Source use by second-year psychology students in online distance learning
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Weaver, N.
Barnard, E.
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Psychology students
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Online distance learning
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Online distance learning
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2019
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Abstract
Literacy skills and behaviours of university-level students are of wide interest today. The
research reported here fits in this tradition. It examines second-year psychology students’
source use in a course taught through online distance learning (ODL). The number of
sources used increased across assignments. Most used were the textbook, instructor sources,
and librarian-selected sources. The mark achieved increased with number of sources,
instructor sources, and librarian-selected sources. Compared with previous research on firstyear
students, instructor and librarian-selected sources were frequently referenced by both
sets of students, and source use related positively to their marks. This research expands the
literature by comparing beginning and more advanced students; by replicating previous
results; and by examining two assignments from ODL students.
Citation
Weaver, N. E., & Barnard, E. (2019). Source use by second-year psychology students in online distance learning. Journal of Open, Flexible & Distance Learning, 23(1), 33–49. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1221410.pdf