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    Beyond "Is It Peer-Reviewed?": Exploring Information Creation in the Sciences
    (North Dakota State University, 2018) Juve, Nicole; Twomey, Beth
    Undergraduate students tend to rely on simplistic criteria for choosing sources for their research, such as whether a particular source is peer-reviewed or not. This one-shot instruction session is designed to expand students’ view of scholarly outputs. It prompts students, working in groups, to analyze and uncover for themselves the relationships between different types of scholarly outputs which occur over time from raw data to original research and book chapters. Each student group works with a diverse set of documents about a specific body of research to collectively determine how they relate to each other and their role in the research and scholarly publication process. This lesson was originally designed for upper level plant sciences students, but is readily adaptable by discipline, breadth, and depth.
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    What Did They Say and Why Did They Say It?: Scholarship as Conversation in the Science Classroom
    (North Dakota State University, 2018) Correll, Robert; Twomey, Beth
    Scholarly articles in the sciences come in different formats, with purposes which students may not fully appreciate. In this chapter, we discuss a lesson plan in which students discuss the relationships between an original research article, a review article and an invited comment, and how they interact. A one-shot instruction session both prepares students for an immediate assignment in a broader course and helps guide them in the construction of their own understanding of scholarly conversations within the sciences, using genuine examples of research articles and how they use citations to build upon each other. Although this lesson was initially designed for upper level biology students, it is readily usable in classes across the sciences.
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    What's in Your Discovery Layer?: An Introduction to Format
    (2016) Eggebraaten, Lisa; Twomey, Beth
    The purpose of this activity is to introduce students to the “Information Creation as a Process” frame using the variety of resources retrieved from a discovery layer. Students are asked to use a discovery layer record to determine the format of a specific resource. This activity prompts a discussion about how and for what purpose resources were created. Through this activity students will be able to identify different formats, the process that leads to their creation and how to determine if resources are appropriate to use for a given assignment.