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Crafting Annotated Bibliography Entries
Directions
Imagine you are interested in teaching mathematics and your research question is:
Which teaching techniques produce the greatest student retention of mathematical
ideas? You are looking for what others have said about your topic of inquiry as
well as finding sources to support your choices in your inquiry process. Through
your initial search, you find the Chamberlin & Powers article (see pages following
the directions) and decide it is worth creating an entry for your annotated
bibliography.
Your entry must clearly show what about this article you think is significant or
relevant to your inquiry and why. “Mine” the pages of the article for key phrases
and messages. When mining for information, it is best to read the first two pages of
an article and the last two pages (right before the reference section) to get a good
idea about the major points of the study.
First cite the article using an appropriate discipline-specific style.
Use sample sentences from the template below to write your own annotated
bibliography entry. You may also use the Phrases for Annotated Bibliography and
Literature Review in the table below to help you craft your entry. Be prepared to
compare your entry with other members of your group when prompted,
advanced the commenting displayed executed a gave credence introduced
notion of .. on __ indifference studyon... tO the idea of ..
explained... to
affirmedthe concentrated drewa explored the has shown... measured the
fact on parallel subject of impact of.
between
affirmedthe conclude elaborated expressed the highlighted noted a major
work of that, further and view of another discrepancy
revealed problem
that
arrived atthe conducted a. emphasized failed to hypothesize pointed out
conclusion _ study of the consider... that.
in her study plausibility because.
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attested to... confirmsthe established
work of ‘connection
between ..
focusedon... identified and presented
reported aclear
evaluation
of
called developed the established
attention to... conceptual a connection
framework to
for
‘gaveattention identifiedthe presented
to problem of... strong
argument...
‘ited the need discovered —_— established
for. inhis studies convincing
that... case .
gavea illustrated presented
description the problems evidence of.
of. of.
Clarified the discussed the examined the gave. ina more raised the
Pointthat.... problem of... effectof... cognizance _—recent study, question of
to explored
Example Annotated
Citation:
‘This article focuses on the Chamberlin and Powers
(2010) believe ‘These authors use to
provide evidence for
explanations for the effects of,
(2010) claim
in my research on
. Additionally, the authors provide
Chamberlin and Powers
Furthermore, the authors recommend
The authors’ conclusion (or process) is of interest to me
because
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