ITC105 Referencing Style Exercise : Spot the Mistakes Tutorial  In text citation mistakes  The authors feeling about the issue of non‐vaccination of children in New South Wales was worrying  as this could impact the health of others (Dalton & Allan, 2013)  Irwin (2010) suggests that the absence of students at classes is worrying.  (Matthushek, 2012) noted that when the births of children are separated by 5 or more years, the  effects of birth order are changed. The pattern would differ from that of a sibling in a four‐child  family if the children were spaced fewer than 3 years apart (for example, if the children were 10, 8, 5  and 3 years old); this second child would exhibit the characteristics typical of second‐middle child.  Research has shown that students who leave work to the last minute seldom complete their work  with satisfaction (Brown, 2010)  Roberts, Yang, and Heckenberg (2009) recorded results when university work is handed up on time,  students will perform better in final examinations (as cited in Mackenzie & Caruso, 2011).  Direct Quotation (>40 words)  Student 1  The position of higher education today can be best summarised as the following: “Money, rather  than means, is becoming the chief end of higher education. The rationale to pursue and practice  higher education is now routinely predicated not on learning but on money. With growing  frequency, the ends are not cultural values or critical thinking, ethical convictions or intellectual  skills. When those goals are pursued, it is often not because they offer multiple uses and relevance  but because they might be converted into cash.” (Engell & Dangerfield, 2007)  Student 2  The position of higher education today can be best summarised as the following:   Money, rather than means, is becoming the chief end of higher education.  The  rationale  to  pursue  and  practice  higher  education  is  now  routinely  predicated  not  on  learning  but  on  money.  With  growing  frequency,  the  ends  are  not  cultural  values  or  critical  thinking,  ethical  convictions  or  intellectual  skills.  When  those  goals  are  pursued,  it  is  often  not  because  they  offer  multiple  uses  and  relevance  but  because  they  might  be  converted into cash. (p.20)  Reference List  Engell, J., & Dangerfield, A. (2007). Saving higher education in the age of money. Charlottesville, VA:  University of Virginia Press.  Excerpt & Adapted from “A Guide to APA Documentation” by Joseph Trimmer  ORIGINAL  Many anxiety symptoms and problems can be overcome. In fact, anxiety can be the most treatable  of all mental health difficulties. Whether your experience of anxiety constitutes a mental health  problem, decades of research have provided a wealth of valuable information.  Reference List:  Johnson, A., Hornby, B. & Knight, C. (2009) Under Pressure and overwhelmed: Coping with anxiety in  college. Westport, CT: Praeger.  Pas ...

1. ITC105 Referencing Style Exercise : Spot the Mistakes Tutorial
In text citation mistakes
The authors feeling about the issue of non‐vaccination of childr
en in New South Wales was worrying
as this could impact the health of others (Dalton & Allan, 2013)
Irwin (2010) suggests that the absence of students at classes is
worrying.
(Matthushek, 2012) noted that when the births of children are se
parated by 5 or more years, the
effects of birth order are changed. The pattern would differ fro
m that of a sibling in a four‐child
family if the children were spaced fewer than 3 years apart (for
example, if the children were 10, 8, 5
and 3 years old); this second child would exhibit the characteris
tics typical of second‐middle child.

2. Research has shown that students who leave work to the last mi
nute seldom complete their work
with satisfaction (Brown, 2010)
Roberts, Yang, and Heckenberg (2009) recorded results when un
iversity work is handed up on time,
students will perform better in final examinations (as cited in M
ackenzie & Caruso, 2011).
Direct Quotation (>40 words)
Student 1
The position of higher education today can be best summarised
as the following: “Money, rather
than means, is becoming the chief end of higher education. The
rationale to pursue and practice
higher education is now routinely predicated not on learning but
on money. With growing
frequency, the ends are not cultural values or critical thinking, e
thical convictions or intellectual

3. skills. When those goals are pursued, it is often not because the
y offer multiple uses and relevance
but because they might be converted into cash.” (Engell & Dang
erfield, 2007)
Student 2
The position of higher education today can be best summarised
as the following:
Money, rather than means, is becoming the chief end of higher e
ducation.
The rationale to pursue and practice higher education is
now routinely
predicated not on learning but on money. With growing
frequency, the
ends are not cultural values or critical thinking, ethical
convictions or
intellectual skills. When those goals are pursued, it is
often not because
they offer multiple uses and relevance but because they
might be
converted into cash. (p.20)
Reference List
Engell, J., & Dangerfield, A. (2007). Saving higher education in

4. the age of money. Charlottesville, VA:
University of Virginia Press.
Excerpt & Adapted from “A Guide to APA Documentation” by J
oseph Trimmer
ORIGINAL
Many anxiety symptoms and problems can be overcome. In fact,
anxiety can be the most treatable
of all mental health difficulties. Whether your experience of anx
iety constitutes a mental health
problem, decades of research have provided a wealth of valuabl
e information.
Reference List:
Johnson, A., Hornby, B. & Knight, C. (2009) Under Pressure an
d overwhelmed: Coping with anxiety in
college. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Passage A
Many anxiety symptoms and problems can be overcome. In fact,

