3.5 Source Reliability and Relevancy

Today’s lesson will be about:

Attendance

Objectives

You will be able to:

• Evaluate the summary and citation part of an annotation.
• Understand how to connect a source to their research question.
• Recognize reliability of sources based on publication, author, and information presented.
• Write an annotation that includes: the explanation of the source reliability & the evaluation of relevancy.

Citation

Correct Citation for Example AB

 a.

Ronette R. Briefel, Ander Wilson, Charlotte Cabili, Allison Hedley Dodd, Reducing Calories and Added Sugars by Improving Children's Beverage Choices, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Volume 113, Issue 2, February 2013, Pages 269-275, ISSN 2212-2672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2012.10.016. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212267212018023)

b.

Briefel, R. R., Wilson, A., Cabili, C., & Hedley Dodd, A. (2013). Reducing calories and added sugars by improving children's beverage choices. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 113(2), 269-275. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2012.10.016

Review Example AB

Annotated Bibliogrphay_Handout

Source Reliability

PPT (3.1 Evaluating Sources)

Reverse Activity, Guess What?

Group work 1: Read the assigned article, and answer the questions on Handout in groups.

Group work 2: Form new groups, and share what you have talked about in the previous groups. Help your group members to fully understand about the article that you read. That is your responsibility! After sharing, guess the research topic and the research question that four articles might be chosen as highly relevant sources.

Homework

1. Complete the first annotated bibliography.

*Name the file as “AB1_Your First Name”

*Upload the file on Dropbox>>>Unit3 Annotated Bibliography.

*Due date and time: Nov, 1 (Fri) before the class starts, 3:00 pm sharp.

2. Reflective Essay

Through Unit1 and Unit2, we have discussed plagiarism in academic writings. Plagiarism is an important issue that college students should think of seriously.  Briefly define plagiarism in your words and write about what you think about plagiarism. Why do you think that the university considers plagiarism as a serious problem? How have been changed your thoughts about plagiarism after in class discussion? If you want to share your personal experiences, you can write about them as well.

*Your response should be more than 400 words with APA style: 12pt., Times New Roman, double-spaced, 1-inch margins on all four sides.

*Name the file as “Reflective Essay2_Your First Name”

*Upload the file on Dropbox>>>Reflective Essay.

*Due date and time: Nov, 3 (Sun) 11:55 pm sharp.

3. Schedule for Annotated Bibliography

Check the date and time for your annotated bibliography and reflective essay assignments. (AB means Annotated Bibliography.)

Due Date and Time	Homework
Oct, 29 (Tue) 11:55 pm	Revised Example AB
Oct, 30 (Wed) 3:00 pm	Sources in Dropbox
Nov, 1 (Fri) 3:00 pm	AB1
Nov, 3 (Sun) 11:55 pm	Reflective Essay #2
Nov, 4 (Mon) 3:00 pm	AB2 and AB3
Nov, 6 (Wed) 3:00 pm	AB4
Nov, 8 (Fri) 3:00 pm	AB5
Nov, 10 (Sun) 11:55 pm	Final submit for 5 ABs