A Pocket Style Manual: Apa Version - Couverture souple

Hacker, Diana; Sommers, Nancy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1319057438 ISBN 13 : 9781319057435

Editeur : Bedford/Saint Martin's, 2018

Synopsis

The how to guide to college research and writing. Becoming a college writer means becoming a college researcher, and it can be a challenge for students to keep all of the guidelines and best practices straight for each class. Enter A Pocket Style Manual, APA Version. The eighth edition―with its emphasis on step-by-step how-to instruction that helps students apply writing, research , and citation advice in practical, transferable ways―is a powerful companion for writing in all disciplines. What’s more, it covers all aspects of writing in APA style, including over 100 APA documentation models and 11 sample student papers in diverse genres, from a literature review to a laboratory report to a professional memo. With Pocket’s new research help, tested and trusted grammar and style advice, and digital tools that make practice, tracking, and grading simple, you’ve got the most powerful pocket guide for college writing and research.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Diana Hacker personally class-tested her handbooks with nearly four thousand students over thirty-five years at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland, where she was a member of the English faculty. Hacker handbooks, built on innovation and on a keen understanding of the challenges facing student writers, are the most widely adopted in America. Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, include A Writer’s Reference, Ninth Edition (2018); A Pocket Style Manual, Eighth Edition (2018); The Bedford Handbook, Tenth Edition (2017); Rules for Writers, Eighth Edition (2016); and Writer’s Help 2.0, Hacker Version.
Nancy Sommers, who has taught composition and directed composition programs for thirty years, now teaches in Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. She led Harvard’s Expository Writing Program for twenty years, directing the first-year writing program and establishing Harvard’s WAC program. A two-time Braddock Award winner, Sommers is well known for her research and publications on student writing. Her articles “Revision Strategies of Student and Experienced Writers” and “Responding to Student Writing” are two of the most widely read and anthologized articles in the field of composition. Recently she has been exploring different audiences through blogging and through publishing in popular media. Sommers is the lead author on Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, and is coauthor of Fields of Reading, Tenth Edition (2013).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bedford/Saint Martin's
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1319057438
• ISBN 13: 9781319057435
• Reliure: Couverture à spirales
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible