Undergraduate Students' Justifications for Source Selection in a Digital Academic Context

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-61

  List, Alexandra ^a   Grossnickle, Emily M ^b   Alexander, Patricia A ^c  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

epistemic beliefs; judgments or decision making; multiple texts; source selection; trustworthiness evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958212320     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: 15414140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0735633115606659     Document Type: Article

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