Resources for tutors
This resource provides suggestions and practical help for those delivering student workshops/classroom activities. Click on the image to access the resource.
You can access a worksheet with four referencing exercises that can be used with your students. There is an 'answers and comments' section toward the end of the worksheet.
You may also find the following resources helpful:
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Staff development exercises worksheet: this can be used to generate discussion among teaching and learning development staff on issues relating to why reference, referencing styles, when to reference, and on issues relating to plagiarism. Comments on the issues raised by questions in the worksheet can be found in the ‘Notes for facilitators’ (see below).
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Notes for facilitators: this can be used by any facilitator of group discussion on the issues raised in the above worksheet. The exercises can be completed and useful discussion generated in a short staff development period (60-90 minutes).
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The Challenge of Referencing: this is a 5,000 word article that raises four key issues on referencing that concern both staff and students. It can be used in association with the staff development exercises worksheet and can be read as a follow-up to discussion raised in any staff development session.
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'Does an insistence on detailed and ‘correct’ referencing inhibit students from thinking for themselves?': an article by Dr. Peter Levin, educationalist and author of 'Making Social Policy' (1997), 'Write Great Essays!' (2004, second edition in press) and 'Excellent Dissertations!' (2005), all published by Open University Press.
Video resources
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