EDUC 850 Quiz

EDUC 850 Quiz

EDUC 850 Quiz: How to Locate and Identify Scholarly Sources

1. When searching for scholarly sources, which of the following items should you look for?
2. According to the American Psychological Association (2020), the _______________ is when a potential journal article manuscript is reviewed and evaluated by the authors’ peers in the scientific community based on the quality and potential contribution of each article.
3. Which of the following is considered a scholarly source?
4. Wikipedia is not considered a scholarly source, in most cases, and should not be cited in academic work such as an Applied Research Report, thesis, or dissertation.
5. The internet is the fastest and most effective way to locate scholarly sources.
6. Scholarly peer-reviewed works should be included in a literature review and approximately 85% to 90% should be current literature that was published within the last five years.
7. Secondary sources are works or publications in which the author or authors review educational practices and programs, or research studies, conducted by others and should make up the majority of your literature review.
8. Which of the following are resources for locating scholarly journal articles?
9. When using Google Scholar or similar sources, payment might be expected for access to the articles.
10. When searching for articles relevant to your topic, it is best to

EDUC 850 Quiz: Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Synthesizing

1. is putting into your own words a sentence or passage from a cited source. What you write is somewhat shorter than the cited text and details are included.
2. is using the ideas, words, and or images from another source without giving credit to the author or authors who wrote them.
3. Is changing the words of a cited source is a way that the idea or message is changed
4. When writing a literature review, you should primarily _____________ the information from the sources you cite.
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5. Which of the following is not considered plagiarism?
6. To ensure the exact message is retained, scholars must use direct quotations as much as possible.
7. It may be appropriate to change, add, or delete words to a direct quotation.
8. Is combining the ideas of two or more sources into a single sentence or passage
9. _ is when a student hires someone to write a paper for them to submit for a class. This is an unethical practice that is prohibited.
10. is putting just the main points of a passage into your own words. What you write is significantly shorter than the cited text.

EDUC 850 Quiz: How to Synthesize Related Literature

1. What are the two types of synthesis?
2. Before you synthesize information, it is important to evaluate and summarize the sources.
3. In ______________________ synthesis the author works to use multiple sources to explain a perspective or point and the reasons for that perspective.
4. In ______________________ synthesis the author works to use multiple sources to make an argument for or against a perspective.
5. involves determining what (if any) relationship(s) exist among different sources and then drawing conclusions based on that information.
6. After reviewing several articles, you find that most of the articles agree on one point, but the findings in one article contradicts the findings in the other articles, what should you do?
7. A solid literature review will note specific details of scholarly journal articles, such as data collection procedures, sample size, data analysis procedures, the participants, the context in which the information was presented, and conclusions drawn.
8. Which of the following is not a way to structure a synthesis in a literature review?
9. When synthesizing material for a literature review, you should _______________
10. When synthesizing material for your literature review, you still summarize and paraphrase.

EDUC 850 Quiz: APA Format

1. A reference generally has four elements: author, date, title, and source.
2. In writing your research paper, you should cite only _________.
3. When using a block quotation, the quotation marks need to be placed just before the parenthetical citation at the end of the quotation
4. In the reference list, when there are two or more authors, use the word “and” between the last two authors names rather than an ampersand.
5. Which of the following citations is correct for citing two or more works by the same author?
6. The reference below is correctly formatted based on 7th edition APA standards.
7. Which of the following sentences is incorrect?
8. The reference below is correctly formatted based on 7th edition APA standards.
9. The reference below is correctly formatted based on 7th edition APA standards.
10. The reference below is correctly formatted based on 7th edition APA standards.