23. Want to Help Students with Citations? Follow the "Penny Principle!" (part II)
- Author
- Tom Skeen
- Published
- Sun 29 Jun 2025
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Episode 23 is a continuation of a discussion in Episode 21 about what I call the "Penny Principle"--a name I have given to a method for learning (and teaching) source citations that I derived from Nickerson and Adams' 1979 study in the journal Cognitive Science. In this episode, I walk through a few lesson plans I've used over the years to give students varied practice with source citations and formatting using any given format. Toward t he end, I share a list of 18 ideas for practicing the Penny Principle that can be implemented throughout the semester. Instructors could use them in 5-minute, 10-minute, 15-minute, or even 30-minute practice sessions.
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