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School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1988
Outlines objectives, resources, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up for six fully developed library media activities. Activities use the following topics to teach library skills: (1) drug abuse; (2) notetaking; (3) tales of the sea; (4) ocean animals' habitats; (5) prehistoric animals; and (6) international currency. (MES)
Descriptors: Drug Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Learning Activities
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Farmer, Lesley S. J. – Top of the News, 1986
Reports on a program held at the 1986 American Library Association Conference which offered a model for locating and evaluating existing research on libraries. Six guidelines for evaluating research are provided, and small group sessions which evaluated actual research and talked directly with researchers are described. (EM)
Descriptors: Conferences, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Library Associations
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1989
Provides six fully developed library media activities to be used in conjunction with specific curriculum units in reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. (MES)
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Language Arts
Oregon Department of Education, 2012
The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward achieving the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Public Schools, Progress Monitoring, State Legislation
Eulert, Von E.; Cohn, Doris – National Braille Association Bulletin, 1984
Three articles about mathematics and science braille are provided for braille transcribers and teachers of the visually handicapped. The first article discusses common problems such as setting braille writers incorrectly, duplicating transcribed materials unnecessarily, and incorrectly transcribing from typescript. The second article provides a…
Descriptors: Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Mahmud, Cathy, Ed.; Holleman, Joan, Ed. – 1994
This annotated catalog of materials available from the Smithsonian Institution and its affiliate organizations, lists over 400 cross-indexed resources for classroom use. The contents are arranged as follows: An overview of the guide; catalogs and visitor guides; periodicals; resources for the arts, language arts, science, and social…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art Appreciation
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Education, Raleigh. – 1990
An annotated bibliography and advisory list of instructional media for the social studies has been designed to identify competency goals for a new competency-based curriculum. The grade range is noted at the end of each entry and indicates the general interest grade level and the specific grades and competency goals to which the materials relate…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
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Atkins, Stephen – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1986
Considers the research value of four types of newsletters on arms control, disarmament, and peace: direct-action, informational, scholarly, and single-issue. An annotated list of 58 newsletters includes those considered most significant of their type and recommended for library collections. (EM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Disarmament, Information Sources, Library Collection Development
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Simpson, Antony E. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1986
A combination of inadequate preparation and misperception of the nature of the process of original research contributes to many social science doctoral candidates' inability to complete their dissertations. Instruction in research methodology by an academic librarian with a social sciences background is one solution. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Provides library media activities in art, reading/language arts, science, and social studies on the following specific topics: (1) creating with paper; (2) faces of Santa; (3) insect homes and environments; and (4) life in the Middle Ages. Objectives, resources, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are outlined for each…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Winter, Metta L. – School Library Journal, 1986
Addresses the controversial issue of nuclear education in public schools. Highlights include resolutions passed by the National Congress of Parent Teacher Associations, what nuclear education is, distinction between nuclear education and education in the nuclear age, educational materials, a review of teaching materials, nuclear literacy, and…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
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Mayfield, M. Kent – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1985
Considers actions that educational institutions and accreditation agencies (major self-regulation mechanisms in postsecondary education) should take to shape future of library and information science education. The Accreditation Project initiated following the September 1984 Invitational Conference on Accreditation sponsored by Association for…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation
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Hendrick, Clyde – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Three major topics are discussed in this essay conveying a vision of what the university library should be like in the twenty-first century: (1) librarianship as a scholarly discipline; (2) politics and the university library; and (3) the library as an active agent in the life of a university. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
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Hill, Fred E.; Hauptman, Robert – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Argues that if librarians are to deserve faculty status, they must comply with standards of excellence similar to those of instructional faculty. Teaching roles of librarians at Evergreen State College and St. Cloud State University are cited and similarities of roles of medical school faculty are indicated. (9 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Rank (Professional), Faculty Promotion, Higher Education
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Hansen, Andrew M., Ed.; And Others – RQ, 1985
This five-article section on current issues in reference and adult services highlights origins of American Library Association's Reference and Adult Services Division, history and development of RQ's column "The Exchange," 25 years of adult services articles, documents reference service and changing attitudes of librarians, and library…
Descriptors: Adults, Committees, Government Publications, History
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