Assignment Requirements: Annotated Bibliography

 

Summative annotated bibliography on you must choose 5 sources

EAP Reading               (week starting 24^th March)

Annotated Bibliography

Today we will work on 2 aspects of the Annotated Bibliography: selection and references.

 

Selection:          

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.            How relevant a source is

1. Imagine you are doing a project with the following title:

The impact of participating in college social clubs among Asian students studying in Dublin

Look at the titles of these journal articles. Which ones do you think would be relevant to your task? Circle your answer on the scales and discuss your choice with your partner.

a)            The benefits of joining college societies: a longitudinal study at the University of North Dakota.

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b)            English language support for Chinese international students in Irish universities.

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c)            International students in university clubs: benefits and downsides.

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d)            Subject choice among Asian undergraduate students in ten UK universities.

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e)            What is the most important element of the project title?

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f)             Now have a look at source A (a search results page). Which three sources do you think are the most relevant? Discuss your answers with your partner.

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g)            What alternative search words could have been used for this search?

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2. Your formative assessment for the Annotated Bibliography

This is the essay title for the formative assessment:

Teacher use of technology in Irish third level education

Look at the titles of these journal articles. Which ones do you think would be relevant to your task? Circle your answer on the scales and discuss your choice with your partner.

a)            Technological infrastructure in the Irish education system.

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b)            Staff adoption of technologies in Australian third-level institutions.

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c)            ICT training for international students in Ireland.

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d)            Reasons for low rates of technology use among Irish secondary school teachers.

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e)            Now look at the article for your Annotated Bibliography. Read the title and the abstract and decide how relevant you think it would be for the task.

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f)             What elements of the article appear to be relevant? Not so relevant? Do you think it would be relevant enough to the task for you to select it? Discuss your reasons with your partner.

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1. How academic/reliable a source is.
2. Can you remember what the two most important criteria are in determining whether a source is academic or not?

a)            ____________________________________________                                                                           Y / N

b)            ____________________________________________                                                                           Y / N

2. Look at the article for your Annotated Bibliography. Do you think it fulfils the above criteria? Circle Y or N.

What evidence did you use to make your decision?

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3. Look at sources B and C regarding the journal and sources D – F regarding the authors. Does the information in these sources support your choices above? Explain your answers.

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4. Finally, do you think the article is up-to date enough for selection?

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5. It is clear that this article is sufficiently academic to select for the task. However, sometimes there are other criteria which you might need to consider before selecting a source. Can you complete the words below?

a) A _ _ _ e _ _ _                                                       b) O _ _ _ c _ _ _ _ t _

c) T _ _ _ _ w _ _ _ h _ _ _ _ s                        d) A _ _ h _ _ s _ _ _

 

References

For each source, you must provide an accurate reference. Using the referencing template in source G and the information on the first page of the article and source B, write an accurate reference for the article.

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Homework for next week:

1. Write a paragraph (in full grammatical sentences) regarding your reasons for selecting the given article (Faculty and Technology: Implications for Faculty Training and Technology Leadership) for the given task (Teacher use of technology in Irish third level education). Remember to discuss both key aspects: how relevant the source is for the task, and how academic/reliable the source is.

You should write this before you read the full text.

2. Read the full text.

a)            Highlight what you think might be the key points.

b)            Underline any words which you don’t understand.

c)            Fill in the information regarding the study below:

No. of subjects
Type of sampling
Qual/quant
Main aim of study
Data analysis

 

 

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