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10 Working with other people’s ideas and voices

Activity 10.1 Finding and correcting referencing errors

Find and correct the mistakes in the following quoted texts. There may be more than
one mistake per exercise. You will need to use the reference list at the end of the
activity to help you.

1 School readiness is a term that refers to a child’s ability to go to school ready to learn,
having already gained. . . skills that will prepare them for class learning beforehand.
(Davies, 2006: 47).
2 ‘Biogeography is an important area of science and informs global environmental policy
as well as local land management practice’. (Hilary S.C. Thomas 2008, p. 241).
3 According to McLaney and Atrill, ‘the relevant/marginal cost approach deduces the
minimum price for which the business can offer the product for sale’.
4 In practice, airlines are major users of a relevant/marginal costing approach. McLaney.
5 ‘Damage to the amygdala, a cluster of neurons located deep in the temporal lobe,
affects emotional behaviour. . .’ (Martin, G.N., Carlson, N.R. and Buskist, W. Psychology.
3rd edn. London: Pearson Education. p. 157).

References:
Davies, S. (2006) The Essential Guide to Teaching. Harlow: Pearson Education.
McLaney, E. and Atrill, P. (2008) Accounting. An Introduction (4th edn). Harlow: Pearson
Education. (Extracts are from page 420.)
Martin, G. N., Carlson, N.R. and Buskist, W. (2007) Psychology (3rd edn). Harlow: Pearson
Education.
Thomas, H. S. C. (2008) ‘Biogeographical concepts’. In J. Holden (ed.) Physical Geography
and the Environment (2nd edn). pp. 153–92. Harlow: Pearson Education.

Activity 10.2 The mechanics of quoting

Assume you used the following quotations in your essay and so need to cite them
appropriately. Use the information below to do this.

1 This quote can be found on page 197 of a book called ‘Psychology’. The book was
written by three authors: Dr G. Neil Martin, Dr Neil R. Carlson and Dr William Buskist.
This third edition was published in 2007 by Pearson Education, in London. ‘One of the
key features of the visual system is that it is organised hierarchically at the neural level’.
2 The following quote is from a book written by Philip Kotler, Gary Armstrong, Veronica
Wong and John Saunders. The title of the book is Principles of Marketing and this
quote, which can be found on page 475, is from the fifth European edition published in
2008. The publishers are Pearson Education and the publishing place is Harlow.
‘Market leaders can expand the market by developing new users, new uses and more
usage of its products.’
3 ‘Since 1999 LEAs have had specific duties to combat bullying. Schools must have anti-
bullying policies and LEAs must ensure that their schools comply with their duties.’ This
quote was taken from a book written by Susan Davies and published in Harlow in 2006.
The title of the book is ‘The essential guide to teaching’. The publishers are Pearson
Education. The quote was taken from page 269.

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