“It was information based”: Student Reasoning when Distinguishing Between Scholarly and Popular Sources
In Brief: We asked students to find an article and answer the following questions: Is this a popular or scholarly article? How can you tell? We analyzed student answers to better understand the reasoning used to distinguish between scholarly and popular sources. Our results suggest that framing sour...
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doaj-76174a28647e41fbaee5ed00d011285b2020-11-25T00:24:10ZengIn the Library with the Lead PipeIn the Library with the Lead Pipe1944-61952018-05-018872“It was information based”: Student Reasoning when Distinguishing Between Scholarly and Popular SourcesAmy JankowskiAlyssa RussoLori TownsendIn Brief: We asked students to find an article and answer the following questions: Is this a popular or scholarly article? How can you tell? We analyzed student answers to better understand the reasoning used to distinguish between scholarly and popular sources. Our results suggest that framing sources as scholarly or popular is confusing rather than clarifying for students.http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/it-was-information-based/college studentsevaluationinformation literacyinstructionteaching |
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In the Library with the Lead Pipe |
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In Brief: We asked students to find an article and answer the following questions: Is this a popular or scholarly article? How can you tell? We analyzed student answers to better understand the reasoning used to distinguish between scholarly and popular sources. Our results suggest that framing sources as scholarly or popular is confusing rather than clarifying for students. |
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college students evaluation information literacy instruction teaching |
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