I have always tried to teach the concept of citation to students, but have always used MLA because it's easiest and the most likely style that beginning college students will encounter. I am a big fan of Writer's Inc. for College. Since I teach 9-12, I begin with a simple bibliography with 2 or 3 sources (or more simply using quotes of text and page/line numbers in written responses) and eventually culminate in a full research paper with seniors with a Works Cited page and parenthetical citations. I think the concept of citing one's sources or text to support one's response is more important than the style one chooses. I also believe that the whole idea of citing one's sources is rather abstract and may be a bit above middle school students.
From: Linda Comerford <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Citing Sources
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Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 1:48 PM
Would any of you who teach at either the middle school or high school level have a recommendation for a style guide to cite sources in a research paper? My niece teaches middle school language arts and asked my help, but I havenąt worked with anything academic in ages. I promised her Iąd ask you for your suggestions.
If this is something better discussed off-list, please send your favorite ways for your students to cite sources to me directly.
Thank you.
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