Enhancing Literature Review and Citation Competencies through Participatory Action Research in Higher Education Classroom
Keywords:
Literature Review, Academic Citation, Classroom Action Research, Blended LearningAbstract
The objectives of the study were1) to investigate the problems and needs related to the development of students’ literature review and citation competencies, 2) to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of learning activities aimed at enhancing these competencies, and 3) to compare students’ competencies before and after participating in the learning activities. The participants were 42 third-year students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education program in the academic year 2024. The research instruments comprised a problem and needs assessment, a learning activity plan, behavioral observation forms, literature review and citation competency assessment forms, and student reflection forms. The quantitative data were analyzed using mean scores, standard deviations, and t-tests, while qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis.
The results revealed that: (1) regarding problem conditions, the most critical issues, ranked from the highest to the lowest were (a) conducting systematic data searches, (b) synthesizing relevant research, and (c) writing citations in accordance with academic conventions. For specific needs, the top three were (a) learning to use artificial intelligence technology for searching and bibliography management software, (b) learning systematic search methods for databases, and (c) learning research synthesis techniques; (2) the developed learning activities demonstrated high effectiveness (81.45/83.27); and (3) students’ literature review and citation competencies after the intervention were significantly higher than before the intervention (p < .05), with the greatest improvement observed in data retrieval performance.
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