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retrieved information (relative to no testing or even to restudying)” (Roediger et al., 2011, p. 1).
If the quotation spans more than one page, then you need to include the range of pages. Roediger
and colleagues (2011) went on to write, “retrieval of some information on a test can also lead to
easier retrieval of related information, at least on delayed tests” (pp. 1-2). Quotes can be useful,
but they should not be overused. Only use a quotation when it is important to show your reader
explicitly what someone else wrote. This should be very rare. Otherwise, it is much better to
paraphrase with a regular in-text citation. Doing this demonstrates to your reader that you
understand what it is that you are writing because you can put it into your own words.
One final note about citing your sources: you never change the order of authors within a
citation. The authors determined the authorship order based on the amount of work that each put
in, and who was primarily responsible for the publication. So, the authorship order always stays
the way it is. However, when arranging multiple citations in a list within parentheses, you put
each citation in alphabetical order. So, for example, on p. 4 I cited Dunlosky et al. (2013),
Karpicke et al. (2014), and Marsh et al. (2003). I put the citations in this order because the “D” in
Dunlosky goes before the “K” in Karpicke. The “M” in Marsh goes last. There is a common
misconception that you are supposed to put articles within parentheses in chronological order;
that is not the case. The same thing happens in the external reference page at the end of the
paper. You put the citations in alphabetical order based on the authors. Note, too, that all but the
first authors were dropped in each citation above. For each citation there were more than two
authors, and I already cited each of these once with all authors listed.
In the very last paragraph of your introduction, you introduce the current experiments you
will be presenting, explain their purpose, and present your hypotheses. If you have done a good
job of telling a story throughout your introduction, then you have already identified gaps in the
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