Motivating students in credit-based information literacy courses: Theories and practice

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Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 423-441

  Jacobson, Trudi E ^a   Xu, Lijuan ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33644974559     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2002.0055     Document Type: Article

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5. College Teaching, Ibid.
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7. Eric Sotto, When Teaching Becomes Learning: A Theory and Practice of Teaching (London: Cassell, 1994), 38.
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10. What we will not address is the number of motivators to use, as this depends very much upon the students, course, and time available during each class.
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30. Guidelines for developing a comprehensive syllabus can be found in chapter 4, "The Complete Syllabus," in Linda B. Nilson, Teaching at Its Best (Bolton, MA: Anker, 1998).
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54. Sotto, 126.
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66. Murray, 181.
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73. Sotto, 123.
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76. Keller, "Strategies for Stimulating," 4-6.
77. Nilson, 76.
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79. Erickson and Strommer, 109.
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86. The online tutorial Evaluating Internet Sites 101 is created by Carol Anne Germain, our Networked Resources Librarian. It is available at
87. The case was filed against an Oklahoma school district by Kristja Falvo, who claims that peer grading violates the privacy of students.
88. Sotto, 22.
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98. Lowman, Mastering the Techniques, 207.
99. Nilson, 107-118.
100. Johnson, 28.
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103. Keller, "Strategies for Stimulating," 4.
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105. Keller, "Strategies for Stimulating, Ibid.
106. Beidler and Beidler, 16.
107. Johnson, 16.
108. Beidler and Beidler, 16.
109. Keller, "Strategies for Stimulating, Ibid., 23-24.