Unconventional sources as a new convention: The shifting paradigm of undergraduate writing

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 156-164

  Radia, Pavlina ^a   Stapleton, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Electronic literacy; Second language writing; Web sourcing; Website evaluation

Indexed keywords

INTERNET SOURCES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PAPERS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; WEB SOURCES; WEBSITE EVALUATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INTERNET; LINGUISTICS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL WRITING; WEBSITES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 74349085547     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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