Using Quality/Time Graphs to Teach Freshman English Students How to Assess Journal Quality

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

• Andrew Wohrley, Auburn University, AL

Copyright

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Location

Room 217

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

Auburn University Libraries has improved instruction for assessing journal article quality. The active learning exercise has the students plot papers that they selected in groups on a quality/time graph. This exercise gives graphic evidence of the baseline at the beginning of class and the results of instruction after class when the students rerun the exercise using what they have learned.

Keywords

Quality/time graphs, Journal quality, Graphs, Information literacy

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Wohrley, Andrew, "Using Quality/Time Graphs to Teach Freshman English Students How to Assess Journal Quality" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 1.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/1