More Captivating Your Audience
New Jersey Library Association
April 25, 2007
Eileen Stec, Rutgers University
The tutorial: What Makes a Journal Scholarly?
Purpose: teach the concept of peer review as the criteria for scholarship
demonstrate one method to verify peer review
Show some exceptions to the rule
Authenticity/Interactivity
Conrad, R. & Donaldson, J. A. (2004). Engaging the online learner: Activities and resources for creative instruction. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Interactivity inside tutorial Discussion-like questions Rollovers encourage exploration Memory exercise
Don’t forget the humor
Humor/discussion question
Vanilla discussion questions
Rollovers for discovery
Memory exercise
Interactivity outside tutorial Review Sheet Quiz
– Rubric
Printable Review Sheet
Quiz“What Makes A Journal Scholarly” Quiz1
2. From the list provided below, place an X in front of the Journals you determine to be scholarly: ___ Psychology of Women Quarterly ___ American Journal of Family Therapy ___ Contributions in Psychology ___ Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology ___ Advances in the Psychology of Human Intelligence 3. You searched the Medline index and found the citation listed below. Place an X next to the description that best describes the citation. Sokol DK. A family's request for deception.[comment]. [Comment. Letter] Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume. 88(8):1892; author reply 1892, 2006 Aug. UI: 16882924 Authors Full Name Sokol, Daniel K.
___ Scholarly journal article ___ Letter submitted to the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery ___ Peer reviewed letter ___ I don’t know
Answer Sheet2. From the list provided below, place an X in front of the Journals you determine to be scholarly: _X_ Psychology of Women Quarterly _X_ American Journal of Family Therapy ___ Contributions in Psychology ___ Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology _X_ Advances in the Psychology of Human Intelligence 3. You searched the Medline index and found the citation listed below. Place an X next to the description that best describes the citation. Sokol DK. A family's request for deception.[comment]. [Comment. Letter] Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery -American Volume. 88(8):1892; author reply 1892, 2006 Aug.UI: 16882924 Authors Full Name Sokol, Daniel K. ___ Scholarly journal article _X_ Letter submitted to the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery ___ Peer reviewed letter ___ I don’t know
Rubric
Students received one point for each of the four correct answers.
Thanks This presentation is online at:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~estec/presentations/njla2007.htm
The tutorial is online at: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~estec/tutorials/scholarly.htm
