Annotated Bibliography
Sample Annotated Bibliography
Some of your courses at Ashford University will require you to write an annotated bibliography.
An annotated bibliography is a working list of references—books, journal articles, online documents, etc.—that you will use for an essay, research paper, or project.
Although there are no strict formatting guidelines for the annotated bibliography itself, each reference should be cited in APA format. After each citation, provide a summary of the source, indicating how it will inform your essay, research paper, or project. Many pertinent ideas and supporting details come from analyzing and summarizing your sources.
An annotated bibliography helps you get a head start on your assignment, and it encourages you to focus …show more content…
(2001). Adult students today. New York: The College Board.
Exceptional resource for statistics on adult learners and their motivation for returning to school.
The author presents a study spanning 20 years that illustrates extensive demographics including average age, income, travel distance, cost, ethnicity, gender, religion, and field of study.
Brookfield, S. (n.d.). Adult learning: An overview. Retrieved March 26, 2002, from http://www.nl.edu/ace/Resources/Documents/AdultLearning.html Excellent and thorough article covering four major research areas: self-directed learning, critical reflection, experiential learning, and learning to learn. The author refutes current definitions of adult learning and motivation and proposes instead that culture, ethnicity, and personality have greater significance than are espoused in the current myths that describe adult learners. This
article is interesting to consider because it diametrically opposes the existing and widely accepted views on the subject.
Donaldson, J. F., Graham, S.W., Martindill, W., & Bradley, S. (2000, Spring). Adult undergraduate students: How do they define their experiences and their success? Journal of
Continuing Higher Education, 48(2) 2-11. Retrieved March 18, 2002, …show more content…
The research further illustrates that actual success in learning comes from an internal locus of control that includes life experience, maturity, motivation, and self-monitoring.
Marienau, C. (1999, Spring). Self-assessment at work: Outcome of adult learners’ reflections on practice. American Association for Adult & Continuing Education, 49(3),
135. Retrieved April 2, 2002, from ProQuest database.
A qualitative study of adults in graduate programs and their use of self-assessment and experiential learning from the perspectives of performance at work and personal development.
This article is enlightening, for it explores the benefits to the adult learner of self-assessment and introspection. The concept of purposefulness and the need for the adult learner to connect learning with concrete experience are discussed.
Merriam, S. B., & Caffarella, R. S. (2001). Adult learning theories, principles and applications.
San Francisco: A Wiley Company.
This is a textbook used for the training of instructors of adult students. There are several excellent and pertinent chapters devoted to the self-determination of the adult student and the need for programs to be designed that allow adults to use their problem-solving
Some of your courses at Ashford University will require you to write an annotated bibliography.
An annotated bibliography is a working list of references—books, journal articles, online documents, etc.—that you will use for an essay, research paper, or project.
Although there are no strict formatting guidelines for the annotated bibliography itself, each reference should be cited in APA format. After each citation, provide a summary of the source, indicating how it will inform your essay, research paper, or project. Many pertinent ideas and supporting details come from analyzing and summarizing your sources.
An annotated bibliography helps you get a head start on your assignment, and it encourages you to focus …show more content…
(2001). Adult students today. New York: The College Board.
Exceptional resource for statistics on adult learners and their motivation for returning to school.
The author presents a study spanning 20 years that illustrates extensive demographics including average age, income, travel distance, cost, ethnicity, gender, religion, and field of study.
Brookfield, S. (n.d.). Adult learning: An overview. Retrieved March 26, 2002, from http://www.nl.edu/ace/Resources/Documents/AdultLearning.html Excellent and thorough article covering four major research areas: self-directed learning, critical reflection, experiential learning, and learning to learn. The author refutes current definitions of adult learning and motivation and proposes instead that culture, ethnicity, and personality have greater significance than are espoused in the current myths that describe adult learners. This
article is interesting to consider because it diametrically opposes the existing and widely accepted views on the subject.
Donaldson, J. F., Graham, S.W., Martindill, W., & Bradley, S. (2000, Spring). Adult undergraduate students: How do they define their experiences and their success? Journal of
Continuing Higher Education, 48(2) 2-11. Retrieved March 18, 2002, …show more content…
The research further illustrates that actual success in learning comes from an internal locus of control that includes life experience, maturity, motivation, and self-monitoring.
Marienau, C. (1999, Spring). Self-assessment at work: Outcome of adult learners’ reflections on practice. American Association for Adult & Continuing Education, 49(3),
135. Retrieved April 2, 2002, from ProQuest database.
A qualitative study of adults in graduate programs and their use of self-assessment and experiential learning from the perspectives of performance at work and personal development.
This article is enlightening, for it explores the benefits to the adult learner of self-assessment and introspection. The concept of purposefulness and the need for the adult learner to connect learning with concrete experience are discussed.
Merriam, S. B., & Caffarella, R. S. (2001). Adult learning theories, principles and applications.
San Francisco: A Wiley Company.
This is a textbook used for the training of instructors of adult students. There are several excellent and pertinent chapters devoted to the self-determination of the adult student and the need for programs to be designed that allow adults to use their problem-solving