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Peterson, Lorna – 1987
The evolution and administration of testing to measure student progress through a required undergraduate bibliographic instruction course (Library 160) at Iowa State University are described. Bibliographic instruction began at the university in 1890. Through 1958 all colleges within the university received a noncredit required course in library…
Descriptors: College Students, Competence, Educational History, Educational Testing
From Literate to Scholar: Teaching Library Research Skills to Sixth Graders Using Primary Documents.

Peterson, Lorna – Urban Education, 1998
Describes a library-research-skills curriculum integrated with a social studies curriculum for emancipation celebrations for sixth graders. Using the school library media center and public and university libraries, students access, identify, and retrieve primary sources for evaluating and interpreting history. Student journal excerpts are…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Elementary School Curriculum, Fused Curriculum, Grade 6