Q. How do I refer to a journal article by title in-text in APA format?

According to the APA Publication Manual, page 167, you should refer to article titles using quotes around the title and use title case for capitalization.

Examples:

In the article "Instructional Strategies to Improve College Students’ APA Style Writing" Mandernach, Zafonte, and Taylor (2016) studied student . . .

More than a decade ago the study "Workshops Increase Students’ Proficiency at Identifying General and APA-Style Writing Errors" (Jorgensen & Marek, 2013) found that . . .