In-text Citation Analysis

            The purpose of this text is analyzing the in-text citations used in the paper written by Dolk and den Hertog (2008). According to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Sixth Edition (APA Manual 6th Edition), sources must be documented. When referring to somebody else’s words or ideas, using information from interviews, copying exact words or phrases, or reproducing charts, diagrams, etc., we should give credit.
            Most of the cases in the above-mentioned paper are parenthetical citations of paraphrased material. They are either included in a signal phrase, e.g. “Doyle and Carter (2003) saw narrative knowing as an important part of teacher education.” (Dolk and den Hertog, 2008, p. 216), or other authors’ ideas are paraphrased, e.g. “While constructing the narrative the narrator has to be able to defend the meaning of the story within the story itself. In this sense narratives are more concerned with meaning than with truth (Bruner, 1986).” (Dolk and den Hertog, 2008, p. 217). There is one case of block quotation on page 216 in which Dolk and den Hertog quoted Doyle and Carter (2003) in a freestanding block that contains more than 40 words.
            As it can be seen in the examples provided above, the authors generally resorted to paraphrase the work of others, but they also made use of direct and block quotations. They complied with the conventions of the APA Manual 6th Edition and included the author’s last name, the year of publication and —in the case of direct quotations— the page number.

References
American Psychological Association (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Sixth Edition. Washington, DC.

Dolk, M., & den Hertog, J. (2008). Narratives in teacher education. Interactive Learning Environments, 16(3), 215-229. doi:10.1080/10494820802113970

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