Master in Teaching ProgramMaster's Project Publication InformationForm and StyleAvoiding PlagiarismReferencesSamples and Order FormSample Title PageSample Approval PageSample Cover PageCarla EmeryThesis Binding Order FormMASTER IN TEACHING PROGRAMMASTER'S PROJECT PUBLICATION INFORMATIONFORM AND STYLEThe conventions of form serve to facilitate clarity of communication and foster widest understanding of your report. The MIT program requires the use of the Publication Manual ofthe American Psychological Association (5th ed.) American Psychological Association, 2001) for page layout, citations and references. The expectation is that your work will be of publication quality and consistent use of the American Psychological Association (APA) style will help you achieve that quality. In addition, the following components must be included in the final copies you submit for binding and which will be placed in the college Library (see ‘Printing and Binding Instructions” in the following section).Flyleaf Page: A Flyleaf page (blank page) needs to be inserted at the front and back of each copy.Title Page: This is the first page of your written report. It contains the title, the full name of the author, a presentation statement, e.g. “submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Teaching,” and the date the report was completed.Approval Page: Following your title page is the approval page signed and dated by your faculty advisor. Only the main reader will sign off on this page.Abstract: The abstract is a concise summary of your topic, findings and conclusions. The abstract should be no longer than 300 words, double-spaced, block format and should follow your approval page. See Publication Manual of the APA for recommended content.Table of Contents: The table lists the chapter or major section titles by page number. First-level and second-level heads, describing paragraphs or paragraph sections, may be includedas well. Following the chapter sections, and also listed by page number, are your references and lists of tables, figures, graphs and/or plates and appendices, if any.Preface: This page should include acknowledgments. As a matter of professional courtesy, any source, person or organization from whom you received substantive research and writingsupport should be acknowledged. The faculty advisor should always be acknowledged.The Text of Your Paper: This should be organized according to “Evaluating the Development of Your Written Project” in the MIT Project Guidelines booklet and should be formatted according to the conventions of the Publication Manual of the APA.References: The reference list at the end of your project documents all materials cited in your text and provides the information necessary to identify and retrieve each source. References cited in the reference list must be cited in the body of your text; conversely, each reference cited in the text must appear in the reference list. You should choose references judiciously and must include only the sources that were used in the research and preparation of you paper. In contract, a bibliography cites works for background or for further reading. APA style requires reference lists, not bibliographies.References in APA publications are cited in the text with an author-date citation system and are listed alphabetically in the “References” section of your paper in APA style. Elements of APA-style references, such as author names, titles, and dates of publication are described in the Publication Manual of the APA.Appendices: Materials that supplement your text, but which are not appropriate for inclusion, may be appended. Materials should be subdivided in logical sections and listed in the table of contents.Colored Paper: A piece of colored paper must be inserted in between each copy of your project.MIT Program Completion Policy The completion of your project and the award of credit for your work is expected to occur during theWinter quarter of your second year in the program. As described in the MIT program covenant (see StudentGuidebook to College & Program Policies & Procedures) which you received during the first week of theprogram:“The final edition of the Master in Teaching Project must be completed and presented to the program during Winter Quarter, Year Two….Students seeking state of Washington Residency teacher certification must meet all appropriate requirements outlined in the Washington Administrative Code (Chapter 180-78A) in addition to all program requirements of Evergreen’s Master in Teaching Program.” If the paper, in final form, is not received by this deadline, you will not be advanced to Spring quarter studentteaching. See your faculty team for further information.AVOIDING PLAGIARISM The program covenant contains the following section: Requirement of Academic HonestyAll forms of academic dishonesty, including cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, and plagiarism are violations of the Evergreen Social Contract. Plagiarism is defined as representing the works or ideas of another as one’s own in any academic exercise. It includes, but is not limited to, copying materials directly, failing to cite sources of arguments and data, and failing to explicitly acknowledge joint work or authorship of assignments (see also “Evergreen’s Social Contract” regarding “Intellectual freedom and honesty”). The MIT faculty also place cultural appropriation without appropriate acknowledgment and/or permission as a form of academic dishonesty.The following is APA’s (1994) stance on avoiding plagiarism:Quotation marks should be used to indicate the exact words of another. Summarizing a passage or rearranging the order of a sentence and changing some of the words is paraphrasing. Eachtime a source is paraphrased, a credit for the source needs to be included in the text….The key element of this principle is that an author does not present the work of another as if it were his or her own work. This can extend to ideas as well as written words. (pp. 292, 294)And this closing advise to students:Both citation (footnotes, parenthetical notes, or endnotes) and quotation marks are required whenever you copy exact words and phrases from a source. When you paraphrase or summarize but do not copyexactly, citation is still required. When in doubt, cite; over-citation is an error, but under-citation