Document their work using appropriate conventions (MLA).
At the start of this semester, I needed to make some major strides in my intext citations. I often had to redo them as they were done incorrectly, with them being done in the wrong format. But this was more of an issue for in text citations than general citations. This error occurred because the software that I used for citations had APA as its preset so on occasion citations would be put into APA instead of the desired MLA. But this could quickly be rectified with minimal effort. On the part of in text citations I struggled with far more. The style of in text citations that were used in this were nothing that I’d ever used before. So, I often found myself reverting to the format for in text citations I used in high school out of habit. But I’ve been able to work on this as the semesters have gone on with me almost overcoming this nasty habit. But I still find myself slipping from time to time, yet now I’m quicker to catch any such errors. The same can be said for my other citations which I will be more likely to correct in the program rather than when it’s in the paper. With all of this considered I would have to say that I firmly believe that I’ve seen a slow but steady improvement in my skills using and incorporating citations. Yet as with most things I still have room for improvement and future upward movement in my level of competence with this skill.
