Doing research on the Web: New teaching tool pushes students to analyze online materials
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 14:28
in Psychology & Sociology
Students doing research for their classes are increasingly turning to online resources, which raises concerns among many academic instructors who have questions about the quality of material found on the Internet. However, research co-authored by North Carolina State University's Dr. Susan Miller-Cochran offers a teaching approach that attempts to address the problem by encouraging students to do their own critical analysis of the material they use in their work - regardless of whether it was found online.
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