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Download full textSophie Bury; Dana Craig; Sarah Shujah – Journal of Information Literacy, 2017
This article analyses the information literacy (IL) competencies of high-achieving undergraduate students through the lens of undergraduate research celebrations in a North American University. This article focuses on York University's Undergraduate Research Fair, and shares findings from an analysis of students' IL award submissions including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Information Literacy, Library Instruction
Luetkenhaus, Holly; Hvizdak, Erin; Johnson, Corey; Schiller, Nicholas – Communications in Information Literacy, 2017
This study shows the value of library instruction in the building of first-year students' information literacy skills and it illustrates librarians as partners in leading student learning outcome assessment. Using research papers from a required first-year course, raters from units across the institution evaluated student information literacy (IL)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Library Instruction, Information Literacy, Outcomes of Education
Direct linkAuten, Beth; Glauner, Dana; Lefoe, Grant; Henry, Jo – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2016
This article explains how the South Piedmont Community College librarians educated faculty members about how they guide student use of the library and how it is advantageous for them to require high-quality resources for student papers. As documented by observations at SPCC and in the library literature, students use the tools they know to find…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Librarians, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Ury, Connie Jo, Ed.; Park, Sarah G., Ed. – Online Submission, 2010
Twenty-one scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the tenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Research Needs, Student Research, Research Projects
Peer reviewedGill, Suzanne L. – TechTrends, 2003
Describes the use of IMSeries software, a relational database capable of implementing curriculum design, in an elementary school. Topics include Big6 research skills; tracking the scope and sequence of curriculum; tying library skills to curricular disciplines; information literacy; and examples of a lesson unit and assessment strategy. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSchroeder, Eileen E.; Zarinnia, E. Anne – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Illustrates how problem-based learning can be a context for developing information problem-solving skills, from defining an information need to evaluating information to articulating ideas through argumentation. It supports critical thinking, teaching for understanding, and development of student information literacy skills. (AEF)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Information Skills
Ryan, Jenny; Capra, Steph – 2001
The three guides in the new Information Literacy Toolkit Series can help school library media specialists and teachers to promote and teach information literacy skills to young library users and to: collaborate in curriculum planning so that students will develop a cohesive skill set; teach the critical thinking and problem-solving skills that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Instructional Design
Peer reviewedMaughan, Patricia Davitt – College & Research Libraries, 2001
Since 1994, the Teaching Library at the University of California-Berkeley has conducted an ongoing Survey of Information Literacy Competencies in selected academic departments to measure the "lower-order" information literacy skills of graduating seniors. The survey reveals that students think they know more about accessing information and…
Descriptors: Competence, Higher Education, Information Literacy, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedGordon, Carol A. – Knowledge Quest, 2002
A survey of graduate students indicated that respondents have not retained information searching skills. Undergraduate research assignments are examined in order to identify what college students need to know. School library media programs should create opportunities for learners to go beyond the mechanics of searching and reporting to practice…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Information Literacy
Peer reviewedThompson, Christen – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
Reviews studies of student usage of the Internet to determine how they use the Web for research. Preliminary data suggest the majority of students begin a research assignment with the Internet, most often with a commercial search engine. Undetermined is whether students have adequate information literacy skills to find authoritative information…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Information Literacy
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2000
Discusses library-based assignments for information literacy and suggests the focus needs to change from information location to information use. Topics include online searching; reporting facts; more thoughtful research projects to develop skills; pitfalls of library assignments; and how to make information sources play a secondary role. (LRW)
Descriptors: Assignments, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Information Sources
Hayes, Charles – 2001
The purpose of this curriculum design is to teach college students library research skills. The gap in the existing condition is that students entering college for the first year are unable to do a college level research paper because they lack the necessary library research skills. This is the existing condition. To train students to improve…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Information Literacy
Educators' Spotlight Digest, 2006
This column is a collaborative effort by library media specialists and K-16 educators who write about the motivational strategies that have worked for them in teaching IL skills. Motivational strategies include ways to gain and sustain attention, increase relevance for learning information literacy skills, build confidence in students' developing…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Motivation Techniques, Motivation, School Libraries
Peer reviewedTabar, Margaret – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Describes a research project in the social studies curriculum at St. Paul Academy and Summit School (Minnesota) during which students visit a university library. Objectives for student research are: to select a topic, design a thesis statement, locate pertinent primary and secondary resources, and write a well-documented, analytical research…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, High School Students, Information Literacy, Information Skills
Peer reviewedPaul, 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
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