I would tell them that some nits need to be picked. After all, who wants lice?
Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 3055 x7295 [email protected] http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman Proverbs 14:15 "A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps." From: Blaine Peden [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 3:00 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Joy of Sources? The nitpicking was directed at both citations and sources. For example, it was nitpicking to mark Froman (2010) when the source was Froman et al. (2010). and then a similar complaint regarding the reference. blaine ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Froman<mailto:[email protected]> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 10:43 AM Subject: RE: [tips] Joy of Sources? I like this idea. Possibly one way to do it is to give them a number of references to find. In each case, falsify one piece of information (Journal title, volume number, page number, etc.) to show them the importance of getting it right and possibly the relative importance of certain items (e.g., if you get the DOI right, if it has one, at least the reference could be found although other mistakes in the sources could be annoying). Did they think the nitpicking was the specific elements of the reference (page numbers, etc.) or things like what parts of the reference you italicize in APA style? Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 3055 x7295 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman Proverbs 14:15 "A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps." From: Blaine Peden [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:33 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Joy of Sources? I collected some information about students' view about the process of doing their research and preparing a report and talk. One reoccuring theme is that students regard correctly citing and correctly referencing sources as a nuisance. They agree it is important to give credit, but the details are just nitpicking (so they say). Has anyone devised an assignment in which you ask students to find sources when provided as less than perfect information? I am sure students would complain, but would they make the connection to why they, in turn, need to provide correct details in their own papers? i welcome any comments or suggestions, blaine --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=7208 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-7208-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-7208-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13150.302fb879d23a9f8b8b43c453fd3bfed3&n=T&l=tips&o=7212 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-7212-13150.302fb879d23a9f8b8b43c453fd3bf...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-7212-13150.302fb879d23a9f8b8b43c453fd3bf...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=7223 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-7223-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-7223-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7224 or send a blank email to leave-7224-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
