Can We Teach Students to Integrate Sources in Their Writing?
Track
Research Proposal / Assessment of Student Learning
Conference Tracks
Learning Theories and Pedagogy – Research
Abstract
We discuss the results of a Lesson Study examining source integration in student writing in Freshman Composition and Business Communication. We were concerned about the students’ ability to effectively integrate sources and their tendency to string quotes together in their writing. An interdisciplinary team of five faculty collaborated to find more effective instructional strategies to develop students’ ability to cite sources. We collected student writing to analyze instructional effectiveness. Our findings suggest that students can better integrate citations when they are shown how, practice, and reflect, but students continue to struggle with citation without instructor guidance.
Session Format
Presentation Session
Session Format
Presentation
Location
Room 5
Publication Type and Release Option
Image (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Refaei, Brenda; Kumar, Rita; Peplow, Amber; and Wahman, Lauren, "Can We Teach Students to Integrate Sources in Their Writing?" (2017). SoTL Commons Conference. 75.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2017/75
Can We Teach Students to Integrate Sources in Their Writing?
Room 5
We discuss the results of a Lesson Study examining source integration in student writing in Freshman Composition and Business Communication. We were concerned about the students’ ability to effectively integrate sources and their tendency to string quotes together in their writing. An interdisciplinary team of five faculty collaborated to find more effective instructional strategies to develop students’ ability to cite sources. We collected student writing to analyze instructional effectiveness. Our findings suggest that students can better integrate citations when they are shown how, practice, and reflect, but students continue to struggle with citation without instructor guidance.
