APA Style

Goldfarb, J., Smith, H.I., & Watson, P.G. (1971). Autism and Long-Term Educational
Outcomes. ​Journal of Psychology, 27, ​pp. 18-21.

The authors conduct a longitudinal study of 30 children on the Autism Spectrum, tracing their
educational experiences from Grade 1 to Grade 6. They compare the group with autism to a
control group of their neuro-typical peers. The data supports the researchers’ hypothesis that
children with autism will have lower grades than neurotypical children will. Over the years, the
group with autism received increasingly lower grades, suggesting that by Grade 6, a gap in
performance has widened between children with special needs and their peers.

It should be noted, however, that this study was conducted in 1971, at a time when special
needs education was not as rigorously funded nor as evidence-based as it is today. Therefore, it
is difficult to generalize the study’s findings to the experiences of students today. Additionally,
some of the study’s research methods would likely not meet with the approval of today’s
research ethics boards. The study provides great insight into conditions and practices of the
1970s, but less insight into today’s educational system.

MLA Style

Wong, Julie. “Family Ties: Ancestor Worship in Chinese-Canadian Literature.” ​Literature

Today, ​vol. 50, no. 5, 2001, pp. 68-80.

Wong provides a comprehensive analysis of ancestor worship in four prominent works of

Chinese-Canadian literature. She argues that these novels demonstrate the ways in which
multi-cultural experiences can simultaneously erode and intensify personal connections to
tradition, heritage, and family. In drawing these four novels into conversation, she highlights the
striking similarities between these works. In so doing, she suggests that it is possible to form a
unified narrative out of the multitude of Chinese-Canadian literary voices. This notion of a
unified narrative is a controversial one, and stands in direct contrast to Rupert Roger’s belief
that there are as many distinct Chinese-Canadian experiences as there are Chinese-Canadian
citizens.

Chicago Style

Scott, Rita. ​Shakespearean Wilderness. ​London: Swanton, 2010.

Scott’s book focuses on the ways in which Shakespeare uses the forest and the countryside as
a setting and as a symbol for freedom, subversion, and magic. She offers a guide to
Elizabethan attitudes towards nature and wilderness, and demonstrates the ways in which
Shakespeare’s plays both build upon and subvert some of those conventional Elizabethan
ideas. Scott extends her analysis into our own day, as well, to suggest that Shakespeare’s work
continues to directly influence the ways that our culture imagines nature in the 21st Century.
She cites eco-critical interpretations of Shakespeare, and lists moments in which today’s
environmental movements have drawn upon Shakespearean metaphors in their rhetorical
strategies. A timely and important work, this book makes a strong case for Shakespeare’s
continued relevance in the age of environmental crisis.