If the student knew it for a fact, and didn't look it up: no citation.
If the students consider that they've just learnt this fact, they should
cite a source?
I asked whether it was necessary to cite a textbook source for a fact,
such as insects have 6 legs; lecturers tell me the ground is shifting
and it wouldn't have been necessary to cite (Imms, 19xx) but soon it
will be necessary ...
Adrian Smith, Leeds
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:"Subject: "Common knowledge" and referencing
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:"Hi,
:"
:"I'm giving a class on referencing next week. One question
:"students seemed
:"quite concerned about last time is when NOT to include an
:"in-text citation.
:"The pat answer is that they don't incude one when what they
:"are saying
:"is "common knowledge", but how do you define that?
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:"I suppose another pat answer is that students need to learn
:"to "use their
:"judgement" - but how do you teach such an intuitive skill in
:"the context of
:"an IL class?
:"
:"Quoted extracts from:
:"
:"Englander, I. (2003). The architecture of computer hardware
:"systems: an
:"information technology approach. 3rd edition. Chichester: Wiley.
:"
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