The journal is intended as a weekly reflection on your experience with the course material and your scholarly project. APA FORMAT, APA format should be used if you are quoting a journal, or want to reference a specific article for later use. For the reflective journal, APA format is intended to maintain clarity of the origin of a thought or quote, as you may want to build upon a thought at a later time in the semester, it is important to be able to cite the source correctly.