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This page comprises general guidelines, a checklist, examples, and explanations about table structure, table types, and notes in them. The next page listed the APA Style sidebar menu (left) covers figures (see: APA Tables and Figures 2).

Lubienski, Sarah Theule. (2019). How to Review Conference Proposals (and Why You Should Bother). Educational Researcher, 49(1), 64-67. [doi:10.3102/0013189X19890332]

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"This page reflects the latest version of the APA Publication Manual (i.e., APA 7), which [was] released in October 2019" (Note, ¶1).

"This year's guidelines" (English, retrieved 2020.02.27) point out downloadable style sheets with model text based on the _APA Publication Manual_ (6th edition).

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Lamont, M. (2019). How to Publish, but Most Importantly, Why. Sociologica. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/9384

This study examined the perspectives of both tutors at university writing centers and the Non-Native English Speaking (NNES) students who use the centers. Using qualitative methods, this study looked at perceptions of the academic writing needs of the NNES students, along with characteristics of tutoring sessions which made the sessions successful in the eyes of tutors and students. The study used interviews, observations, a survey, and artifacts to look at these topics and then compared the perceptions of tutors and students. Additionally, the study compared writing centers at two universities, one of which employs an English as a Second Language (ESL) specialist, in order to learn if employing this specialist affects success for the tutors and NNES students. Results indicate that student and tutor perceptions of student needs were similar in that they expressed consistent need for grammar assistance and help with low-order concerns (LOCs). Sessions at both universities were successful, according to tutors and students, if sessions focused on these grammar and LOC needs. Employing an ESL specialist did not affect the perceptions of students or tutors nor did it seem to effect the success of sessions for either students or tutors.

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This post recommended checking the DOAJ directly to determine whether particular journals actually are in its index, and announced migration of the list early in 2018.

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