aerpspace: weather class

AERO 2010 Aviation Weather

APA Paper specifics

· Must follow APA guidelines. Some helpful sources: The handout on D2L, APA manual, and owl.english.purdue.edu

· If there are no in-text citations throughout the entire paper and/or no reference page it will result in automatic failure for the assignment

· Title page + 5 FULL pages of content+ Reference page

-Abstract not required

-For each page short of 5 full pages there will be a deduction of 20 points (Half a page short results in 10 point reduction).

· At least 5 sources and 3 must be scholarly references such as journals, books, and similar sources other than websites. These 3 scholarly references may be online format.

· 12 font, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins

· Do not write in first person (I, me, we, etc. ), rather write your paper in third person (he, she, they, the researcher, etc.)

· Try to summarize and paraphrase more than direct quotes. (In other words, avoid excessive direct quotations in your paper)

· Limit to 1 block quote (block quote is a direct quote of more than 40 words)

· Do not use Wikipedia as a source

· Do not simply cite NTSB accidents throughout your paper. You may integrate relevant accidents/incidents by summarizing the key points and tying it into your paper.

· Plagiarism results in failure of the course.

Example of plagiarism= Copy and paste from internet.

Using someone else’s words without giving them credit (correct way: providing a citation with author’s last name, year of publication, and if it is a direct quote also include the exact page number from which the quote was derived).