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Curriculum Initiative: An Agenda and Strategy for Library Media Programs.
Eisenberg, Michael B.; Berkowitz, Robert E. – 1988
This book is intended to provide practicing school library media specialists and students in professional degree-granting programs with both a conceptual framework and practical approaches to the curriculum-related responsibilities of the school library media program. The responsibilities discussed include both library and information skills…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Resource Companion for Curriculum Initiative: An Agenda and Strategy for Library Media Programs.
Eisenberg, Michael B.; Berkowitz, Robert E. – 1988
This resource book is intended as a companion to the book "Curriculum Initiative: An Agenda and Strategy for Library Media Programs," which provides practicing school library media specialists and students in professional degree-granting programs with both a conceptual framework and practical approaches to the curriculum-related…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Information Problem Solving: The Big Six Skills Approach to Library & Information Skills Instruction.
Eisenberg, Michael B.; Berkowitz, Robert E. – 1990
This book presents a systematic approach to integrated library and information skills instruction that is based on six broad skill areas necessary for successful information problem-solving, otherwise referred to as the "Big Six Skills." It begins with definitions and explanations of the Big Six Skills approach, moves to a discussion of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Current Research.
Eisenberg, Michael B. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1988
Abstracts describe five research projects which investigated a library-based computer-assisted writing program; high school library media specialists with exemplary programs; the impact of access to an academic library via online catalog for college bound students; transferability of library research skills from high school to college; and the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Information Problem-Solving: The Big Six Skills Approach.
Eisenberg, Michael B.; Berkowitz, Robert E. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1992
Explains the components of a library and information skills curriculum and integrated instructional model that was developed to help students solve information problems. The six steps include (1) task definition, (2) information seeking strategies, (3) location and access, (4) use of information, (5) synthesis, and (6) evaluation. (LRW)
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs, Information Seeking
Library Skills.
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Paul, Karin; Kuhlthau, Carol C.; Branch, Jennifer L.; Solowan, Diane Galloway; Case, Roland; Abilock, Debbie; Eisenberg, Michael B.; Koechlin, Carol; Zwaan, Sandi; Hughes, Sandra; Low, Ann; Litch, Margaret; Lowry, Cindy; Irvine, Linda; Stimson, Margaret; Schlarb, Irene; Wilson, Janet; Warriner, Emily; Parsons, Les; Luongo-Orlando, Katherine; Hamilton, Donald – School Libraries in Canada, 2003
Includes 19 articles that address issues related to library skills and Canadian school libraries. Topics include information literacy; inquiry learning; critical thinking and electronic research; collaborative inquiry; information skills and the Big 6 approach to problem solving; student use of online databases; library skills; Internet accuracy;…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Current Themes Regarding Library and Information Skills Instruction: Research Supporting and Research Lacking.
Eisenberg, Michael B.; Brown, Michael K. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1992
Reviews research that addresses four major themes about library and information skills instruction in library media programs: (1) the value of library and information skills instruction; (2) the content of library and information skills; (3) teaching library skills in the context of subject area curriculum; and (4) alternative methods for teaching…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Helping with Homework: A Parent's Guide to Information Problem-Solving.
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Eisenberg, Michael B.; Berkowitz, Robert E. – 1996
The purpose of this book is to help parents become partners in their children's success in school by offering them practical ways to help with homework and assignments. Parents can use the Big Six Skills information problem-solving process to effectively deal with the abundance of information available from many sources and guide their children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education