The Efficacy of a Classroom Game for Teaching APA Style Citation

Abstract

Psychology instructors have reported that it is common for students to not know how to cite sources correctly. Therefore, the authors created a classroom game to help students learn to cite sources in different scenarios. The game involved students submitting names of celebrities and fictitious dates of publication and then using those submissions to practice writing correct citations in teams. Based on pre and post measures, students appeared to improve in knowledge of citing sources accurately after playing the game.