I read a very interesting article about Wikipedia and its newfound legitimacy in education.
Below are some excerpts from the article:
The Toronto District School Board, for instance, lists Wikipedia as a primary source in a research guide it hands out to students, while Wikipedia will expand its college program to a high school in Virginia next year.
Reliable is not a word that traditionally has been associated with Wikipedia, but that’s changing.
The change began in 2005 when the prestigious science journal Nature compared Wikipedia to Encyclopaedia Britannica and found Wikipedia to be almost as accurate as Britannica, a finding that set off a war of words between the two institutions.
The evidence mounted this year, when Brigham Young University in Utah found that Wikipedia was a reliable place to learn about U.S. politicians. The school’s study found few inaccuracies in the biographical and voting details of gubernatorial candidates.
And, in September this year, a study published in the Journal of Oncology Practice found that cancer information on Wikipedia was as accurate as information on peer-reviewed, patient-oriented websites.
Tags: Brigham Young University, Education, Encyclopaedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Harvard, Jon Beasley-Murray, Jonathan Obar, Journal of Oncology Practice, Michigan State University, peer-review, Research, Toronto District School Board, Wikipedia
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November 6, 2011 at 2:13 am |
I find the beauty of Wikipedia in their list of resources included in each entry. I have found rich resources this way. Young students will always seek to find an easy way out, our job is to take them beyond that and to ask questions that can’t be copied and pasted. If we’re asking those questions and getting those answers, we need to reflect upon our practice… even if that is the standardized test way.
November 6, 2011 at 2:17 am |
Very true. Thanks for the comment.
November 7, 2011 at 11:29 am |
Ency great for a pre- read on a subject you intend to research and present a paper. But notice I said pre-read. Gives you some definitions and understanding but should not never be the primary resource or sole resource on any research.
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