EDSC U441 - Middle School Curriculum and Methodology - Dr. Lee: More about APA 7th Ed.

Bias-free language

• Guidelines are being added to use bias-free language when referring to people or entities. This means using the word “they” or “their” instead of gender pronouns like “he”, “she”, “his” and “her”.

References and citations

• Website URLs no longer need to be preceded with “Retrieved from” unless there is also a retrieval date.
• EBooks no longer require the type of eBook to be listed (e.g. PDF, Kindle etc)
• Journal DOIs are now displayed as a doi.org URL instead of with the “DOI:” prefix.
• The publisher location is no longer required for books or similar mediums.
• Up to 20 authors can now be included in a reference list entry before needing to omit others with an ellipsis.
• With in-text citations, any reference with more than three authors can now be shortened to the first author and et al.

Punctuation and layout

• Titles are no longer needed in the header. This include the Running Head on the title page. Page numbers are still needed in the upper right corner of every page. 
• Headings are simplified. See this page of the APA website for details: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/headings
• The 7th edition adds additional fonts: Calibri size 11pt, Arial 11pt, Lucida Sans Unicode 10pt, and Georgia 11pt in addition to Times New Roman 12pt.
• Use one space after a period.

Textual Works

Data Sets, Software, and Tests

Audiovisual Media

Online Media