5. anxiety can be the most treatable
of all mental health difficulties. Whether your experience of anx
iety constitutes a mental health
problem, decades of research have provided a wealth of valuabl
e information.
Passage B
Many anxiety symptoms and problems can be overcome. In fact,
anxiety may be the most treatable
of all mental health difficulties. Whether your experience of anx
iety constitutes a mental health
problem, decades of research have provided a wealth of valuabl
e information (Johnson, Hornby &
Knight, 2009).
Passage C
Johnson, Hornby and Knight (2009) have indicated that while an
xiety may be a common problem, it
“may be the most treatable of all mental health difficulties… [a
nd that] decades of research have
provided a wealth of valuable information” (p.9).
Reference List:

6. Johnson, A., Hornby, B. & Knight, C. (2009) Under Pressure an
d overwhelmed: Coping with anxiety in
college. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Reference List
Youssef, D. (2012) Collective Responsibility of Undergraduates
in Social Events. Universities Today
International Forum #3, no. 4/5: 45‐49
McGrath, S. (2010) The Development of Year 12 Cognitive Skil
ls in Western New South Wales.
Journal of Australian Communities 9(3), 100‐105. Retrieved 2 J
an 2014 from
http://www.det.nsw.edu.au/papers/mcgrath.html
Boland, A., Donnelly, E., Rennick, M., et al (2012) The Emerge
nce of Online Systems (4
th
ed.)
Canberra, Australia: William Morrow

7. Minister of Labour. (2013). Rural communities dilemma. Retrie
ved 26 March 2014, from
http://www.mpi.gov.au/reports/ruralcommunities
Foy, Bradley. (2011) Macroeconomics of China versus Australia
: The case of Tasmanian
development. Journal of Applied Business Research 20(9), 110‐
113. Retrieved December 3,
2012, from Business Source Premier database
Tancredi, M. (2013) The impact of excessive partying on grade
performance: An Australian university
experience. International Journal of University Education, 3(1)
900‐930 doi: 10.1998/1876‐
8766.34.5.888
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Research and find three journal articles in the CSU Database. It
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edition format.
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important for you to learn it correctly. Your Supplementary
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articles.
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Third Journal Article

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information relating to your topic below. They can be
conference papers, newspaper articles, magazines, etc. Enter
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Good representation of report content

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‘against’ must be included to give a balanced outlook of the
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awarded if < 3
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18. Assignment 2
Structured Report
Value: 15%
Due date: 08-Apr-2015
Return date: 29-Apr-2015
Task
This is a structured report which you will prepare and write. Th
e template is available to
download from Interact2 subject site and it is highly recommend
ed that you do this within the
structure given. You will need Microsoft Word to read the doc t
emplate. Submit in the same
format. Do not PDF. It must be submitted electronically and in
one document only. Each student
is only allowed to submit once, otherwise the submission with t
he lowest mark is graded.
Rationale
The tasks in this assignment relates to Learning Outcome 3:
• be able to practise, develop, refine and demonstrate written la
nguage skills so students are
able to write clearly, correctly and concisely.
Marking criteria
This is a structured report writing assignment using the template
provided in Resources. The
detailed marking criteria is in the assignment. Total mark is 15.
Criteria HD DI CR PS FL
Be able to
practise,
develop,

19. refine and
demonstrate
written
language
skills so
students are
able to write
clearly,
correctly
Able to
demonstrate
skills in
writing
clearly,
correctly and
concisely
using the
APA
Referencing
System.
Topic is
Able to
demonstrate
skills in
writing
clearly,
correctly and
concisely with
some minor
mistakes.
Topic is
narrowed and
all parts of

20. Able to
demonstrate
skills in
writing
clearly,
correctly and
concisely.
Some
mistakes in
referencing or
writing. A
small part of
Able to
demonstrate
some skills in
writing. Parts
of the report
are missing or
incorrect.
Topic may not
have been
correctly
narrowed.
References
Writing is
unclear or
unrelated to
the chosen
topic. Topic
has not been
narrowed.
Minimal or no
appropriate
references

21. included.
Multiple errors
and
concisely
narrowed and
all points are
referenced
with up-to-
date and
credible
sources. All
required parts
of the report
are included.
report are
included.
References
are included
and are up-to-
date and
credible but
may have
some small
formatting
errors
the report
may be too
brief or
missing.
References

22. are included
but may not
all be up-to-
date and
credible.
are included
but may have
substantial
errors in
formatting
and may be
less than the
required
number.
in writing.
Word count is
substantially
less than
required or
multiple
sections are
missing.
Possible
Marks
14 - 15 12 - 13 9 - 11 6 - 8 Less than 5
Presentation
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Requirements
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23. he submission.
Students in CSU Study Centres (Sydney and Melbourne) and TA
FE NSW and VIC, please
check with your respective lecturers for instructions.