1. APA Guidelines Sixth Edition

2. APA Formatting Times New Roman 12 pt. Font Double Space Throughout (paragraph, Word) Arabic Numerals Only one-space after punctuation One-Inch Margins on all four sides All pages numbered

3. APA Sections Title Page Abstract Introduction Method Results Discussion References

4. Title Page (Pg. 41) Running head: Abbreviated Title (no more than 50 spaces) Title (no more than 12 words) Name Institution

5. Abstract (Pg. 41) New page “Abstract” centered at top (no bold) From this point forward, the running head does not have “Running head:” 250 word maximum No indent

6. Introduction (Pg. 42) New page Begin with the title centered Paragraphs are indented Longest section of the paper

7. Method (Pg. 44) Begins immediately after Introduction “Method” centered and bold “Participants” left justified and bold(no italics) “Materials and Procedure” left justified and bold (no italics) Paragraphs indented

8. Results (Pg. 46) Begins immediately after Method “Results” centered and bold Indent paragraphs

9. Discussion (Pg. 47) Begins immediately after Results “Discussion” centered and bold Indent paragraphs

10. References (Pg. 49) New page “References” centered and no bold! All references must have a “hanging indent”