Many young scholars have been unduly locked into using MLA Style throughout their education. However, most Social Science disciplines - including Education - follow APA (American Psychological Association) Style. The most recent, the APA 7th edition updates style headings, endorses 'they' as a singular pronoun, allows 'et al.' in more instances, may include up to 20 authors for a Reference title; standardizes the format for DOI's and URLs, and updates and offers guidelines for citing social media sources.
The following free, online resources are designed to help scholars understand and apply appropriate and correct APA formatting, including correct in-text citations, and References.