citation increases to a
great extent. In this regard, it can be understood that the primary focus of the article is to find
the reasons behind erroneous citations and effective training processes to overcome this
mistakes.

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Reference
Van Note Chism, N., & Weerakoon, S. (2012). APA, Meet Google: Graduate students'
approaches to learning citation style. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning, 12(2), 27-38.